Selected Resources
2009-2010 School Year
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Encyclopedia of the United Nations (REF 341.23 MOO)
Encyclopedia of the World’s Nations and Cultures (REF 903 ENC)
State of the World 2008 (REF 363.7 STA)
World Population a Reference Handbook (REF 304.6 GIL)
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations (REF 903 WOR)
NEWS SOURCES ONLINE
Link to British Broadcasting Corporation which is keyword searchable.
Link to Cable News Network International which is keyword searchable.
EBSCO (Magazines)
An ECA Library Database: This database provides the full-text of over 700 journals and magazines (eg. Economist, Newsweek, Time, United Nations Chronicle and many more) (If you want to use it at home, ask librarian for password)
Newsbank (Newspapers)
An ECA Library Database: Offers over two thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages. (If you want to use it at home, ask librarian for password)
An ECA Library Database: Brings together all the information that’s needed to fully understand social issues: pro and con viewpoint articles, magazines, newspapers, primary source documents, and government and organizational statistics. (If you want to use it at home, ask librarian for password)
World newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, sorted by country and region.
UNITED NATIONS ONLINE
The home page of THIMUN, The Hague International Model United Nations.
The resource page of SAMUN. South American Model United Nations.
International Court of Justice
The ICJ has its seat in the Hague and is the principal judicial organ of
theUnited Nations.
The home page of the United Nations,
This site is designed for students and teachers. It provides information on the UN, countries of the world, and important data.
United Nations Development Program
UNDP is the UN's global development network. On this site you can access statistical data from the Human Development Report (HDR) and resources to help you better understand this data.
This is a public charity that was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner’s historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes and activities.
Offers an overview of important global issues, and guides you to places on the World Wide Web where you can gain additional information on each issue.
Lists every country that has a UN mission and provides websites, email address, etc of these missions.
United Nations System of Organizations
Alphabetical listing of the websites of all UN organizations.
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
The World Factbook contains entries containing information collected by the CIA on countries. These entries include sections on Land, Water, People, Government, Economy, Communications, and Defense Forces.
Library of Congress: Country Studies
Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The OECD states that is purpose is to bring together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world. This site has useful economics statistics on these countries.
World Bank Data and Statistics
The key development and data statistics presented here are the most widely-used, official-source development data from the World Bank and other international agencies.
An ECA Library Database: WDA contains statistics of countries of the world and tools for making comparative charts and tables (If you want to use it at home, ask librarian for password)