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Global Regions:

Africa

The Americas

East Asia and Pacific

Europe

Middle East and North Africa

Central and South Asia


Resources for International Politics and Government - General

... A Country Study  - A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.  The  publications describe and analyze political, economic, social, and  national security systems and institutions in detail for 100 countries.  [Reviewed] 

Alta Plana - International Economics Gateway - Links to data and resource pages, international organizations, national governments and corporate server.

Amesty International - AI  is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human
rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Area Studies - Arranged by country, presents country-specific links gathered from Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources site.

Background Notes: ... - Published by the U.S. Department of State,  provides information on geographic entities and international organizations. Not every country is covered.

Official Government Web Pages by Country - Included in Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources site.

The Counter Terrorism Page - Sponsored by the Terrorism Research Center in order to inform the public of  the phenomena of terroris ll as links to other terrorism documents, research and resources.

Countries - (Yahoo!)

The Electronic Embassy - A resource of and for the Washington D.C. foreign embassy community.   Contact information is provided for each embassy, and when available, links to informational web sites for specific countries.

G 8 Information Center - A leading independent source of information, analysis, and research on the institutions, issues and members of the G7 Summit.

The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: A feature of UT Library Online - University of Texas, Austin.

Tourist.com - Travel site that is a forum for sharing travel experiences.

World Factbook - Published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Factbook provides geographic, demographic, economic, political, and military information. ( Note: Links to individual countries appear in the breakout areas below.)  [Reviewed] 

Worldwide Governments on the World Wide Web - Contains more than 14000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories as of January 2000.

WWW Virtual Library:International Affairs Resources - Over 1800 annotated links in a range of international affairs topics.


United Nations
United Nations Home Page - Maintained by the United Nations Department of Public Information.

Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations UN-I-QUE - (UN Info Quest) is a ready reference file created by the UN's Dag Hammarskjöld Library to respond to frequently asked questions,  providing quick access to document symbols/sales numbers for UN materials (1946 - present).

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide - designed for researchers new toUN documentation. Provides an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the Organization (e.g, reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) with guidance on their use.  [Reviewed] 

Virtual Library United Nations WHO/OMS -World Health Organization

United Nations Scholars Work Station Home Page - collection resources and  pointers to print and electronic information on disarmament, economic and social development, environment, human rights, international relations, international trade, peacekeeping, and population and demography. Developed by the Yale University Library and the Social Science Statistical Laboratory--some access restrictions. 

 


Christopher O. Dixon
Government Information Services/Reference Librarian
Saint Joseph's University
cdixon@sju.edu
Last revision / review:  March 8, 2007
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