Background Info
- Country at a Glance (UN)
- Quickly find out where your country is on a map!
- CIA World Factbook
- "Choose country" to see general country overviews
- Map, background info, descriptions of geography, people, government, etc.
- Library of Congress Country Studies
- "Choose country study" (right side)
- More in depth than CIA World Factbook
- Information by Country (UNICEF)
- Issues facing children around the world
- Current press releases, background info, reports, and statistics
- Datafinder (Population Reference Bureau)
- Find health, demographic, and social statistics on your country or a continent or on countries by development status
History and Culture
Most of the sites above will only have brief information on the history and culture of your country. To get more information, use encyclopedia articles and entire books on your region.
Search for books in the library catalog:
- Gale Virtual Reference Library Online encyclopedias including
- Countries and Their Cultures (2001)
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies (2002)
- Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students (2002)
- International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family (2003)
- Encyclopedia of Food and Culture (2003)
- World Education Encyclopedia (2001)
- Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (2005)
- Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (2002)
- Type your country name and history - sudan and history
- Hit Add Keyword Search Limits
- Set Limit by Material Type to Books (all types)
- Hit Keyword in Subject
Health Status, Workforce, Etc.
The sources above include summaries and statistics. For more information on health in your country, search the library catalog:
- World Health Organization
- Choose Countries (sidebar) to see health status, expenditures, etc. by country.
- Global Atlas of the Health Workforce (World Health Organization)
- Find and compare number of health workers by country, continent, region, etc.
- Make charts, graphs, and maps
- Don't worry if the data look "old" -- gathering info, compiling it, and posting online can take several years
- Hit "Data Query" (top) to choose your data and make charts, graphs, and maps
- Hit "Interactive maps" to build and print maps
If you don't get enough results, revise your search to the region or continent where your country is located - health and north africa. You can also search for your region and the term medical care.
- Type health and your country - health and sudan
- Hit Keyword Anywhere
Books in the RA 441 call number range may be helpful. For example:
- Handbook of international health care systems (2000), RA441 .H36 2002, Jackson Library Reference Room
- Public health at the crossroads : achievements and prospects (2004), RA441 .B43 2004, Jackson Library Basement
- A primer of international health (2001), RA441 .B83 2001, Jackson Library Basement
- World health systems : challenges and perspectives (2002), RA441 .W676 2002, Jackson Library Basement
News
- United Nations News Service
- Free online, includes News by Region (right side of page)
- Also offers Webcasts
- News and Newspapers
- Browse by country
- BBC News
- Choose region (sidebar) for free online news
- International News (ABC News)
- Free online articles, photos, and videos
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Annual journal freely available online
- Lexis Nexis Academic:
- Jackson Library subscription to over 350 national and international newspapers
- Choose Guided News Search
- Set News Category to World News
- Choose your news source (ie, Middle East/Africa Sources)
- Type your topic (sudan and health)
- Adjust the date range if you want
- Hit Search button
