Learning Resource Centers
On campus and online serving the campuses of
International Institute of the Americas and Stellar International Institute
World Cultures
World Cultures:
World Art Sites:

Country Information:

  • The World Factbook (published by the CIA and updated every year; has extensive country profiles that include maps, flags, industries, employment, culture, TV and radio stations, statistics, crime, currency, imports, exports, health system, legal system, and even national holidays)
  • Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources from Around the World (click on a country, then on a topic, and find many links to sites dealing with that topic.  There are also links to firsthand information from the country itself.  For example, under Afghanistan, Society, is a link to an Afghan site with Afghan biographies)
  • The World Bank: Countries and Regions (scroll down to the alphabetical list of countries; for each country or region, there is a brief overview, hot topics and issues facing that country, reports, events, and much more)
  • Country Studies (from the Library of Congress; consists of profiles of 101 countries; is not updated often)
  • Country Studies (49+ countries, whose information is being updated yearly by the Library of Congress)
Foreign Language Sites:

Last modified:  2-12-2007.  2:00 p.m.  BLJ.