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General Information Sources in ET2

Europa World Plus [including Europa World Year Book] is available to authorized IUB users only.

The World Factbook, PrEx3.15: (latest shelved SuDoc reference); for holdings and shelving locations of other print editions see IUCAT.

The World Factbook

World Development Indicators, HC59.69.W68 (latest shelved ET2 reference desk); for other editions see IUCAT.

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

Country Information [from the State Dept. Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 1/20/2001-]

Background Notes [from the State Dept., 1990- ]

Belgium: A Country Study, D 101.22:550-170/985 (SuDoc stacks)

West European Studies [from IUB Wells Library]

Census/Population

International Data Base (IDB) (population statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau)

World Population Policies; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

World Population Policies 2009

Recensement de la population et des logements [1981- ]

Crime

European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics

Crime Statistics [1970- ; from UNODC]

Culture/Cultural policy

Unesco Institute for Statistics Data Centre

World Heritage List [Mostly cultural but also includes some natural properties]

Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe [from Council of Europe]

Development plan

Europe 2020 [from the European Commission]

Economy/Commerce

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library [includes Country Commercial Guide]
European Union; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Trade Policy Reviews [see under European Union]

OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium; available online [IU authorization required] and in print; to access search title in IUCAT.

OECD Economic Surveys: European Union; available online [IU authorization required] and in print; to access search title in IUCAT.

OECD Country Web Sites: Member Countries

Belgium and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

National Bank of Belgium

Investing in Belgium

Education/Literacy

Ethnologue (summary information on languages)

IBE Databases [from International Bureau of Education] include World Data on Education and Country Dossiers.

International Conference on Education: National Reports [1932- ]

Eurydice: Information on Education Systems and Policies in Europe

Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators is available online 1998- from OECDiLibrary [IU authorization required]; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Environment/Sustainable development

Nations of the Earth Report, v.3 (summary data), (shelved ALF); to request see IUCAT.

Earth Summit (full report) GE170.U556 1993 (high-use CD-ROM)

The National Information pages of the UN Division for Sustainable Development include reports to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and other environmental information.

Rio+20 [United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development]

Europe's Environment: The Fourth Assessment; shelved in ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

The pan-European Environment [includes 1st-4th assessments, 1995-2007]

SERIS [State of the Environment Reporting Information System, from EIONET, European Environment Agency]

Environment Policy Review; shelved in ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

Annual Environment Policy Review [from European Commission]

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews is available online from OECDiLibrary; see IUCAT for access [IU authorization required]; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, search title Environmental Performance Reviews Belgium in IUCAT.

European Union

Europa: The European Union Online

Eurostat [Statistical Office of the European Communities]

Eurostat Yearbook; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Eurostat Yearbook 2011 [inlcudes link to previous editions, 2002-2010]

Government information/Official publications/Statistics

Nations of the World, from the Law Library of Congress, includes links to legal and governmental resources.

Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Embassy of Belgium

Portal belgium.be [official information and services]

Statistics Belgium

Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique; gor holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of Belgium's statistical yearbooks, see Europe and Eurasia Statistical Yearbooks at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

Human rights/Social conditions

Human Development Report, HD75.H85 (latest at ET2 reference desk); for holdings and locations of other print editions, see IUCAT.

Human Development Reports, 1990-

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; for holdings and locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices [1999-]

Social Indicators [from the United Nations]

Global Health Observatory [from WHO]

Politics/Government

FIRST [Facts on International Relations and Security Trends] provides information on such topics as conflicts and military expenditures.

For a comprehensive listing of online country information resources, see Foreign Information by Country from the University of Colorado Boulder.