General Reference Resources

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  • Country Information and Regional directories)
    Al-Murshid Searchable index of Arab and Middle Eastern sites. A wide range of topics are covered
    ArabNet Economic, demographic and government information for Arab countries.
    Arab World Online News articles, country information and commercial directory
    Asian Development Bank Annual report, statistics, news and publications.
    CEESource Central and East European legal, political, business and economic web-based resources
    Center for Middle Eastern Studies University of Texas at Austin
    Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbooks Comprehensive series of books online prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Continuously updated.
    Portals to the World Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.
    World Fact Book Provides web based country information ranging from history, geography, ethnicity, transportation, economis and statistics to transnational issues. Updated as of 2006.
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  • Genocide
    Genocide Studies Program Full-text articles, maps, databses and materials relating to five projects directed by Yale University Faculty that chronicle and interpret some of the darkest chapters of human history.
 
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  • Information Technology
    Montague Institute Archive of articles related to information technology and competitive intelligence.
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  • Ohio
    Ohio Capitol Connection Covers the legislative aspects of state government and provides searchable access to bills.
    State of Ohio State website with access to a variety of services and information for residents, businesses and visitors.
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  • Quotations
    Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
    Searchable version of the 2nd edition, containing more than 4,000 quotations on over 250 subjects. It tells you both the authors of the quotes and the works those quotes appeared in.
 
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  • Taxes
    West Group's Tax Line An integrated source of tax-related information including highlights of tax cases, IRS releases and legislative activity, federal tax legislation and tax publications.
  • Trade Show Central.Search their database to locate information on over 30,000 trade shows.
  • Travel
    A Global World Provides realtime information on global holidays, distances, weather, time zones and dial codes around the world.
  • Translation
    FreeTranslation.com Machine translation that provides instant translation of chat, web surfing, intranet archives and e-mail.
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  • United Nations Publications Publications and databases of the UN including development, humanitarian affairs, economic commissions and international treaties.
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