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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.
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Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
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.
The 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".