Country Profiles

NIC Books

REFERENCE BOOKS

Ember, Melvin and Carol R. Ember ed. Countries and their cultures,
     New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.
Location: NIC Reference
Call Number: GN307.C68 2001

Levinson, David ed. Encyclopedia of world cultures.,
     Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-1996.
Location: NIC Reference
Call Number: GN307.E53 1991

Findlay, Michael Shaw. Language and communication : a cross-cultural encyclopedia.,
     Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998.
Location: NIC Reference
Call Number: P29.F47 1998

Gall, Timothy L. Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life.,
     Detroit : Gale, c1998.
Location: NIC Reference
Call Number: GN333.W67 1998

Periodical Databases

EBSCOhost - Try searching Adademic Search Premier, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences, ERIC, and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia within the EBSCOhost database.

Facts.com - Try searching Country Profiles under Special Features and the Maps database located on the right side of the Facts.com home page.

CultureGrams - This database offers an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.

Lexis-Nexis - Lexis-Nexis offers access to sources for international news and international legal information.

Web Sites

Central Intelligence Agency World Fact Book
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Countries of the World
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/

Country Studies (Federal Research Division of Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

International Business Culture and Etiquette
http://www.executiveplanet.com/

International Business Etiquette and Manners
http://www.cyborlink.com/besite/Default.asp

US State Dept. list of foreign consulates in the United States
(consulate web sites are not given, just contact information).
http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/fco/c10983.htm

Yahoo! directory of web sites of foreign consulates in the US
(less complete list of consulates, but does provide web sites of many foreign offices).
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Embassies_and_Consulates/
Foreign_Embassies_and_Consulates_in_the_United_States/

International News

WorldNews Network
http://www.worldnews.com/

Lexis-Nexis - Lexis-Nexis offers access to sources for international news and international legal information.

Facts.com - Try searching Country Profiles under Special Features and the Maps database located on the right side of the Facts.com home page.

As always, try using "Best of the Web" at the NIC Library web site.