Selected Resources in Country Studies

Reference Sources (General)

• Amnesty International Reports
  REF JC 571 .A44 2005
  http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/index-eng
  Previous reports from 1993-2004 in Osterlin stacks
• Child Labor: A World History Companion
  REF HD 6231 .H63 1999
  
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
  GOVDOCS Y 4.IN 8/16: 2002
  http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/c1470.htm (for '03 & '04 reports)
• Encyclopedia of Democracy, 4 vols.,
  REF JC 423 .E53 1995
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide, 6 vols.
  REF HQ 1115 .G74 2003
  (includes general human rights. issues)
• International Human Rights in Context
  REF K 3240 .S74 2000
• Nations of the World: A political, economic, and business handbook.
  REF HC 10 .N36 2005
• World Bank Publications:
  World Bank Annual Report, 2005
  World Development Indicators
  REF HC 59.69 .W68 2003
• World Development Report
  REF HC 59.7 .W659 2003
• International Monetary Fund Publications:
  World Economic Outlook, September 2004 : The global demographic transition
  REF HC 59.15 .W56 2004
• World Economic Outlook, April 2004 : Advancing structural reforms
  REF HC 59.15 .W56 2004
• World Factbook, (CIA)
  REF G 122 .U56
  Previous editions in storage PREX 3.15: YEAR
• The World Guide: An alternative reference to the countries of our planet
  REF HC 57.9 .T452 2003-2004

• World Poverty, a reference handbook
  REF HC 59.72 .P6 G53 2004
  
  Reference Sources (Specific Countries / Regions)

• China:
  Modern China: An encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism
  REF DS 755.2 .M63 1998
  
  The State of China Atlas (Includes statistics)
  REF G 2305 .D66 2005
  
  
• India:
  Cambridge Encyclopedia of India
  REF DS 334.9 .C36 1989
  
  Middle East:
  Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East, 4 vols
  REF DS 43 .E53 2004
  
  Russia:
  Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the former Soviet Union
  REF DK 14 .C35 1994
  

Journals

• Economist. Past 5 yrs. available in print at Osterlin Library.
  Full text online via Library Databases: Academic Search Elite or LexisNexis Academic
• Middle East Journal Issues from 1947 to present available in print or microfilm at Osterlin Lib.
  Full text online via library databases: Expanded Academic ASAP & Infotrac OneFile
• Survey of Current Business, July 2005, p.92-95 "U.S. International Transactions"
  Exports, Imports, and Balances, broken down by country. Osterlin Journal Subscription.
  Full text available via databases: Business Source Elite, Infotrac, and Wilson Select Plus.
  

Country Study Web Sites

• Background Notes. Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
• Country Studies & Profiles from the Federal Research Division at the Library of Congress
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
• National Footprints (Country's ecological footprints) http://www.footprintnetwork.org/gfn_sub.php?content=national_footprints
• The United Nations http://www.un.org
• The World Bank http://www.worldbank.org
• World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org