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Country Information:

Government sources:

• U.S. Embassy Background Notes
• CIA World Factbook - cryptic but sometimes useful
• Library of Congress Country Profiles

Reference works:

• Political Risk Yearbook - good section on foreign relations
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (in the Gale Virtual Reference Collection)
• Countries and their Cultures (in the Gale Virtual Reference Collection)

Current News:

• ProQuest - national newspapers and magazines; not all are fulltext
• Academic Universe - English language; text only of foreign newspapers - but translated to English
• Press Display - world newspapers in their original language

Topical Resources:

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center – good source of ideas 
• ProQuest (an excellent starting place for information on any topic; newspapers and magazines; lots of fulltext) 
• CQ Researcher (contemporary issues from Congressional Quarterly)
• CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) 
• Armed Conflict Database
• Geobase (database of resources related to geography; use GetIt to link to fulltext)
• Books (search the CAT by topic) – e.g., “Conflicts over natural resources – a reference handbook”T

Other resources:

• Gateway Library’s list of resources related to world regions