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CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

CountryWatch This link opens in a new window
CountryWatch provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world.
UNdata This link opens in a new window
Find international statistics collected by the United Nations and related organizations.
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
World Bank Open Data is the main access portal for global development data from the World Bank. Includes access to the World Development Indicators and time series.

Constitute Project
Freely accessible site on which you can view up-to-date copies of countries' constitutions, search for tags, and compare constitutional sections.

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Hein Online indexes legal and legislative information available for U.S. states and territories. HeinOnline has four major library collections: the Law Journal Library, the Federal Register Library, the Treaties and Agreements Library, and the U.S. Supreme Court Library.