Country Research
Table of Contents
Library Catalog
Reference Collection
Government Documents
Research Databases
Internet Sites
Related Subject Guides - International Business, European Union
Library Catalogs - Find books, videos and other library materials
UNF Library Catalog
Use these subject headings as a Keywords search along with the Country name.
- Social life and customs
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Economic conditions
- History
- Country Profile
Reference Collection -- 2nd floor -- Current Print Resources
- 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
Government Documents -- 2nd floor -- Current Print Resources
- Oxford Atlas of the World
G1021.A7545 2008
- Area Handbook series; shelved alphabetically by country
D101.22:550
- The World Factbook; Paper issues for historical information
PrEx3.15:
Research Databases - Find articles in journals, magazines, etc.
- 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
Internet Sites
- 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
- 2009 Statistical Abstract: International Statistics
- Foreign Information by Country from the University of Colorado at Boulder University Libraries
- Michigan State University Global Access
Related Subject Guides
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