Countries & Cultures
A Quick Guide

Books and Other Media 

• Reed Library Catalog:  Locate materials in Reed Library.
• WorldCat: Locate materials in other libraries, and request via interlibrary loan.

Journals/Articles 

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Direct Link to Country Profiles search. Primarily used for legal research, this source also covers news, financial, and medical information. 

• Canadian Reference Centre : Contains Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Also contains images and biographies.

Reference

• CountryWatch: Provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world. 
• Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. 
• Gale Virtual Reference Library: A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
• Oxford Reference: Includes over 175 subject reference works.

Reference Books in Reed Library

• Countries and Their Cultures: REF GN 307 .C68 2001, v. 1-4
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures:  REF GN 307 .E53 1991, v. 1-10, supplement
• The Statesman's Yearbook:  REF JA 51 .S7
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life:  REF GN333 .W67 1998, v.1-4

Other Tools

• BBC Country Profiles:  Guides to history, politics, economics, media, etc. of countries and territories, as well as profiles of international organizations.  Includes audio and video clips from BBC archives. 
• CIA World Factbook: Up to date information about countries from the CIA.
• UNdata: A world of information:  From the United Nations Statistical Division.
• U.S. State Department
• World Health Organization