Country Profiles and Information
August 2, 2007
Gary Price recently linked to the BBC Country Profile list, which is an excellent place to find information about countries’ key events as well as current news. Other great places to look are:
- National Geographic’s homework help
- CountryReports.org
- Countries of the World from Infoplease
- Country at a Glance from the United Nations
- 50States.com
- State Reports from Class Brain
Have any others that you like? Share them in the comments section below!
August 2nd, 2007 at 4:55 pm
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
The CIA World Fact Book
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
I’m a fan of the CIA World Factbook
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:03 am
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
This Web site contains the online versions of books previously published (1988-98) in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army. Because the original intent of the series’ sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser-known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive. At present, 101 countries and regions are covered. The date of information for each country appears on the title page of each country and at the end of each section of text.
This Web site also contains brief, more up-to-date Country Profiles on select countries.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Another great source from the UN’s CyberSchoolBus project is Infonation (http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/) Easy to generate charts comparing a wide range of data for up to 6 countries at a time. Designed for kids, but great for anyone.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
p.s. LC’s Portals to the World is another great source. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html Links to tons of resources.
August 5th, 2007 at 10:12 am
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
April 17th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
LocalCensus.com is a website that provides statistical information about the United States of America and all of its cities, zip codes, and counties. LocalCensus.com also provides business listings from a wide variety of categories throughout most cities within the United States of America. Any business owner can simply log in after being verified and modify the content of their personal business listing web page. Customers can also post reviews regarding the quality of services the business provides.