Country Profiles

Do you need to retrieve data about a selected country? If so, campus libraries supply access to a variety of databases and free Web resources. A selection of resources can be accessed using the E-Resource Gateway (Area/International Studies category).

Consider the following:

CountryWatch

Country Reviews supply historical, political, economic, investment, social, and environmental overview of each country. CountryWatch Data allows you to display, cross-tabulate and download numeric data about the countries. Country Wire provides access to articles from international news services. CountryWatch Maps supply physical/political maps in a variety of sizes and formats.

Country Profiles, FAO (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Information retrieval tool groups the organization's vast archive of information on its global activities in agriculture and development into a single area and organizes it by country.

Global Road Warrior (business-travel oriented)

Site supplies demographic and socio-cultural information about countries—with much of its content of interest to business travelers.

World Factbook, CIA

Site contains overviews of each country, including data on geography, people, government, economy, membership in international organizations, communications, and transnational issues. Maps and flags may be viewed in various formats.