ALMANACS & HANDBOOKS
CountryReports.org
www.countryreports.org/
This site offers
gateway
access to pages of links on countries around the world. Each page
includes
links on culture, history, politics, news and current events, and more.
Good
source for background information.
Country Studies: Area
Handbooks Series
lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
The Country
Studies Series presents 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.
Info Please
www.infoplease.com/
InfoPlease
(Information Please) includes searchable versions of general,
entertainment, and sports almanacs; Random House Webster's College
Dictionary; and The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition.
Political Reference Almanac 1999-2000
edition
www.polisci.com/
Includes
detailed information on U.S. government agencies as well as
comprehensive government profiles of 192 nations and their territories,
including cabinets, legislatures,
courts, central bank, election rules and economic statistics.
The World Factbook
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
An annual
summary and update on countries around the world, including information
about population,
geography, government, military, and transnational issues.
Worldskip
www.worldskip.com/
Offers links to
news and
media services, government offices, economy and business information
for
countries around the world, sorted by region.