W. Frank Steely  Library

» Countries of the World

Print Sources Available Courtesy of Steely Library

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.

CIA World Factbook

Location: REF D 31 .W6 For each country includes a map, physical geography, demographic statistics, political/economic facts, and transportation, communications, and military information.

Europa World Year Book

Location: REF JN 1 .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.

World Population Data Sheet, annual

Location: REF HA 155 .W66x 1998 Demographic statistics for countries and regions, with comparative statistics for the world and the continents. Includes population, vital statistics, fertility rates and life expectancy, contraceptive use, government view of birthrate, and per capita GNP. Also provides land area, population density, and capital city for each country.

World Reference Atlas

Location: REF G 1021 .D63 1994 Includes climate, brief social, political and demographic information, economic statistics, and other details for each country.

International Financial Statistics

Location:1998-Apr. 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.

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updated on 10/19/04