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CIA World Factbook
  • Brief information about a country's population, ethnicity, politics, economics, transportation and military
  • Demographic data includes age, sex, birth and death rates, ethnicity, and literacy
  • The corresponding paper copy is in Doc.Cen. G 122 .U56--Doc.Ref
Columbia International Affairs Online (UMich Only)
  • Search engine indexes current world politics journals, books, conference proceedings, and think tank working papers
  • Search engine includes keywords as well as broad headings such as Conflict Resolution
  • Full text primarily of working papers
  • Good source for Peace Corps and military information
Committee Publications
Committee Publications
  • Includes hearings (testimony), committee prints (research reports), reports (recommendations on bills), and documents (Executive Branch communiques)  
  • Selected Hearings on Debate Topic  
Congress Daily (UMich Only)
  • Full text of Hill news since 1991 and updated twice daily
  • Searchable by keyword and year
  • In Inside Washington section of Congressional Universe
Congressional Budget Office
  • Analyzes impact of various programs on the overall federal budget
  • Section on Medicare and prescription drugs
  • Some material on HIV/AIDS using the search engine
Congressional Quarterly (UMich Only)
  • Weekly publication with non-partisan political analysis of Congress
  • Identifies major legislation, the issues, and players
  • Library has online: 1983-
  • Political party and election analysis
  • Web coverage begins in 1983 and is searchable
  • Sample search: "foreign aid" and africa with time period as anytime
  • Separate index for roll call votes beginning 1995
Congressional Research Service Reports
  • CRS is the top-notch, non-partisan research arm of Congress
  • Short reports are packed with information
  • Available at various sites and individual sites may specialize in different topics:
    • Thurgood Marshall Law School
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (UN)
  • Analytical reports submitted by individual countries on their anti-discriminatory efforts against women
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide
  • Passed by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9, 1948
Country Health Profiles (WHO Africa)
  • Separate documents for each country give literacy rates, deaths by disease for children and adults
  • Access to water, sanitation, mosquito nets, and vaccinations
  • Behavioral risks and condom use
  • Infant mortality rates and life expectancies
 
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