Econ 300: Library and Internet Resources for Country Profiles

Online Databases for Finding Country Information:

Try these narrowing terms in combination with your country in most electronic databases.

Access to multidisciplinary databases for a variety of subjects and journals available via the Library HomePage under the Electronic database drop down menu--http://www.mnstate.edu/library/

JSTOR

An electronic database of full-text back issues of 117 academic journals in the subject areas of African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population/Demography, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Sociology, and Statistics.

 

FirstSearch

An electronic database index to journal articles, books, web resources, films, etc. Through FirstSearch, the library allows access to 49 databases ranging in subject areas from Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Conferences & Proceedings, Consumer Affairs & People, Education, Engineering & Technology, General & Reference, General Science, Life Sciences, Medicine & Health Sciences, News & Current Events, Public Affairs & Law, and Social Sciences. Includes access to the EconLit database. Try NetFirst for Internet resources that have been selected by libraries.

National Newspapers 5

Through the Minnesota Statewide Database Access Program from Bell & Howell Information and Learning, we will gain access to the full text of articles in the following newspapers:

New York Times Book Review; New York 
New York Times Magazine; New York 
New York Times; Late Edition (East Coast); New York, N.Y.
Star Tribune; Minneapolis, Minn. 
The Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext); Los Angeles, Calif. 
The Los Angeles Times; Record edition; Los Angeles, Calif. 
The Washington Post; Washington, D.C. 
Wall Street Journal; Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. 

Also try the World of Newspapers, available on the web at: http://www.esperanto.se/kiosk/index.htm

 

Alphabetic List of All MSUM Library Online Databases

Available at: http://www.mnstate.edu/library/databases.htm

 

Selected Internet-Based Resources

Country Studies: Area Handbook Program. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Because the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive. At present, 101 countries and regions are covered. Notable omissions include Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and other Western nations, as well as a number of African nations. The date of information for each country appears on the title page of each country and at the end of each section of text. NOTE: Does not contain every country.

CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.htm

 

Economic Growth Resources. http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Economics/Growth/

Designed as a resource for researchers studying economic growth, includes links to papers, surveys, data sets, links and more. Most useful is its links to outside resources and papers.

Europa (European Union Countries) http://europa.eu.int/index.htm

Portal site of the European Union (http://europa.eu.int/). It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Users can also consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion, access the websites of each of the EU institutions and find out about the policies administered by the European Union under the powers devolved to it by the Treaties. Most documents are in Adobe Acrobat/PDF format.

MSUM Library’s Government Documents Section on "International Organizations and Foreign Governments." http://www.mnstate.edu/govdocs/international.htm

Governments on the WWW. http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/

United Nations Bibliographic Information System. http://unbisnet.un.org

Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöd Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are non-UN publications held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library.
 

United Nations Website.  http://www.un.org

MSUM Library’s Government Doc’s Map Links. http://www.mnstate.edu/govdocs/maps.htm

Atlapedia Online (maps) http://www.atlapedia.com/online/map_index.htm

Resources in the Reference Collection and Government Documents

NEW!! CultureGrams: The Nations Around Us. 2001 edition. 2 volumes. REF GT 150 .C85 2000. Vol 1: The Americas and Europe. Vol. 2: Africa, Asia, and Oceania.  Brief entries including information on land, climate, history, the people (population; language; religion), customs, lifestyle, and society.

Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 10 volumes. REF GN 550 .E53 1991

The Time Almanac. REF. AY64 .I55. Most recent edition is 2001. Related resource: http://www.infoplease.com

Europa World Yearbook. REF. JN1 .E85. Most recent edition is 1999.

Statistical Yearbook (Europa). REF. HA1107 .O2 1999. Most recent edition is 1999.

Statesman's Year-book. REF. JA51 .S7. Most recent edition is 2001.

Demographic Yearbook. (United Nations). REF. HA17 .D45. Most recent edition is 1997.

Nations of the World: A Political, Economic, and Business Handbook. REF. D32 .N37

Encyclopedia of the Third World. REF. HC59.7 .K87 199

Global Development: A Reference Handbook. REF. HC59.7 .S283 1995

The Third World Handbook. REF. D883 .A76 1994

Social Indicators of Development (World Bank). REF. HC59.69 .S63

Political Handbook of the World. REF. JF37 .P6

Statistical Yearbook. (United Nations). REF. HA12.5 .U63

World Economic and Social Survey. (Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, United Nations). REF. HC59 .A169

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. REF. G63 .W67 1998

Statistical Abstract of the World. REF. HA154 .S83. Most recent edition is 1997.

FBIS Reports -- on CD-ROM (older editions on microfiche). U.S. DOCS. PREX7.10:FBIS- Ask at Government Documents Desk.

Country Analysis Briefs: 1994 [microform]. Profiles of major world energy producers. U.S. DOCS. E 3.2:C 83/994 MICRO FICHE

World media handbook : selected country profiles. REF. Z6941 .W67 199

Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. REF. DT351 .E53 1997

Africa South of the Sahara. REF. DT351 .A37. Also try this Internet resource: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html (Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources)

Europa series:

Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. REF. HC244 .E225

The Far East and Australasia. REF. DS1 .F3

The Middle East and North Africa. REF. DS49 .M5

South America, Central America, and the Carribean. REF. F1401 .S68

The Territories of the Russian Federation. REF. DK293 .T47 1999

 

Selected Books in the Circulating Collection

Where Women Stand: An International Report on the Status of Women in 140 Countries, 1997-1998. HQ1154 .N39 1997 (3rd Floor)

From Modernization to Globalization: Perspectives on Development and Social Change. HN981.C6 F76 2000 (3rd Floor)

The State of the World's Children. Unicef/Oxford U. P. HQ792.2 .S73 (3rd Floor)

 

 

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