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Directories & Search Engines

• CMU Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction (Dr. Mark Francek / Central Michigan University)
  
  
• Country Based Search Engines
  
  
• GEsource Geography & Environment Gateway " includes a core database of high-quality Internet resources catalogued by subject specialists across a number of disciplines - the environment, general geography, human geography, physical geography and techniques and approache."
  
  
• Geo-Information Gateway
  
  
• GeoSource  Web Directory for Geography & Geosciences
  
  
• Internet Resources for Physical Geography (University of Wisconsin)
  
  
• Librarians Index to the Internet: Geography Topics
  
  
• MSU Global Access (Michigan State University)
  
  
• SOSIG: Geography
  
  

Electronic Journals & Newsletters

• Geography Journals (Colorado University)
  
  
• National Geographic Publication Index "contains records describing each NGS magazine article, book, map, video, cd-rom, and more"

News

• BBC News
  
  
• Christian Science Monitor
  
  
• New York Times
  
  
• Geography News (Discovery Network)
  
  
• World NewsLinks
  

General Resources

• BBC Country Profiles "Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries."
  
  
• CIA World Fact Book 2005  Country profiles supplied by the CIA
  
  
• Countrywatch
  
  
• Geography Glossary
  
  
• Geography Resource Center (Colorado University)
  
  
• Geography Site
  
  
• Globastat: County Rankings & World Statistics
  
  
• National Geographic Online
  
  
• Portals to the World  (Library of Congress) "selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world"
  
  
• United Nations  Statistics on data and countries.  Use the site search option or go to the UN System Pathfinder to search the site.  See the Publications database for "InfoNation"
  
• U.S. State Department: Background Notes on Countries Essays on geographic regions and international organizations.  Data is updated to reflect changes.