Research Guides: Countries of the World

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Countries of the World Reference Items

The following are recommended Reference titles available from Steely Library

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Area Handbooks/Country Studies
Location: GOV DOC D 101.22:
Detailed book-length studies of individual countries, covering society, education, the economy, and the political system, with an emphasis on political history and foreign policy. Demographic and geographic details are included.
Background Notes
Location: GOV DOC S 1.123
From the U.S. State Department, brief country profiles: geography, demographic statistics, social and cultural profile, brief history, political and economic facts, foreign relations, and travel and business information.
Europa World Year Book
Location: REF JN1 .E85
Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups Worldwide
Location: REF GN 325 .L46 1998
The Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Location: REF GN 307 .E53 1991
For each cultural group, provides information about geography, economy, kinship, marriage and family, sociopolitical organization, and religion and expressive culture.
The Folklore of World Holidays
Location: REF GT 3930 .F65 1991
Country-by-country descriptions of holiday celebrations.
U.N. Statistical Yearbook
Location: REF HA 12.5 .U63
Statistics on all U.N. Countries: population, manpower, agricultural and industrial production, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, communications, foreign trade, consumption, science and technology. More recent figures available in U.N. Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.
U.N. Demographic Yearbook
Location: REF HA 17 .D45
For U.N. member nations, provides demographic information including population, vital statistics, and household composition.
International Financial Statistics
Location: Steely Periodicals and Microforms
1998-April 2004 BOUND 3RD FLOOR; 1985-1997 MICROFICHE 4TH FLOOR
This journal seems to be beneficial to those who are looking for economic information about a specific country, back to the early 1980s.

The Countries of the World Research Guide is maintained by Philip Yannarella. Suggestions and comments are welcome.