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How to Research a Country
Begin by researching your country in the library's country databases (see "Library Databases" tab in the Country Databases and Websites box, below). In your research you will locate many resources:
Country profiles offer overviews of country information including economic, political and societal information.
Reference sources like online encyclopedias provide detailed country information on areas of customs, religion, etc.
Journal and magazines provide scholarly articles on many aspects of countries.
News articles offer current country information as well as global viewpoints on controversial issues.
Index, abstracts, and full text covering scholarly business journals on management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
Mergent Market Atlas contains the corporate information of over 50,000 US and foreign public companies, current and historical (past 15 years). Also included are firm descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, capital stock, and insider trading.
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
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.
