“My students are always kind of surprised to learn about what they have missed, what they haven't been paying attention to all their lives.”
Natural Sciences Professor Laura Alexander
International Links @ CSC library
Country Information
The Economist Country Briefings
Governments on the WWW Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties
OECD Statistics Organisation for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) uses its wealth of information on a broad range of topics to help governments foster prosperity and fight poverty through economic growth and financial stability.
Portals to the World From the Library of Congress, selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world
Everything International Provides links to a wide variety of international business, education, and research internet sites
Quantitative Information
International Data Base
From the US Census, the International Data Base (IDB) offers a variety of demographic indicators for 224 countries and areas of the world
NationMaster A vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. You can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease
United Nations Population Information Network
Worldmapper a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest
UNdata This portal combines 15 databases and 55 million records from different UN agencies, with more sets anticipated in the future. Major topics include agriculture, employment, education, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, population, refugees, trade, and tourism
Africa and Asia
All Africa Collects current news articles about Africa
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Africa Focus Africa Focus brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries
