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Government Documents Guide
Our guide to finding American government documents online.

CIA World Factbook
Encyclopedic entries on countries compiled by the CIA
Congressional Research Services Reports
These expert reports are created as briefings for Congress and include country profile briefs.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Annual reports filed by country. Compiled by the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Nation Guides from Law Online
The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information for international countries.
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
Information from the State Dept on US relations with foreign countries. Links at the bottom of each entry point to other useful US government pages detailing aspects of the country.
USA.gov
The U.S. government's official web portal. Use this search engine to find more official US government pages on foreign countries.

International Financial Statistics This link opens in a new window
An excellent source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic economics. Data includes consumer and producer prices, exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, interest rates, production, government accounts, and national accounts.

Europa World Year Book
Call Number: JN1 .E97
Find more in depth coverage of countries here. Includes detailed statistics.
Countries and their Cultures
Call Number: GN307 .C68 2001
4 volumes
The Statesman's Yearbook
Call Number: Ref JA51 .S7 & eBook