ANTH:2190 Love Rules: Law and Family Across Cultures: Country Background
Country Background
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Background Notes (US Dept of State)Use for: Brief overviews of countries and international organizations
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CIA World Factbook"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."
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eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new windowThe Human Relations Area Files at Yale University contain information about world cultures. The HRAF Collection currently contains nearly 1,000,000 pages of information on the cultures of the world--past and present. Only a portion of HRAF documentation are accessible on the Internet. Older material in microform which the UI Libraries has is not included.
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Europa World Plus This link opens in a new windowEconomic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions. Contact information for political, business, media, and cultural agencies and officials, including 1,900 international organizations. Search or browse by country, region, organization, or people.
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IMF eLibrary This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 10,400 of the International Monetary Fund’s recent publications, including periodicals, books, analytical papers, and statistical tools.
Datasets available at http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/IMFdata
Statistical Information - US
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ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new windowThe ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. The online version includes monthly updates to tables, deep searching at the line-item level, powerful facets for narrowing search results, image and spreadsheet versions of all current and historical tables, along with links to provider sites.
Statistical Information - International
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Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
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United Nations DataAn enormous, free database of statistical information gathered by the United Nations and related agencies. Includes data from more than 180 countries and from a diverse group of IGOs, including the FAO, Unesco, UNDP and the WHO.