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¦ ISMS ¦ Comprehensive Sites ¦ Background Information ¦ Regional Studies ¦
¦ Country Specific Information
¦ Statistics ¦ Economic Surveys ¦ Trade
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"ISMS"
Encyclopedia of Nationalism. New York: Academic Press, 2001.
REF JC 311
.E4996 2001
Magill, Frank, Ed.
International Encyclopedia of Economics. London: Fitzroy
Dearborn, 1997. 2 volumes REF HB 61 .I64 1997
Michie, Jonathan, Ed. Reader's Guide to the Social
Sciences. London: Fitzroy
Dearborn, 2001. REF H 41 .R417 2001
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Detroit: Thomsen/Gale,
2005. 6 volumes
REF CB 9 .N49 2005
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Comprehensive
Sites
Most highly recommended:
Pagell, Ruth A. and Michael Halperin. International
Business Information:
How To Find It, How To Use It. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1998.
REF HF 54.5 .P33 1998
VIBES - Virtual International Business & Economic
Sources
http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68
Also good:
Brint.com - International Business
and Technolgy
http://www.brint.com/International.htm
Emory University. The Globalization Web Site
http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/
O'Leary, Timothy. Encyclopedia of World
Cultures. Boston: GK Hall, 1991.
10 volumes REF GN 307 .E53 1991
International Agencies and Information on
the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html
International Business Information on the Web
http://www.infotoday.com/ibidirectory.htm
The Internationalist
http://www.internationalist.com/
Martindale's International Business, Finance,
and Economics Center
http://www.martindalecenter.com/RefFinance.html
Michigan State University Global Edge
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/
United States International Trade Commission
External Trade Resources
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/tr/index.htm
Virtual Library on International Development
http://w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/
The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: World Almanac
Books,
2005. REF Desk
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Background Information
CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
The Europa Year Book. London: Europa Publications, 1963-.
2 volumes
REF JN I .E85 2003
Kritzer, Herbert M., Ed. Legal Systems of the World: A Political,
Social, and
Cultural Encyclopedia. 4 volumes Santa Barbara: ABC Clio,
2002.
Western Connecticut State University: WCSU
List: World Area Studies
Internet Resources
http://www.wcsu.edu/socialsci/area.html
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Regional Information
Africa South of the Sahara
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html
Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe. New
York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
REF DJK 6 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Detroit: Thomsen/Gale, 2002.
REF DS 4 .E53 2002
Encyclopedia of the European Union. London: Lynn Rienner
Publishers, 1998.
REF JN 30 .E52 1998
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East
& North Africa. Detroit: Gale/
Thomsen, 2004. REF DS 43 .E53 2004
The Far East and Australasia 1999. London: Europa Publications,
1999.
REF DS I .F3 30th 1999
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. New York:
Oxford
University Press, 1995. REF DS 35.53 .O95 1995
United States International Trade Commission International Economic
Review
http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/ier_ittr/ier/index.htm
University of Texas at Austin. Department
of Middle Eastern Studies
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/
University of Pittsburgh REES Web: The World Wide Web Virtual Library
for Russian & East European Studies
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/
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Country Specific Information
Doing Business In?
http://www.hlbi.com/DBI_list.asp
Economist.com Country Briefings
http://www.economist.com/countries/index.cfm
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ELDIS Regional and Country Profiles
http://www.eldis.org/country/index.htm
HSBC Business Profiles
http://www.hsbc.com.hk/hk/bps/default.htm
Information Technology Landscape in Nations
Around the World
http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/ksb/mogit/country.html
International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who. West Sussex,
UK:
Reed Business Information, 2000. REF JA 51 .I57 2000
Library of Congress. Country Studies/Area
Handbooks
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
OPIC Country List
http://www.opic.gov/GeneralOPIC/ctrylist.htm
U.S. Department of Commerce International
Trade Administration
http://www.trade.gov/td/tic/
U.S. Department of Labor. Foreign
Labor Trends
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/media/reports/flt/main.htm
U.S. Department of State. Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
U.S. Department of State. Economic Policy
and Trade Practices
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rpts/eptp/
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Statistics
European
Marketing Data and Statistics 2005. London: Euromonitor, 2005.
REF HA 1107 .E87
Covers socio-economic trends, international trade, industrial
output, transportation,
agriculture, tourism, and retailing, from 1980 to 2004.
EUROSTAT
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1090,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Lazich, Robert. World Market
Share Reporter: A Compilation of Reported World
Market Share Data and Rankings
on Companies, Products, and Services. Detroit:
Thomsen/Gale, 2001-2002. REF HD 2757.15 .W67 2001/02
International Financial Statistics Country
Notes 2004. Washington, D.C.: International
Monetary Fund, 2004. REF HG 61 .I57 2004
International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2004. Washington,
D.C.: International
Monetary Fund, 2004. REF HG 1 .I57
International
Marketing Data and Statistics 2005. London: Euromonitor, 2005.
REF HA 42 .I56
Provides a wealth of data, from 1980 to 2004 relating to demographics,
economics,
environment, energy, industries, markets, advertising, and labor.
United Nations. Statistics. Social
Indicators
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/social/default.htm
United Nations. Statistical Yearbook.
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/statistics
U.S. Census Bureau. International
Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
World Bank Country Data Profiles
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html
World Bank Development Indicators
http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2003/index.html
World Health Organization WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
Economic Surveys
Asia Development Bank.
Annual Report.
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Annual_Report/default.asp?p=aadb
ECA Economic Report on Africa
http://www.uneca.org/era2002/
Economic Survey of Latin America and the
Caribbean
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1090,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
UNECE - United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe.
Economic Survey of Europe
http://www.uneca.org/era2002/
UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe.
Trends in Europe and North America
http://www.unece.org/stats/trend/trend_h.htm
United Nations Economics and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific
http://www.unescap.org/publications/detail.asp?id=671
United Nations Economics and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific
Asia-Pacific in Figures
http://www.unescap.org/stat/data/apif/index.asp
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
http://www.escwa.org.lb/divisions/ead/main.htm
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Trade
World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm
International Trade Centre ? Countries
http://www.intracen.org/countries/
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3198&lang=1
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Foreign Direct Investment Statistics
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/StartPage.asp?intItemID=2921&lang=1
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
World Investment Reports
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1485&lang=1
United States Office of Trade Representative.
Trade Estimate Report
http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2004/2004
National_Trade_Estimate/2004_NTE_Report/Section_Index.html
U.S. International
Trade Administration US Foreign Trade Highlights
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/usfth/
United States Trade
Commission. Interactive Tariff and Dataweb
http://dataweb.usitc.gov/
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