International Studies

Background Information

Culturgrams: the nations around us	Ref GT150.D85
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements	Ref KZ4968 .O84
Europa World Year Book	Ref JN1.E85

Journal Article Databases

Academic Search Premier
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Historical Abstracts
JSTOR
LexisNexis Academic
Military and Government Collection
SIRS Knowledge Source

Web Resources

CIA World Factbook

World Factbook is produced by CIA's Directorate of Intelligence. The Factbook is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities

European Union Internet Resources

This page is intended as a pointer to some of the more comprehensive International Government Organization (IGO) web directories and research guides

Foreign Government Resources on the Web

University of Michigan site, easy to use and comprehensive.

Governments on the WWW

Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories as of June 2002.