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- Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria.
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- Extensive worldwide directory of websites for embassies and consulates.
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- Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the internet: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-national organizations etc. Includes political parties.
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- From the Library of Congress. Provides encyclopedic in-depth information about many countries in the world. The Web Site provides for searching and browsing for individual country reports. (Some of the studies may be not be recent.)
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- Searchable database of Country and Industry Market Reports, including: Country Commercial Guides, Industry Sector Analyses, Marketing Insights, Multilateral Development Bank Reports, Best Markets, and other Industry/Regional Reports.
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- The CIA World Fact Book provides systematic basic information about many countries of the world, including data and maps.
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- Promotes the rule of law and includes rankings of nations in a "Corruption Index."
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- an easy-to-use site from the University of Colorado Library. From the main page you simply click on the first letter of the country you're interested in, then select the country from the list that appears. In an instant you'll be at a page of links to information about that country. Most countries have a hundred or more links to information, with things like: profiles, statistics, government links, background reports, demographics, useful links, and more. Some links are to commercial databases which require you to register, but most are free.
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