FINDING INFORMATION ON THE THIRD WORLD
A Guide for CST 251


Prepared by Karen Kimber, Social Sciences Librarian
January 2008

Finding Information by Country

• Europa World Plus - online source on countries of the world
  Note: Wright State's subscription allows only one user at a time, so log off when finished
• World Development Indicators - statistical information
• World Today Series (annual publications summarizing information about countries around the world)
  • Africa. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (DT1.A372) - includes Nigeria and Zimbabwe
  • East and Southeast Asia. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (DS502.H53) - includes China and Indonesia
  • Latin America. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (F1401.L3252) - includes Peru and Mexico
  • The Middle East and South Asia. Latest on Ref Bookcase 5 (DS44.C55) - includes Iran and Turkey

• Country Resources: The Green Boxes - website lists compiled by librarians at Indiana University
• Portals to the World - website lists from the Library of Congress

The Developing World and World Poverty

• Atlas of Global Development. Ref G1046.G1I5 2007 - maps and charts comparing countries
• Encyclopedia of the Developing World. 3 volumes. Ref HC59.7 .E52 2005
• Encyclopedia of World Poverty [electronic book] (2006)
• World Poverty [electronic book], by Nancy Dziedzic (2007)
• World Poverty: A Reference Handbook [electronic book], by Geoffrey Gilbert (2004)

Newspapers and Other News Sources

Embassies in North America

• Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America
• Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ottawa, Canada (NOTE: there is no Iranian embassy in the United States)
• Embassy of Mexico, Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Washington, DC
• Embassy of Peru, Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the Republic of Turkey: Washington, DC
• Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe has an embassy in Washington, DC, but there is no website; the website of the embassy in Canada (http://www.zimbabweembassy.ca) is not working

United Nations

• United Nations Homepage
• Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations

Non-Governmental Organizations

• Human Rights
  • Amnesty International
  • Human Rights First
  • Human Rights Watch
• Economic Development
  • Grameen: Banking for the Poor
  • International Monetary Fund
  • Jubilee Research: Supporting Economic Justice Campaigns Worldwide
  • World Trade Organization
• Health and Humanitarian Aid
  • Doctors without Borders (Médcins sans frontières)
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Miscellaneous
  • Freedom House
  • International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Reporters without Borders
  • Zapatista Links Page