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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 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]

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 1996-

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

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

Russia: A Country Study, D101.22: 550-95 1998 (SuDocs stacks)

Russia: A Country Study

Soviet Union: A Country Study

Slavic Collection [from IUB Wells Library]

Central Eurasian 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

Demographic Yearbook of Russia, HB3607.N37 (Research Collection stacks)

Crime

European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics

International Crime Statistics [1950-1999; not all years available]; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

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

MDG Monitor documents individual countries' efforts to meet the UN's 8 Millennium Development Goals.

Economy/Commerce

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library [includes Country Commercial Guide]

Statistical Handbook: States of the Former USSR; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

OECD Country Web Sites: Accession Candidate Countries

Russian Federation and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

CIS Main Macroeconomic Indicators

Central Bank of the Russian Federation

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- ]

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]

State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific

Arctic Council

The United Nations and Chernobyl

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 the Russian Federation

Government of the Russian Federation

Official Statistics of the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, HA1431.O4 (ET2 CD-ROM collection)

Federal State Statistics Service

Russia in Figures

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

Human Rights/Social Conditions

Human Development Report, HD75.H85 (ET2 reference desk)

Human Development Reports, 1990-

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Y4.F76/2-12: (SuDoc stacks)

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.