Country Research

Library Catalogs - Find books, videos and other library materials

Use these subject headings as a Keywords search along with the Country name.

Europa World Yearbook
JN1.E85
Encyclopedia of the World's Nations and Cultures
G63.K874
Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook
G1.C88
Statesman's Yearbook
JA51.S7
Encyclopedia of the Developing World
HC59.7.E52 2006
Atlas of the World; Prepared by National Geographic Maps for the Book Division
On Reserve at Reference Desk G1021.N38 2005
Goode's World Atlas
On Reserve at Reference Desk G1021 .G6 2005
World Almanac and Book of Facts
AY67.N5 W7, most current on Reserve at Ref Desk, older issues moved to General Collections
OECD factbook
HC10.O34
Statistical Yeabook; Produced by the United Nations
HA12.5.U63
Demographic Yearbook; Produced by the United Nations
HA17.D45

Business, Accounting and Investment Databases

Stat-USA - Go to Globus & NTDB and look for Market and Country Research

Mergent Online - Country Profiles given for individual countries. You can also search financial data and annual reports for international companies.
General Databases

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Select publications from the Nation and World section to see general resources for country research
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Almanacs

World Almanac

Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online - Academic Edition - Under the Research Tools section on the left hand side, look for both the Country Comparisons section and the World Data section

CIA World Factbook
UNdata
Portals to the World from the Library of Congress
Country Background Notes, produced by the U.S. Department of State
International Data Base (IDB) - U.S. Census Bureau
GlobalEDGE Web Portal
Country Studies- Federal Research Division, Library of Congress - This site offers historical information on 101 countries; it ceased publication in 1998
Statistics Belgium : Country Portal
U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Contains an extensive list of Country Profiles as well as a Travel Advice page
Economist.com Country Briefings - Country briefings, news and profiles for more than 82 countries;
The library has full-text access to The Economist for the news articles
The library has full-text access to the Country Briefings from the Academic OneFile database
2008 Statistical Abstract: International Statistics
Foreign Information by Country from the University of Colorado at Boulder University Libraries

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