Also, explore the Country Information guide.
Selected Resources
Web Sites for Organizations
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World Health Organization (WHO)Explore especially the Health Topics, Countries, and Emergencies drop down menus. Click the Regions tab at the homepage's extreme upper left to select WHO pages for specific geographical areas.
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World Factbook (CIA)Gives country overview; provides information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, and more. Listed by country and information type.
News Sources (Also visit the Newspaper Guide.)
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New York Times - Academic Pass This link opens in a new windowUse the TimesMachine site to explore over 150 years of Times journalism, as it originally appeared.
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New York Times publications This link opens in a new window
Searches across New York Times, Late Edition, New York Times (Online), New York Times International, New York Times Español, New York Times Magazine, New York Times (video), New York Times Book Review, and The Daily (podcast). Filter results by Publication Title to limit to a specific title.
Article Databases
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Ebsco search for Political ScienceSearch across the following databases: EconLit™ with Full Text. Military & Government; SocINDEX with Full Text; and Academic Search Premier.
Note: Choose additional databases by clicking on Searching (above the search boxes).
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Science Direct This link opens in a new windowAccess to full text of over 2,500 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in the areas of: Biochemistry; Business and Management; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Psychology; and Social Science. Includes recently-accepted articles in press.
Note: AND, OR, NOT must be entered in all uppercase. (See further details.)
Background Country Information
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CountryWatch This link opens in a new windowProvides country-specific intelligence and data on all countries, including daily news coverage, intelligence briefings, and up-to-date articles from regional news wire services across the globe.
List of Sources
- The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- The U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
- Human Rights Watch World Report
- Amnesty International
- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada National Documentation Packages
- The Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World
- United Kingdom Home Office
Country policy and Information notes - Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- Temple University and Washington Office on Latin America
- RefWorld
The UN Refugee Agency