Country Information
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BBC Country Profiles"Guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives."
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CIA World FactbookInformation on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
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Congressional Research Service Reports (US govt)For country information, search the name of the country.
CRS reports provide Congress with both anticipatory and on-demand research and analysis to support their legislative, oversight, and representational duties. All reports adhere to the core values of CRS; they are authoritative, objective and nonpartisan. Reports range in length from several pages to more than one-hundred pages and cover the full breadth of topics of interest to Congress. -
Country Studies (Library of Congress)Contains the electronic versions of 80 books previously published in hard copy as part of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, books in the series present a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world.
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Official Gazettes - African and Persian Gulf countriesA collection of official gazettes and other key historical government documentation from countries where the integrity of the public record is known to be at risk.
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Political Database of the AmericasOffers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region.
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Statesman's Year-bookJA 51 .S7 latest volume in reference.
Annual yearbook of descriptive and statistical information about countries around the world. 1864-1951 available in LLMC -
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets (formerly Department of State Background Notes)Archived content from 2021-2025. Overviews of countries, primarily summarizing relations with the US. Also includes links to more information.
Pre-1979 Revolution Iranian Political Pamphlet Collection
The University of Oklahoma has acquired a substantial collection of primary source material relating to the 1979 Iranian revolution. Most material is in Persian. The collection comprises more than 350 items, mostly consisting of pamphlets and short political tracts produced by intellectuals, student activists, and political parties working to overthrow the Pahlavi monarchy. Much of the material was printed and circulated by leftist and Islamist opposition groups residing in Europe and North American during the 1960s and 1970s. For more information see Dr. Afshin Marashi's guide, below. Also see this link to all titles in the library's catalog and this Featured Collection.
To use the collection, please contact the History of Science Collections.