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Guides
Foreign
Government Resources on the Web (University of Michigan
Documents Center): Government web sites, constitutions, laws &
treaties, embassies, news, statistics, and related foreign
information.
Foreign
National Governments (GODORT International Documents Task
Force): General guides, and guides to information from specific
countries or regions.
Government
> Countries (YAHOO!directory): For background information
try Regional
> Countries (YAHOO!directory).
Governments on the WWW:
Another large list of government institutions (national, regional,
and municipal); also lists political parties and sources of
background information.
Country Information
CountryWatch:
Restricted to University of Chicago computing accounts.
Provides political, macroeconomic, industry, and environmental
overviews.
Facts On File World News
Digest: Restricted to University of Chicago
computing accounts. News summaries from newspapers,
periodicals, journals, and online government sources from 1980
forward.
Keesing's Record of
World Events: Restricted to University of Chicago
computing accounts. Monthly digest of worldwide political,
diplomatic and economic affairs providing full-text international
news reports since 1960.
The Library of Congress
Country Studies: Covers 101 countries and regions. Notable
omissions include Canada, the United States, France, the United
Kingdom, and other Western nations, as well as a number of African
nations. Description and analysis of historical setting, geography,
society, economy, political system, foreign policy, and national
security provided by the Federal Research Division of the Library
of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series
sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and
1998.
World News
Connection: Restricted to University of Chicago
computing accounts. Translations of foreign media news
articles and transcripts of broadcasts. Provided to the National
Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Foreign Broadcast
Information Service (FBIS).
Embassies
Embassy.org: Provides
information on foreign embassies in Washington, D.C.
Embassy World: Embassies
& consulates worldwide and United Nations permanent missions;
includes international telephone directory and other reference
sources.
Websites of W.S. Embassies
and Consulates: List provided by the U.S. Department of State;
organized by region; includes additional information such as key
officers of foreign service posts.
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Foreign Affairs
CIAO,
Columbia International Affairs Online: Restricted to University
of Chicago computing accounts. Working papers, conference
proceedings, articles, books, and policy briefs on international
affairs.
PAIS
International: Restricted to University of Chicago
computing accounts. Indexes journal articles, books,
proceedings and government documents (U.S. & foreign) on public
affairs topics.
U.S. Department of State: Lead
U.S. foreign affairs agency.
Law
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals:
Restricted to University of Chicago computing accounts.
Index to articles in foreign, international, and comparative law
reviews published since 1985.
Foreign &
International Law: Law Library's guides on wide range of topics
(constitutions, comparative laws and country reports; war crimes;
human rights and minorities; intellectual property; etc.).
UK and Other Regions
Libraries, Collections & Subjects:
Find additional resources for specific areas--History, the East Asian
Collection, the Middle East, the
Southern Asia Collection, and
Slavic and Eastern European Studies,
for example.
19th Century
Masterfile: Restricted to University of Chicago
computing accounts. Includes Hansard's Index to
Debates (1803-1830) and Cobett's Parliamentary History
of England (1066-1803).
British
Documents- British Parliamentary Papers and Other Sources: A
guide to finding British documents in the University of Chicago
Library.
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