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CIA World FactBook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, and geography for 266 world entities.  Includes photos, maps, and flags. The Factbook is in the public domain.  [more info]
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County and City Data Book (University of Virginia. Geospatial & Statistical Data Center)
Statistical database offering demographic, economic, and government information...  [more info]
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County and City Data Book: 2007 (US Census Bureau)
The County and City Data Book is the most comprehensive source of information about the individual counties and cities in the United States. It includes data for all U.S. states, counties, and cities with a population of 25,000 or more.  [more info]
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eHRAF World Cultures: Collection of Ethnography (Yale University)
A cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life.  Check out these online tutorials for a quick introduction to eHRAF.  [more info]
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Europa World (Taylor and Francis)
Europa World provides the latest information covering political elections, country profiles, and industry statistics....  [more info]
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FedStats (Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy)
Provides access to statistics and information produced by more than 70 U.S. government agencies ...  [more info]
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Gapminder World 2006
Gapminder World 2006 presents statistical data in a unique and visually appealing way. Graphs are created using data on various countries throughout the world and are animated to show striking, visually-rich results. These results allow for easy identification of trends in the data.  [more info]
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LANIC
LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center) is a rich gateway to Internet-based information on Latin America. Organized by topic and by country, it is also keyword-searchable. Maintained at the University of Texas at Austin.  [more info]
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NationMaster
An easy-to-use compendium of statistics on nations throughout the world.  [more info]
Internet
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Passport GMID (Euromonitor)
Passport GMID is an online market research tool containing global information on consumer spending, industry information, country profiles, and much more.
Users will be asked to login with their JMU eid and password.  [more info]
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UNdata
Provides statistical information for every country in the world on numerous topics...  [more info]
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World Development Indicators Online (World Bank)
World Development Indicators provide a comprehensive overview of development drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partners.  For a neat visual tool that corresponds to WDI go to World Bank Data Visualizer.  Read More Info for user tips.  [more info]
 
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