BASIC INFORMATION ON COUNTRIES
Library and Internet Resources


Prepared by Karen Kimber, Social Sciences and Humanities Team Leader
Rev. January 2007

Background Information

• Background Notes
• BBC News: Country Profiles
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
• Country Resources: The Green Boxes (Indiana Univ.)
• The Economist: Country Briefings
• Europa World Plus
• International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who. Latest in Ref JA51.I57
• Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
• Statesman's Year-Book. Latest in Ref JA51.S7
• World Factbook
  • Print volume also available: Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (G122.U56)
• The World Today series:
  • Africa. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (DT1.A372)
  • Canada. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (F1001.C1225)
  • East and Southeast Asia. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (DS502.H53)
  • Latin America. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (F1401.L3252)
  • The Middle East and South Asia. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (DS44.C55)
  • Nordic, Central, and Southeastern Europe. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (DL1.N67)
  • Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (DJK1.R87)
  • Western Europe. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (D901.W47)

Maps

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
• World Sites Atlas
• World atlases in various sizes (examples below) are available in Dunbar Library on the Atlas Stands and in Reference under call number G1021.
  • Atlas of the World (National Geographic Society). Ref Atlases G1021.N38 2005
  • The Peters World Atlas: The Earth in Its True Proportion. Ref Atlases G1021.P48 2002
  • The Times Atlas of the World. Ref Atlases G1021.T552 2002

Statistics

• United Nations resources
  • Demographic and Social Statistics (U.N. Statistics Division)
  • Demographic Yearbook. (United Nations) Latest in Ref HA17.D45
  • Population and Vital Statistics Report. (United Nations) Ref HA17.D452
  • State of World Population (U.N. Population Fund)
  • Statistical Yearbook. (United Nations) Latest in Ref HA12.5.U63
  • United Nations Population Information Network
• International Data Base. (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
• World Data Analyst Online
• World Development Indicators
• World Economic Factbook. Latest on Ref Bookcase 3 (HC59.15.W67)

Special Topics

• Comparative Perspective on Major Social Problems. Ref HN8.C78 2001
• Freedom in the World - "The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties"
• Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities (2006)
• Human Rights Reports from the U.S. Dept. of State
• Legal Systems of the World (2002)
• Political Parties of the World (2005)
• U.S. Department of State: Issues and Press

Current Information

• Finding International News

Cultures and Customs

• Ethnic Groups and Cultures Outside the U.S.A.: Library and Internet Resources