Regional Information
The CamelCat can find books containing information on various countries. To find this information, do a browse search of subject headings containing the Country's name (i.e. Germany). The results will show subject headings containing this Country. Look for subheadings that may be useful for your research. For example, if you were interested in finding information on the Reunification of Germany you would want to find the heading Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990.
Remember, books that have a call number starting with REF are in the reference room and cannot be checked out.
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REF D 299.H5
Historical Abstracts
Split into Parts A and B in 1972. Part A covers materials
concerning the time period from 1450-1914. Part B covers
materials concurring the time period from 1914 - present. Subject
and author indexes; abstracts of periodicals, books,
dissertations. International in scope; divisions by time periods
and areas in nations.
REF D 410.F3
Facts on File
Cumulative yearly indexes. World News Digest; brief entries on
world events, updated weekly. Contents list major items of each
issue.
REF D 839.E3
Editorials on File
Cumulative indexes for each year. Twice monthly collection of
editorials, concerning major events from 150 North American
newspapers. International in scope; summaries of events precede
the editorials.
REF DS 334.9.C36 1989
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives
Countries, historical events, culture. Bibliography.
REF DS 35.2.C69 1994
The Facts on File Asian
Political Almanac
Country data, biographies, glossary. Bibliography.
REF G 63.W67 1998
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the
Nations: Asia & Oceania (Vol.4)
Political, economical, and cultural information by country.
Bibliography.
REF G 133.W93 1999
Worldmark Chronology of the Nations (4 vol.)
A Chronology of the historical events of 192 countries. Each volume starts with a general chronology of world events. Countries are listed alphabetically.
REF GN 333.W67 1998
Worldmark Encyclopedia ofCultures and Daily Life (4 vol.)
Describes the way of life for a variety of cultures worldwide.
REF JA 51.S7
The Statesman's Yearbook
Provides statistical, historical, diplomatic, and
economic information about world countries.
INDEX REF JA 70.A214
ABC POL SCI
A comprehensive bibliographical guide to the current periodical
literature in political science and government.
REF JF 11.B4
Constitutions of the
Countries of the World
Contains the text of countries Constitutions.
REF JF 37.P6
Political Handbook of the
World: Essential political information about every country in the world
Provides brief information on a countries history, its government,
political parties and groups, and news media.
REF JN 1.E85 1999
Europa World Yearbook
Statistical and background information
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Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Updated annually, this database includes over 25,000 full text
records, covering an array of subject areas.
JSTOR
A collection of full text scholarly journals in the following subject
areas: African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology,
Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics,
Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and
Statistics.
LexisNexis
Academic
LexisNexis Academic provides searchable access to a comprehensive
spectrum of full-text information from over 5,600 sources, selected to
meet academic research needs.
EBSCOhost
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering
academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities,
education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics,
arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This
database is updated on a daily basis.
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General Sites
CIA World Factbook
Compiled and produced by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Contains brief snapshots of world countries. Includes information
on history, geography, people, government, the economy, communications,
transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Electronic Embassy
The Electronic Embassy provides information on each of the embassies in
Washington D.C., with links to Web-based resources where available.
LC
Country Studies
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.
Portals To The World
Links to electronic resources from around the world. Links cary information ranging from current events to culture.
Asia
Asia Source
Produced by the Asia Society, this site is particularly useful for
information about current news and events, economic and business
developments, political changes, country comparisons, and
bibliographies about Asia.
Asian
Studies
This portal links to academic and scholarly Web sites relating to Asian
history, philosophy and religion, literature and
language, anthropology, news and current affairs, women, libraries, and
universities.
Digital South Asia
Library
A project of the Center for Research Libraries, the DSAL provides
electronic access to a diversity of
information: reference books, dictionaries, images, maps, statistics,
library catalogs, periodical indexes, and books.
US
Department
of State: Bureau of South Asian Affairs
The Bureau of South Asian Affairs deals with U.S. foreign policy and
U.S. diplomatic relations with these countries and geographic entities:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan, and
Sri Lanka.
The Coombsweb
The Coombsweb is the
world's oldest Asian Studies online research facility.
South
Asia Resource Access on the Internet (SARAI)
Part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library, this portal accesses sites
containing information from and about
South Asia: libraries, reference tools, electronic books and journals,
directories, country specific material,
organizations, news, and topics of current and historical interest.
Asia Society
The Asia Society is
America's leading institution dedicated to fostering under-standing of
Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and
the Pacific.
A national nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization, the Society
provides a forum for building awareness of the more than thirty
countries broadly defined as the Asia-Pacific region - the area from
Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia to New Zealand, Australia and the
Pacific Islands.
South Asia Analysis Group
Contains articles about various issues in South Asia.
Latin America
Miami
Herald
The Miami Herald's coverage of Latin America
CNN
CNN's coverage of Latin America
Handbook of Latin American Studies
A selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Latin American information resource based on a country by country or subject by
subject search.
New
York Times
The New York Times' coverage of Latin America
Redalyc
Provides access to scholarly Latin American resources
Southern Oral History Program
A collection of over 3,800 interviews of southern men and women from all walks of life.
US Department of State: Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs deals with U.S. foreign policy and
U.S. diplomatic relations with the countries of the Western Hemisphere
The Middle East
AlJazeera
Middle East news independent news source.
The New York Times
The New York Times coverage of the Middle East.
BBC News
Mid East news from the BBC world news.
CNN.com
CNN's coverage of the Middle East.
History in the News: The Middle East
This site provides links to resources for the study of the Middle East.
U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs deals with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. diplomatic relations with these countries and geographic entities: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jorday, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
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