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selected web sites compiled by Kathy Wheeler, Electronic Services/Reference Librarian
Lexis-Nexis Academic: On and off-campus use. Choose Business (from the top red bar), then Country Profiles from the right.
Background Notes: Information
on countries and international organizations.
Chiefs of State
and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: arranged alphabetically by country.
Constitution Finder: links to constitutions,
charters, amendments and other documents.
Country Reports: includes country
flags and national anthems. Information more detailed than Quick Facts may ask
for a username and password. USA does not subscribe to this site.
Country Studies: full-text
of the Country Studies/Area Handbooks from the Library of Congress.
EuroStat: statistical information for the European Union. Available in English, German
and French.
Governments on the World Wide Web:
in German and English
International Trade Centre
Island Directory: environmental
and geographical data on significant islands
European Governments on
the Web
Foreign Government Resources
on the Web:searchable
International Constitution Law Project
International
Governmental Organizations
Internet
Country Guides: information on areas currently experiencing conflict. From
the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity.
OFFSTATS:
Official Statistics on the Web: lists resources by country and by topic.
Population Reference Bureau
Portals to the World
Statistical Agencies
(International): from the U.S. Census Bureau.
UNESCO Facts and Figures:
this is a pdf document and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics: Latest
Statistics on Cultural Trade
World Fact
Book: maintained by the CIA. Includes reference maps.
UN Statistics Division Statistical Databases: Official access point to statistical data compiled by the UN and other international agencies. [Back to Top]
50 State Bluebook Guide: state data
50 States and Capitals
City-Data.com
Council of State Governments
Findlaw: Alabama: Searchable.
Also allows you to search the Internet for more resources.
Governor E-mail Addresses
and Web Sites
Municipal Code Corporation
Municipal
Codes Online
State and Local Government
on the Net: Searchable. Contains links to state government sponsored Internet
sites.
State and Local Governments:
Library of Congress resource containing links to indexes, maps, and state information.
State and Metropolitan
Area Databook: Census is available in pdf and rankings are available in
html.
State Law: Searchable. Executive, legislative
and judicial information for the states.
State Legislatures: includes guides to finding full-text of state laws.
Stateline.org: provides news
and data on the states.
State of the State Addresses: full-text of the completed addresses, in some cases back to 2000.
State Profiles: arranges
information by topic and then by state.[Back to
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Alabama.gov:
The official website of the State of Alabama.
Alabama House
of Representatives
Alabama Legislative
Information System: Searchable. Contains the Alabama Code.
Alabama Legislature:
find your Representatives and Senators by searching with your zip code.
Alabama Senate
Alabama State and Local
Government: a collection of resources from the Library of Congress.
Findlaw: Alabama: Searchable.
Also allows you to search the Internet for more resources.
Office of the Governor: Official
site.
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
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Last updated:April 14, 2008 kpw
The University of South Alabama Library makes no guarantees, either expressed or implied, with respect to the information available on the Internet. The Library does not monitor and has no control over the information accessed and cannot be held responsible for its content. Information on the Internet may be reliable and current or it may be inaccurate and out-of-date. The University Library is not responsible for any misuse of copyright or any other violation by the library user. Information from the Internet must be cited to avoid plagiarism. The Library has several electronic citation guides available at the Reference Desk for in-library use and some are available on the Internet -- see Style Guides for Writers.