HCRHS Home | Athletics | Counseling | IMC | Staff Contacts | Search

Country Information

Home / Country Information / United Nations / Nongovernmental Organizations /Debate Topics / Newspapers

To begin your research for the Model UN project, check the books on the book truck that have been selected by the librarians. These books are especially helpful:

Countries and Their Cultures (306 COU)
Encyclopedia of World Geography (910.3 ENC)
Lands and Peoples -- a six-volume encyclopedia with information about countries of the world (910.3 LAN)
The World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places (910.3 WOR)
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (305.8 WOR)
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (903 WOR)

The Permanent Missions to the United Nations maintained by your country's government is an excellent place to find information and government documents published by your country's government, and to find your country's contact person in New York City and his/her address and telephone number. In addition to Member Nations, this page includes links to Non-member states, Observer missions, and Entities/ IGOs participating as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly. From this page you will find links to the homepages of the member nations which will give you information on the country, its government and its people.

The IMC subscribes to electronic databases such as EBSCOhost, ProQuest, FACTS.com and SIRS which contain current periodical articles on individual countries and debate topics. World Geography, an electronic geographical encyclopedia, has information on the government, culture, important people and the current situation in these countries. These resources are accessed under Electronic Resources on the IMC page (or through the Off-Campus Access link).

The IMC staff recommends these Internet sites for information on individual countries, including statistics and government documents :

  • U.S. Department of State site links to Countries and Regions, International Issues, Background Notes, Highlights and press releases on current topics. The Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets will also be useful.
  • The Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbook Program the online version of the Library of Congress area handbooks giving detailed information on more than 101 countries. Each "book" is searchable by keyword or by using the Table of Contents.
  • Portals to the World this site is also maintained by the Library of Congress. It links to websites about countries and their people arranged by broad topics, such as economy, culture, history, etc.
  • Political Resources on the Net links to political sites, organized by country, "with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media, and more from all around the world."
  • The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
  • International Data Base (IDB)  demographic and socioeconomic facts for over 200 countries and areas of the world
  • Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) a directory of topics, like economy, demographics, education, etc., on countries in Latin America.
  • The CIA World Factbook links to the online version of the print volume published by the Central Intelligence Agency
  • MapMachine
  • Elections around the World the most current information about elections held in countries around the world.
  • Foreign Government Resources on the Web links to official government web sites and related information such as human rights issues, biographies of important leaders, addresses of embassies, and full-text copies of constitutions, laws and treaties.
  • Eurasianet.org
  • Yahoo! Directory >Politics>Regional Conflicts links to websites about regional conflicts throughout the world.
  • Governments on the WWW a database of government institutions
  • Rutgers University Government Information Resources This site links students to United Nations sites and other international and foreign government resources.


    • Print This Page Mail This Page

    Copyright 2003, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, 84 Route 31, Flemington, NJ, 08822. (908)782-5727. Comments or questions should be sent to the webmaster.


    This page was last updated: Friday, June 6, 2008 at 11:03:51 AM
    Copyright ©2010 Instructional Media Center

    XML icon

    School Year Hours:
    Monday - Thursday,
    7:15 AM to 5:30 PM
    Friday
    7:15 AM to 3:30 PM

    Working Papers:
    Monday and Friday
    During Unit Lunch
    (10:26 AM to11:11 AM)

    Phone:
    908.284.7141



    Social Issues in Literature Wiki