Resources covering the United States government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Includes access to CQ Researcher Online, CQ Weekly, CQ Almanac, and Historic Documents Series.
Great place to start to find historical overviews of countries or topics/issues. Includes books covering histories across the humanities and social sciences, with a concentration on political and cultural history, philosophy, etc.
Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of territories, countries, and global regions. Look at a country's Country Profile section for great overviews of recent political history. Coverage: 2006-present.
Digitized books that provide descriptions and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, and political systems and institutions of 80+ countries. Originally sponsored by the U.S. Army and written by researchers affiliated with the LoC’s Federal Research Division. Coverage: 1986-2015.
Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for most countries.
