Country
Information
Nationmaster.com
Provides data
on countries and an easy way to graphically compare nations, with
information from the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World
Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO,
UNICEF and OECD.
World
Factbook
The Central
Intelligence Agency's excellent country dossiers.
Background Notes
U.S. Department
of State site providing information about countries around the
world.
BBC
News: Country Profiles
"Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics
and economic background of countries and territories, and background
on key institutions. They also include audio or video clips from
BBC archives." The site was favorably reviewed by Choice
magazine.
Country Studies:
Area Handbook Series
From the
Library of Congress: "On-line versions of books previously published
in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of
Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Army." Information may be a bit dated.
INCORE
Conflict Data Service - Internet Country Guides
Offers "information
about internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to
particular countries and regions." Selective and well organized.
Flags of the World
A huge site
on...flags.
State, County,
City Information
American
FactFinder
The U.S. Census
Bureau's quick interface for population, housing, economic and geographic
information.
USA CityLink
A comprehensive
listing of WWW pages featuring US states and cities
Official City Sites
Basic state,
county and city information with links to official web sites.
US
County Resources in the Scribner Library and on the World Wide
Web
(guide created
for SO 222: Political Sociology)
Directories
BUBL LINK: Countries
Organized by
country and region, BUBL Link links to a number of excellent resources.
Google Regional
Directory
A guide to
worldwide national, state and city links.
Foreign
Government Resources on the Web
Comprehensive
directory form the University of Michigan's Documents Center.
(Warning: This is a big site which can be slow to load. Have patience.
It's worth the wait.)
