Urbana High School Library: Global Resources

Country, Region, and Cultural Studies Country Studies World Fact Book and World Leaders from the CIA Country Profiles from the BBC (Great Britain). Country Studies from the US State Department (very up-to-date) Country Studies from the Library of Congress (extensive, but dated - ca.1993) UN Cyberschoolbus (information portal for students and teachers) Regional Guides Africa (UHS page for class projects on Africa) The European Union (EU) Cultural Profiles Cultural Profiles from the Canadian Government (excellent by no longer updated - most are 1998 or 2002.) Profiles from the Cultural Orientation Resource Center (a Washington, DC based nonprofit organization supported by the State Department) Cultural Profiles Project from Visiting Arts a British nonprofit arts organization.

NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) Amnesty International & Amnesty International Human Rights by Country  ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) Oxfam International Doctors Without Borders Environmental Literacy Council CARE Virtual Field Trips--"Travel" to some of the countries where CARE has projects.

UN,Government Sites, & Statistics UN and Governments UN Homepage Governments on the WWW   Country and Global Statistics InfoNation from UN (compare countries in various categories) Human Development Reports quality of life statistics from UN Human Development Reports by Country Women Watch: UN resources on women and gender UNICEF economic and social statistics with particular reference to the well being on children. Environmental Information by Country [from Earth Trends] Poverty Indexes by Country [from Earth Trends]

Media, maps, travel and clocks Front Pages from Newseum.org (National/International Newspapers) ABYZ Newslinks (Worldwide media portal) NewsVoyager (from the Newspaper Association of America Maps from the CIA Holt, Rinehart, & Winston Atlas (for a maplist click here) National Geographic Map Machine Travel Sites Timeanddate.com (World Clock) The Official US Time (and Map)

 

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