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- Ratification of Human Rights concerns by countries can be found at Human Rights in the World.
- The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress are available online from 1999 to the most current report. Print copies are available at the Drew library: 1986 through 1993 on D-level: Y 4.F 76/1-15: (YR) and 1994- 2005: Y 4.IN 8/16-15: (YR).
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
- European Court of Human Rights HUDOC - free online access to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European
- Human Rights Index of United Nations Documents - provides access to human rights information found in United Nations documents, related to countries and/or specific rights.
- Ref 323.405 A522a - Amnesty International Report. ** Ref 323.405 F853f - Freedom in the World
- Security issues
- Small Arms Survey - Country Case Studies.
- Small Arms Survey - publications
- Disarmament publications - from the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Browse the Disarmament Yearbook Database http://disarmament.un.org/vote.nsf to see how countries voted on specific disarmament (organized by GA session).
- Small Arms and Light Weapons.
- Peacekeeping Guide from the United Nations
- Sustainable Development
- Health profiles for countries -
- WHO (World Health Organization).
- International Digest of Health Legislation: WHO
- Also browse Index to UN Systems Programs for health or humanitarian assistance.
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- Government information:
- The Europa World Year Book 2009 - Ref Counter 300.5 E89e 2009. The most concise, comprehensive way to get quick information on countries.
- The CIA's World Factbook provides a lot of information about countries and international organizations.
- The UNPAN's (United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance) Public Administration Country Profile page provides links to the government, constitution and public laws for most countries.
- Country information from deleGATE.
- Nations of the World from the Law Library of Congress, provides many useful links to official government sites, legal guides and general resources for countries worldwide.
- Foreign Information About Countries, from the University of Colorado Libraries.
- Countries of the World - All sorts of unexpected information about countries, dating from 1989. The Country Ranks list is very interesting.
- Comparative International Statistics, from the US Census.
- NationMaster - pulls data about countries from a variety of economic and political resources.
- Newspapers:
- News and Periodical Resources on the Web. From the Library of Congress, a list of online free news services from around the world.
- The database LexisNexis (Drew community only access) provides access to over 40 international newspapers.
- From the default search page, open up the blue News tab on the left hand side of the screen.
- Opt for Newspapers and Wires. This search page allows you to limit by Non-U.S. newspapers and wires. Foreign language newspapers and wires is another click off the News tab. Make sure you limit your time period, otherwise you may get too many results. Click on to see titles included in any grouping:
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Determining news bias:
- The editorial page (not the OpEd page) of a newspaper provides insight into a newspaper's bias.
- News Bias Explored - From the University of Michigan provides some good examples of how to identify media bias, useful activities regarding word choice and links to other sources dealing with news bias.
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Useful United Nations research guides from University libraries and other sources:
- TheUnited TheUnited Nations Scholars's Workstation, a research guide developed by the Yale University Library.
- The United Nations offers its ownResearch Guide.
- International Agencies and Information, from The University of Michighan Library.
- Researching the United Nations, from Globalex is very comprehensive.
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