LibGuides: Spanish 10: Países, ciudades, geografía

Bases de datos y sitios web con perfiles de países

The World Factbook (CIA)
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Country Profiles (BBC News)
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.

Columbia Gazetteer of the World This link opens in a new window
Access to a geographic encyclopedia including names, descriptions and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world.
Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
Information on culture, communications, travel, business and maps for 175 countries and territories.

Bases de datos de las ciencias política, economicas, noticias

PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Previously PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service). Covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more.

Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), hosted at Vanderbilt University, links to over 60 academic studies based on survey research conducted mainly in Latin America. The LAPOP surveys analyze citizen views on topics that range from system support and political tolerance, to citizen participation, local government, corruption, and views on authoritarianism. To date surveys have been conducted and are now being archived for: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela as well as for Madagascar, Israel and Albania.

Latin American Data Base This link opens in a new window
LADB is a news and information service on Latin America which produces three weekly electronic publications: NotiCen, NotiSur, and SourceMex. Includes over 28,000 articles from a variety of Latin American news sources and journals.

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Spanish 10: Países, ciudades, geografía