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Online Reference Shelf: International Information

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International Information

  • Atlapedia Online contains color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
  • U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheet  (U.S. State Department ) full-text info on countries and international organizations; organized by region and country or organization. History, government and political conditions, economy, foreign relations and basic travel information. Also lists principal U.S. officials and consulate officers.
  • CountryWatch provides up-to-date information on countries, including news wires, population, currency, maps, as well as brief summaries on history, economy, agriculture, and environment. The Country Review, in-depth reports and News Archive/Search Engine is available only through subscription.
  • Elections Around the World results from around the world, parties, parliaments, etc.
  • Europa: The European Union Online official website of the E.U.
  • Flags of the World - FOTW includes pages about flags and more than 22,300 images of flags.
  • Governments on the WWW includes: institutions of the legislative branch (parliaments); of the executive branch (ministries, agencies, administrations, offices, institutes, councils, committees and others); and of the judicative branch (law courts) governmental representations in foreign countries (embassies, consulates and others) ; political parties and party alliances.
  • Information Please includes information on the countries of the world from the famous Information Please Almanac
  • Library of Congress Country Studies "contains the on-line versions of books published by under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Depart of Army.  Not comprehsenisve, the series covers 101 countries;excluded are Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and other Western nations, as well as a number of African nations. The date of information for each country appears on the title page of each country and at the end of  each section of text.
  • United Nations official website and web locator for the United Nations system of organizations.
  • World Factbook annual CIA handbook gives basic data on all the countries fo the world.