Political Studies

Use indexes (databases) to find articles about a country.
Some useful databases:

BBC News
On the left sidebar, click on "Country Profiles"; then select a country. Information includes history, politics, and economic background as well as links to audio and video clips

 

 

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Research in international affairs. Includes maps, country data, and briefs from public policy institutes.

 

Constitute
The world's constitutions to read, search and compare.

 

Country Statistical Yearbooks
University of Wisconsin's research guide to country statistical yearbooks or similar collections for 111 countries worldwide.

 

Country Studies / Area Handbooks
US1 DI6... (to 1998; Documents Compact Shelving)
Online via Library of Congress: Country studies (1988-1998); Country profiles (brief; more current)

 

 

 

 

Select a region; then a country. Under Services and Resources, select "Market Prospect".
Information includes country factsheets, economic reports, and industry reports.

 

International Monetary Fund
Select "Country Reports".

 

OECD Economic Surveys
ZZ EC33... (Documents Reference and Compact Shelving)

 

SourceOECD
Full text of OECD books, periodicals, and statistical databases.

 

World Bank. Documents and Reports
Select "Browse by country".

 

World Bank. Doing Business
See pull-down menus in the upper right corner or use Get Full Data to create a custom dataset.