• Atlapedia Online: Key facts and statistics of countries of the world; also has colour physical and political maps

• BBC Country Profiles: has country profiles and reference maps

• CIA World Factbook: has country profiles and reference maps

• Cultural Profiles Project (Citizenship and Immigration Canada): Information on the culture of various countries (Information collected in 1998 and 2002) 

• The Economist Country Brief: The Economist Country Briefings

• Library of Congress Country Studies: An online listing of the contents of the popular area handbook country studies series

• Portals to the World: Contains selective links chosen by Library of Congress staff to provide authoritative, in-depth information. Arrangement is by country and sub-divided into categories such as History, Government and Law, Literature and Culture, News and Current Events, Libraries and Archives, Business and Residential Directories, and Universities.

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