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Many of the databases in the box to the left will cover current events, but the resources listed below are excellent starting points:

For current events and coverage of core research journals in most subject areas, use Academic Search Premier. It uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) discussed in the Country Resources in the Libraries' Catalog tab above.

Another excellent source of current information, particularly about the relationships among various countries, is Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO).

Other Current Events Sources

• CQ Researcher

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

• TOPICSearch
  
  

Also consider newspapers for current events and analysis; see the Newspapers Research Guide.

Each country's government produces a variety of information,  including statistical data and documents, much of it available on official government websites.

Nations Online: Countries and Regions of the World from A to Z provides a great variety of links to information about each country in the world, including official government websites under the Government tab for each country. (Other tabs provide additional links to News, Culture, Business, Tourism, Education, Ecology, and History.)

You can also find a variety of information on government websites through general WWW searching. Look for .gov.xx at the end of the main part of the URL (Internet address) for the website, e.g., gov.af would indicate an official Afghanistan website. See the Root Zone Database of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for a list of the two-letter country codes used in URLs. Note that the United States' websites usually end in .gov with no country designation. To find useful U.S. government websites, see the U.S. Government Resources Research Guide and the official U.S. Government Portal, USA.gov.

To find objective factual and research material, use the tabs above to find appropriate resources.

Other Research Guides are available that may also be useful to your country research:

• Contemporary Issues

• European Union

• Foreign Affairs

• Geography

• Great Britain

• Hispanic Studies

• History

• International Resources

• Islamic Studies

• Maps

• Political Science

• United Nations

• U.S. Government Resources

You may also find useful information in Research Guides that cover other specific subject areas; see the complete list of Research Guides.

Alphabetical List of Research Guides by Subject