Countries & States
Countries
World
Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency)
Current statistics on countries
of the world. Information about the geography (including a map), people,
economy, government, defense, communications, environment, health, and transportation
of most countries in the world. The same information is also arranged in
125 subject categories.
Europa
World
Provides lengthy descriptions of countries and international organizations
as well as multinational comparative statistics. For each country there
is a discussion of recent political and economic affairs, a statistical
survey subdivided by subject, and a directory covering government and politics,
society and media, and business and commerce. This online version of the
print Europa World Year Book is restricted to the UNCG community.
Country
Briefings-The Economist
Very useful reference collection of 60 country profiles that emphasize economic
and political issues. Includes information on economic structure, political
structure, forecasts and statistics, market updates, and more. Links to
recent news reports about issues affecting the economy.
Background
Notes (U.S. State Department)
Similar in scope to Country Briefings but with more narrative.
International
Government Information
Jackson Library's Government Documents Division website
with links to information on embassies, the United Nations, foreign governments,
statistics, organizations, and more.
Library
of Congress Country Studies
Historical and socio-cultural analyses of 85 countries. Very detailed but
also often quite dated.
State
and Local Government on the Net
Links to state, county and city government websites.
State
and County Quick Facts
Demographic, economic, and geographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Stateline.org
Information from the Pew Center of the States on the important social and
political issues of the day. Links to state information on the budget, taxes,
crime, the environment, income, insurance, accidents, and population.
U.S.
States Fast Facts and Trivia
Almanac-type information about each state with links to more detail.
Yahoo
States
General information on states.
Flags and Maps
Flags
and Maps of the World
National flags and maps for countries of the world. Provided
by the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County.
World
Flag Database
There are over 260 pages on countries and international organizations. Each
page contains basic information on the country, including its formal name,
capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions. The
flags include the national and state flags, ensigns, and sub-national flags.
Where countries have changed their flags in the last few years the old flag
is also shown.
Perry-Castaņeda Library
Map Collection
The University of Texas' extensive online collection of worldwide
political and physical maps, many from the Central Intelligence Agency.
It offers links to hundreds of other sites with country, state, city, historical
and outline maps.
David
Rumsey Map Collection
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 10,000 maps online.
The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America
maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe,
Asia and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique
atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket,
wall, childrens and manuscript maps.
Map
Collections: 1500-2004
The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than
4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small
fraction, those that have been converted to digital form. The
focus is Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress.
Map Collections is organized according to seven major categories: cities
and towns, conservation and environment, discovery and exploration, cultural
landscapes, military battles and campaigns, transportation and communication,
and general.
TopoZone
TopoZone has worked with the US Geological Survey to create the web's
first interactive topographic map of the entire United States. They
offer digital topographic maps, aerial photographs, and related mapping
information to the professional and outdoor recreation communities.
Michael Ingram
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/ref/qil/countries.asp
