Research Guides: Diplomacy and World Affairs: Finding Reference Materials

Online Reference Sources

CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
Library of Congress Country Studies

Contains electronic versions of books originally published as part of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division.

Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World
This new edition reflects the changing world with a reassessment of many of the core themes of the previous edition, and new articles on the people, concepts, and events that have shaped the world since 1993.