UNST 233G Global Perspectives Europe: Zagarella: News & Statistics

Recommended Sources for News

Ethnic Newswatch
Includes current newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and community publications of the ethnic, minority, and native presses. Includes scholarly journals on ethnicities and ethnic studies. Provides full text in English and Spanish.
Economist Historical Archive 1843-2012
Maintains the Economist full text, the British weekly newspaper that focuses on business, international events, and opinion pieces.
World News Connection
An archive of international news translated into English. It includes foreign newspaper articles, broadcast transcripts and datelines from 130 countries.
Newspaper Source
Provides selected full text of regional and national newspapers in the U.S., as well as international newspapers. Also contains television and radio news transcripts.
Ethnic Newswatch
Includes current newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and community publications of the ethnic, minority, and native presses. Includes scholarly journals on ethnicities and ethnic studies. Provides full text in English and Spanish.

Encyclopedia of international peacekeeping operations
JZ6374 .R36 1999 | Third floor
EU Databases by Subject
A comprehensive index of subjects related to the European Union including budget, legislative and general information.
Great debates at the United Nations : an encyclopedia of fifty key issues 1945-2000
KZ4968 .G67 2001 | Third floor
Guide to International Think Tanks
Elizabethtown College's comprehensive site for international studies, including subject-organized links, and links to IGO and NGO sites and news sources.
IGO Search
Search the websites of over 3000 intergovernmental organizations.
Nongovernmental Organizations
Search the websites of over 1000 international NGOs.

European Commission
EU-level statistics, compare countries or regions and read the latest Eurobarometer public-opinion polls.
Eurostat
Statistical information provided to the institutions of the European Union.
UN Stats
Compiles and disseminates global statistical information from the United Nations
Global Health Observatory
Statistics page for the World Health Organization
The World Factbook
Information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Human Development Index
From the United Nations, the HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone.
World Bank Indicators
Global Edge
A knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.

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