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Govt Info: Foreign Nations
Most Relevant Databases
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- This CIA site is updated weekly.
- URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/index.html
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- Foreign Government Resources on the Web
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Contains links to government websites and other useful resources.
- URL: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html
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Country Background
- World Factbook
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements. Information is provided by Antarctic Information Program, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Central Intelligence Agency, Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of State, Fish and Wildlife Service, Maritime Administration, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Office of Insular Affairs, Office of Naval Intelligence, US Board on Geographic Names, US Transportation Command, and other public and private sources.
- URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
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Directories
- The Canada Site
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Government of Canada Primary Internet Site.
- URL: http://www.canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
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- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This CIA site is updated weekly.
- URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/index.html
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- Directgov
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Access to UK government information online. (Formerly UK Online)
- URL: http://www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en
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- Foreign Government Resources on the Web
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Contains links to government websites and other useful resources.
- URL: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html
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- Governments on the WWW
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Provides many links for each country.
- URL: http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
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- Worldwide Government Directory, with International Organizations
Call Number: Main Ref JF37 .W67- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
General
- Background Notes (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- U.S. State Dept. site provides summary information on world countries.
- URL: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
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- Country Studies/Area Handbooks (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- 1988-1998. This website contains the 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. Because the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive. At present, 101 countries and regions are covered. Notable omissions include 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 secion of text.
- URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
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- Europa World Year Book
Call Number: D 2.E892 (Reference Desk)- Overviews of many countries, emphasizing recent history and politics. Some statistical data. See the next entry for a related series.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Portals to the World
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Portals to the World is a Library of Congress web guide containing links to authoritative, in-depth information sources about nations and areas of the world. Within each country or area portal the links are arranged by broad subject categories such as culture, government & politics, society, etc. Both governmental and non-governmental sources are included. This resource will eventually include all nations of the world.
- URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
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- Statesman's Yearbook
Call Number: Main Ref JA51 .S797- Brief information on individual countries. Latest edition shelved at Main Reference Desk.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Government Publications
- British Parliamentary Papers and Other British Government Documents
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Contains web links and information on British documents in the UGA Libraries.
- URL: http://www.libs.uga.edu/researchcentral/subjectguides/britdoc.html
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- Government of Canada Publications
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Indexes Canadian government publications. Some full text online. The UGA Libraries have a good collection of print Canadian documents. Ask at the Main Reference Desk to locate specific print documents
- URL: http://publications.gc.ca/control/publicHomePage
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Human Rights
- Amnesty International: Annual Report (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Click on annual report, then regional index for the region you are interested in, then on the country name.
- URL: http://www.amnesty.org
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- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- 1993-latest. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- URL: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/c1470.htm
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- Freedom in the World (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Click on publications, then Freedom in the World.
- URL: http://www.freedomhouse.org
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Statistics
- Current National Statistical Compendiums
Call Number: MFC JA74 .C850- This microfiche set contains the statistical yearbooks of most countries of the world. Located in a microfiche cabinet in the Government Publications area on the second floor.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Foreign Governments Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Many links to U.S., international, private and country statistical resources.
- URL: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/frames/forstfr.html
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- LexisNexis Statistical
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies
- LexisNexis Statistical consists of:
- Search Tables Base Edition: selected statistical tables drawn mainly from sources published by the U.S. government since about 1998.
- Search Abstracts:
- American Statistics Index (ASI) abstracts (1970-) and full text (ca 2004-) of Federal government sources
- Statistical Reference Index (SRI) abstracts (1980-) of state and private sources
- Index to International Statistics (IIS) abstracts (1983-) of international and inter-governmental sources
Coverage ranges across many topics including income, production, retail and wholesale trade, interest rates, economic indicators, demographics, energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, medicine, and education.
- Coverage Dates: 1970s-
- Updated: Biannually
- Database Provider: cis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xstu-uga1
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- LexisNexis Statistical consists of:
- Nation Master
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Nation Master is a statistical compendium offering up to 335 recent statistics per country on many topics along with text annotations. In addition, Nation Master provides user-defined rankings and graphs. Data and information are drawn from a wide array of published sources.
- URL: http://www.nationmaster.com/
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- National and International Data Sources and Links
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Unannotated links to the major statistical agencies of each country and links to international agencies, including UN bodies, which publish statistics.
- URL: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/inter-natlinks/sd_natstat.htm
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- Statistical Yearbook (United Nations)
Call Number: Main Ref UN/ ST/ESA/STAT/SY/ (UN Reference)- Has a broad array of demographic, economic, and social statistics. Worldwide coverage. Some of the statistical series are updated by the UN Monthly Bulletin of Statistics. Older editions are on the second floor in the UN stacks.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Web Subject Guides
- Portals to the World
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Portals to the World is a Library of Congress web guide containing links to authoritative, in-depth information sources about nations and areas of the world. Within each country or area portal the links are arranged by broad subject categories such as culture, government & politics, society, etc. Both governmental and non-governmental sources are included. This resource will eventually include all nations of the world.
- URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
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