Country Research

Table of Contents

Library Catalog
Reference Collection
Government Documents
Research Databases
Internet Sites
Related Subject Guides - International Business, European Union

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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

• International Business subject guide
  
  
• Researching the European Union

 

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