Global Information
- Political Handbook of the World [E-book]Provides thorough information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system. As a convenient, one-volume print source for global political information, each edition features country profiles.
- BBC Country ProfilesFull profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.
- Background NotesU.S. Dept. of State
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is a data collection program on organized violence, based at Uppsala University in Sweden. The UCDP is a leading provider of data on organized violence and armed conflict, and it is the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war, with a history of almost 40 years.[1] UCDP data are systematically collected and have global coverage, comparability across cases and countries, and long time series. Data are updated annually and are publicly available, free of charge.
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Worldmapper: The World as You Never See ItOver 700 maps for 200 countries with data from the UN, CIA and World Bank make this a robust site. Users may downloan Excel and OpenDoc maps tables.
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Perry-Castanada Historical MapsAlthough many maps come from the US government, users will also find noncopyrighted maps from other sources, including historical maps.
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Atlas of CanadaReleased in 2006, it is organized into the following sections: Environment, Peoples and Society, Economy, History, Climate Change, Freshwater, Health, Reference Maps, and Topographic maps.
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Maplandia.comOnline gazetter with worldwide geographical features with Google map functionality. Information on continents, countries, geographical coordinates and national flags. Distinctively, it also has interactive maps, satellite images and user generated content.
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Map History/ History of CartographyGood online source for early maps, -pre 1800. Frequently updates, it contains not only links to maps, but to map collections, societies, relevant books and journals, etc...
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UNdataKeyword searchable database over over 50 million records from the United Nations and its agencies. Includes demographic, economic, education, health, environmental, agricultural, and technology indicators
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World Development IndicatorsWDI Online is a comprehensive database on development data covering more than 575 indicators, 225 countries, and 18 regional and income groups. The extensive collection of development data includes population, income, social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators for more than forty years.
- Human Development Reports (HDR)he mission of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) is to advance human development. Includes country profiles.
United States
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Congressional Research Reports from Federation of American ScientistsThis collection of CRS reports focuses on national security and foreign policy
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GAO ReportsInformation from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, an independent agency which reports on programs, operations and policies of the federal government.
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Congress and the NationContains summaries of legislative activity, including bills passed, defeated, or postponed. An extensive appendix covers the four-year period.
Mexico
- Mexico: Introduction & Country ProfileAn excellent research guide from Miami Dade College.
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