International

Good for research.    

• Country Guides   101 handbooks from the Library of Congress' Research Division covering the history and social, economic political and security systems of each country. This program was stopped in 1998, thus the currency of information varies, from 1988 to 1998. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
• Governments on the Web A database of government institutions on the Web, covering more than 220 countries. www.gksoft.com/govt/
• Human Rights Watch The world's largest human rights organization. Based in the United States, this group conducts fact-finding investigations and makes the information public. www.hrw.org/
• International Portals Subject experts at the Library of Congress have created these links to resources about countries--from current news, history, culture, travel information, maps, embassies and more. www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
• United Nations The official web site of the UN, with daily briefings, international law, documents and proceedings. www.un.org

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