University Library: Global Information Resources

Country profiles from BBC News. Freely available website.

Contains reliable information on every country in the world. Details political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.

These profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security.

Click on the 'organizations' tab for a worldwide listing of organizations, including NGOs, with contact information. You can sort the list by area of activity and by country.

Country Profiles from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. Country profiles are available along with maps and graphs comparing countries' crime, economy, education, energy, environment, geography, government, health, media, military, people, sports and transportation. Freely available website.

Official statistics produced by countries and compiled by the United Nations, as well as estimates and projections. Covers agriculture, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism. Includes indicators such as Millennium

Country profiles prepared by World Bank staff are available for 157 nations. Freely available website.

Economic development data from 551 statistical series for 224 countries and ethnic groups of the world, compiled by the World Bank. Specific series and countries/groups can be selected for specific year ranges. U-M users only

Provides entries on the physical geography of every country in the world plus other selected locations.

Cities Around the World presents over 6,100 photographic images from the slide collections of the American Geographical Society Library.

Makes available significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. These cultural treasures include, but are not limited to, manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints,

Global maps scanned from CIA publications, as well as a good list of other maps. Especially strong collection of world city maps. Includes several guides on maps, tides, projections, and bibliographies.