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Countries of the World and Geography
Atlapedia This site has strict copyright guidelines so I have chosen to remove it from the list. Be sure you understand you must pay for the info you use, even if the site does not require a password or login name.
Alternatime
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html
Variety of TIMELINES
Background Notes
This is also available within the SIRS database in an easy to print format.
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/
Countries of the World: Theodora.com
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/
Country Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
InfoNation This is from the United Nations Cyberschool
Infoplease.com Countries of the World
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
Kids Click: Countries
http://www.kidsclick.org/midcoun.html
Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Map Collection from the U. of Texas Country, regional and historical maps.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Map Collection
Multnomah County Library info on Countries
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/cntryhc.html
United Nations Country Info
http://www.uncjin.org/country/country.html
World Atlas.com
http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm
World Gazetteer
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm
The World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Yahoo Countries
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/
ABC World News
On the right hand side of the page, areas of the world are listed. Click the appropriate one.
BBC News Look for Country Profiles in the left-hand column
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
CBS World News
http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/section/0,1636,202-412,00.shtml
Seems a little difficult to find specific countries. However, if your area has been in the news, check here.
CNN World News
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/
Areas of the world are listed on the left hand side of the page. Click the appropriate one.
Crayon.net
http://www.crayon.net/using/links.html
Listing of links to newspapers from around the world. These are current editions, not archives.
Geographic.org
http://www.geographic.org
Maps, people and countries.
Google News
http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&q=
Human Rights Worldwide
http://www.hrw.org/
MSNBC News Scroll down for International News by Regions of the World
http://www.msnbc.com/news/intlnews_front.asp?0si=-
News and Current Events Sites http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/newshc.html
Multnomah County Library in Portland, lists sites that may help you find info.
Online News Hour
Search Index from PBS
Archive goes back to 1996. Easy to search.
Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/index.html
Get full text of this magazine from ProQuest.
USA Today World News
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/nw1.htm
Individual countries and areas are not listed on the main page, but you can search the site for information on your country.
About.com Politicals and government around the world
Embassies: Foreign Embassies in Washington D.C.
http://www.embassy.org/
Foreign Governments and Politics
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~phensel/intlgovt.html
Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
International Government Topics from Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://www.lii.org/search/file/international
World Rulers
http://rulers.org/
Speeches of the 20th Century
How to Use Primary Source Documents
Discoverer's Web
Letters, journals and diaries the voyagers wrote.
Documents in Military History
http://www.hillsdale.edu/personal/stewart/war/
Loads very slow. Wait.
EyeWitness Accounts
Lots of photos, letters and diaries, from the publishers of the EyeWitness books.
Eurodocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
The order of documents is chronological wherever possible
Historical Text Archive
Not all countries are included. Be sure to scroll through the whole listing. They are not well organized.
Encyclopedias Online
Britannica Online
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encarta Online
Page created and copyrighted by Patti Tjomsland, March 2001, updated February 2006
Graphic from Discovery School