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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. |
