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Atlapedia Online - international almanac - Maps and data on countries of the world. NOTE: a source list available, but specific data is not linked to its source. Sources
American International Schools, Office of Overseas Schools (State Dept)
Background Notes (U.S. State Dept Country profiles) - information on geographic entities and international organizations.
The British Monarchy (official web site)
BBC News | Country Profiles - Profiles provide news, history, politics, event timelines, and economic background of world countries. Presents country overviews, basic facts, Web links, and details on leaders and media. Includes news stories and audio and video clips from the BBC archives.
Canadian Geographical Names - Natural Resources Canada
Canadian Intellectual Property Office - provides searchable databases for patents, copyrights, trademarks, etc.
CAROL (European Company Annual Reports)
Castro speech archive (1950's to present) (WWW)
Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Global Index of
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA)
Country at a Glance - Country Reports are based on information supplied by U.S. Embassies, and are submitted annually to Congressional committees.
Country Commercial Guides (U.S. State Dept)
Country Reports - Economic Policy & Trade Practices (US Dept of State)
Country search engines and Regional Search Engines - (Phil Bradley)
Country Studies (Library of Congress) - The Federal Research Division (FRD) provides "a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors". Uniquely attempts to include only lesser known areas, making the conglomeration a good source of uncommon knowledge.
CUBA: CANFNET - The Cuban American National Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the re-establishment of freedom and democracy in Cuba.
DIRECTORY: Infobel - International Telephone Directories
DIRECTORY: International Directory Links (WhoWhere)
Directory of Digitized Collections (UNESCO Memory of the World Programme)
Eldis Country Profiles - Covers Agriculture, Environment, Economics, Gender, Politics, Education, and Health. (Eldis is funded by the Danish development agency Danida, and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex)
Embassies in Washington, D.C. - Hot links to embassy home pages
Embassies (U.S.): Foreign Service Posts, Key Officers of (FOIA Reading Room, U.S. State Department) - US Embassies in foreign countries
European Commission Host Organisation (ECHO) (CORDIS) - lists databases available, and a telnet connection to the site.
ExpertNet - UK experts for journalists - operates in partnership with the online ProfNet
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationas (FAO) - FAOSTAT Database Collections
Foreign Governments - Government Publications
Foreign Government Resources (Univ. of Mich.)
Foreign Service Posts, Key Officers of - US Embassies in foreign countries
The Gathering of the Clans Home Page - glossary, search surnames for clan names, locate clan pages ...
gc, Canada - Canadian government sites
globalEDGE - international business resource desk (Michigan State Univ.) - history, culture, government, and economy of nearly 200 countries around the world. A database of statistics summaries, annual Market Potential Indicators on emerging markets. Plus links to global and country-specific trade laws links, foreign stock exchanges, standards and conversion information.
Global Environmental Facility (GEF) - Information Documents
Governments on the WWW: Table of Contents
Handbook of Latin American Studies Online - Library of Congress - bibliography
HIEROS GAMOS - All Governments of the World
Human Rights Report (2000)(U.S. State Dept)
ICC Information on the World Wide Web - UK and Irish corporate and financial business information
IDB Data Access Options - US Census Dept. - International database
INCORE: Conflict Data Service: Regional Internet Guides: Index - annotated resources for news and background information, related email lists and newsgroups, articles and documents, maps, NGOs, a collection of full-text peace agreements ...
Infonation: Choose Countries - United Nations member countries statistical data; compare the most up-to-date statistical data - compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations
International Business Information (IBI) Directory - "The IBI Directory is a resource for readers of the book, International Business Information on the Web: Searcher Magazine's Guide to Sites and Strategies for Global Business Research, by Sheri R. Lanza. Organized by chapter and periodically updated, the directory includes links to all the Web resources covered in the book."
International Labor Organization
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENT
DOCUMENTS PROJECT
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Latin American Network Information Centre, University of Texas (UT-LANIC) - Searchable; Includes Caribbean resources.
LIBRARIES: National Library of Canada
Maple Square - Canada's Internet Directory - Cataloging Canada's Web Sites
No. 10 Downing Street - British government offices
NYU Law Library, Foreign and Int'l Legal Databases - includes laws, criminal law, research guides & search engines, treaties, business topics (such as bankruptcy, copyright, international trade)
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web - A central source for links to official international statistics sites, from the University of Auckland Library, New Zealand. Global, regional, and national statistics are available in a wide range of topic areas including demographics, economics, finance, crime, and religion. Searchable. Examples of statistics providers include the UN, World Bank, US Census Bureau, and the OECD. From University of Auckland Library, New Zealand.
Patents databases - A wide selection of links (some fee-based) related to patents, trademarks, copyright, and other intellectual property issues, with an emphasis on British and European resources. From the British Library.
People in Power - the complete source on the political structure and leadership of all the sovereign countries of the world. It is researched, edited and published bi-monthly in the UK by Cambridge International Reference on Current Affairs Ltd (CIRCA).
Political Database of the Americas
Population Reference Bureau 2002 World Population Data Sheet
Portals to the World (Library of Congress) - "selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world"
Sedar - Canadian version of Edgar filings plus news
UNESCO Archives Portal - From the United Nations, "information related to library resources available on the World Wide Web as well as to issues affecting librarianship."
United Nations Children's Fund including State of the World's children (mortality info)
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
United Nations Research Guide - (LaDonne Delgado, Mitchell Memorial Library of Mississippi State Univ.) selective guide to web-based and print documents by and about the United Nations, its history, divisions, current awareness sources, indexes and databases, etc. The Mitchell Memorial Library of Mississippi State University has been a United Nations depository library since July 2001.
United Nations Security Council Resolutions Full-Text Search
U.S. State Dept. Human Rights Country Reports
U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets
USAID: Global Education Online Database 2000 - This database creates reports on primary, secondary, and tertiary education, using statistics supplied by UNESCO and USAID's Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Data includes numbers of teachers, numbers of female teachers, percentage of female teachers, and teacher-student ratios. Information is available by country or multiple countries, and by years or multiple years. Results may be displayed in a variety of formats.
The Virtual Institute of Caribbean Studies - VICS
VRL - The Virtual Reference Library - Toronto Public Library
Western Wall cam - (live video)
The World Factbook (CIA) - Latest Edition (Also available through the GPO sites)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Resources Institute - State of the World's Resources
World Statesmen (Benjamin Cahoon) - leaders of nations, colonies, international and religious organizations, and other polities mostly from 1700. Including flags, links to maps, constitutions, and national anthems.
World Trade Organization Documents Online - Searchable or browsable legal texts of the WTO agreements dating back to 1995, updated daily. Selected material is also available for the period 1986 to 1994.
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources - regions, organizations, media, topics...
