Online Reference - Countries & Gazetteer

Countries

CIA World Factbook from the C.I.A. It contains information on countries of the world.

Countries and Their Cultures from Gale Virtual Reference, 2001. Focuses on cultures of countries around the world. Contains summaries of the countries, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information. Off Campus Instruction

Country Studies Department of the Army Country Studies/Area Handbook Program It includes analyzing country's political, economic, social,and other institutions.

Countrywatch is an information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the 192 recognized countries of the world.

Portals to the World - Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria

Background Notes - Full-text and updated periodically, the US State Department Background Notes on geographic entities. Organized by region and country or international organization, there's a lot more information here than the basic statistical and geographic information located in almanacs. History, government and political conditions are discussed, as well as the economy, foreign relations and basic travel information. Also listed are principal US officials and consulate officers.

GazetteerTop

U.S. Gazetteer Provided by the Bureau of the Census. A place/county search gateway for the Census Bureau's TIGER map server and the 1990 Census Data Lookup server

World Gazetteer Site provides information about current population of countries, their administrative divisions, cities and towns as well as images of the current national flags.

Geographic Names Information System provided by the US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior