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Federal Government Resources: Diplomacy

A selected topical bibliography of U.S. Federal government information sources primarily but not exclusively located on the WWW.

Agencies

DOS
Website of the Department of State.

Travel Alerts RSS Feed

Diplomacy Electronic Resources

Bureau of Consular Affairs
Includes pointers to US Embassy and Consulate Home Page Worldwide; and travel and health information for selected countries from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also includes information on passports and visas, children and family and law and policy.

The World Factbook
Includes essentially all governments in the world, some of them not officially recognized by the United States.
Diplomatic List
Directory of foreign missions (embassies, interest sections) in the United States. Contains names of members of the diplomatic staffs of these missions and their spouses.

Embassies and Consulates
Official list of american embassies across the world. Provides links to the homepage of each embassy.
International Travel Information
The government’s official travel advice and travel warnings. Includes information about required travel documents; tips for traveling and living abroad.
Treaties in Force
Provides information on treaties and other international agreements to which the United States is a party.

U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.

Library Resources

The texts of U.S. treaties can be found in United States Treaties and Other International Agreements.

First, use the Cumulative Indexes, which can be found in Young Library Ready Reference under call #: JX231 .K38.

The texts themselves can be found on the 5th floor in the Government Publication area under call #: S 9.12: