Country Profiles
These are reference sources that provide statistics, history, political information, and much more. For help finding more statistics, see the library's Comparative Political Data guide.
- CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
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Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. - CQ Political Handbook of the World This link opens in a new window
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Political history, current issues, recent election trends and results, media information, and key demographic and economic facts. - Europa World Plus This link opens in a new window
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Combines the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. Provides up-to-date political and economic information for more than 250 countries and territories.
- State Department Background NotesThe State Department profiles each country's economy, history, geography, demographics, and recent political history.
Country Bibliographies
Country and city bibliographies are an excellent starting point. These are in the reference section of the library or occasionally electronic. These are just a few to start you thinking. Search for more using Catalyst for the "country AND bibliography".
Burma by Call Number: REF DS527.4 .H47 1991ISBN: 1851090886Publication Date: 1992-01-01Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Vietnam Studies by Call Number: REF DS556.3 .S57 1997ISBN: 0810833174Publication Date: 1997-05-22Availability and more information from Catalyst...
