Information Resources for Countries and Regions

Best Online Resources for Background Information

• CultureGrams
  • Cultural information for 175+ countries of the world, including history, customs, lifestyle, and government.
• Europa World
  • The Europa World Year Book online, with political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Access World News
  • From the index page, click the link that reads, "America's Newspapers".
    Index and full-text of international print and broadcast news. 1996- present.
• LexisNexis Academic
  • Index and full text to news, business, legal, medical, and reference materials and links to congressional and statistical information.
• PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service Archive)
  • Index to journals, books, government documents, conference reports, publications of international agencies, and more, from 1915-1976. PAIS Archive provides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.

Statistics, Economic, and Marketing Information

• Global Market Information Database
  • For over 200 countries, demographic and economic statistics, including consumer lifestyles, and retailing. 1977(earliest date of some tables)- present. Market analysis reports for over 350 markets for the last five years. Tables may be opened and saved in Excel.
• LexisNexis Statistical
  • Abstracts and index to U.S. federal & state government publications, and to privately published & international and intergovernmental statistical sources from 1972.
• Main Economic Indicators
  • This monthly statistical publication provides a wide range of indicators on recent economic developments in the 29 OECD member countries and 10 non-members.
• Monthly Statistics of International Trade
  • A reliable and up-to-date source of statistics on international trade of OECD countries. Data are broken down by economic groupings, by country and by region, and include seasonally adjusted series as well as calculated indicators. The series shown cover data for the last eight months, four quarters and two years available.
• OECD Economic Surveys
  • Online access to the OECD's detailed annual surveys of individual countries.
• STAT-USA
  • A database of current and historical U.S. economic data and international trade information. Produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
• USA Trade Online
  • Monetary value of imports and exports to and from the U.S. by 2-10 digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HS) commodity codes, trading partner country, or customs port. Limited data for quantity of imports & exports. Print or download data tables. Data covers 1994 through current statistical month.