» Europe
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
- World Travel Guide
- Location: REF G 153.4 .W67 1998/99 Information for the traveler; for each country includes geography, currency, holidays, social profile, and business climate. The book provides much more information than the web site.
Statistics
- 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.
Maps
- The Atlas of Mankind
- Location: REF G 1046 .E6 A84x A cultural atlas of the world.
- Atlas of World Development
- Location: REF HC 59 .A87 1994x Concentrates on social, political and economic development. Maps present widely varied themes, such as wildlife exploitation, literacy, access to safe water, vegetation change, and patterns of political allegiance.
- National Geographic Atlas of the World
- Location: REF G 1021 .N38 1992 World atlases can be found in this area as well as on the atlas stand near the government documents shelves.
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Background Readingupdated on 10/18/04
