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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-

The Commonwealth Yearbook; for holdings and shelving locations, see IUCAT.

Background Information on Countries of the World [from the State Dept., permanent electronic archive, through 1/20/2001]

Country Information [from the State Dept. Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1/20/2001-]

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

Census/Population

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

World Population Policies 2009

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

Censuses and Surveys

Culture/Cultural Policy

Unesco Institute for Statistics Data Centre

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

Development plan

For Programme of Action for the Development of Solomon Islands, 2001-2010, UNLDC III, Brussels, 14-20 May 2001, A/CONF.191/CP/40, search the document number/symbol at Official Document System of the United Nations.

Economy/Commerce

Solomon Islands and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Trade Policy Review: Solomon Islands; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Trade Policy Reviews

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Outlook

Solomon Islands [from ADB]

Central Bank of Solomon Islands

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.1 (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]

State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific

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

National Statistics Office

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of the Solomon Islands' statistical yearbooks, see East Asian & Pacific 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 United Nations Statistics Division]

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.