The CIAO database (Carleton only link), as of fall 2007, contains selected data and information from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a respected and highly cited source in political economy. EUI country information now in CIAO Detailed country maps Basic information and data for 201 countries Political and economic structures and backgrounds (coming in October)…
People frequently come to the library looking for the FBIS collection of translated foreign documents. It is a little tricky to navigate, so I’m posting some pointers here. What is it? Full explanation of the FBIS reports, JPRS reports and World News Connection from the University of Michigan Documents Center. Readex is the company that…
Constitution Finder This excellent resource from the University of Richmond offers access to the current (and sometimes historical) constitutions of over 200 countries in the original language and English translation. This database offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are linked to their constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet.
The Russell Sage Foundation has published a series of books of social science research that utilize Census data. The following are books from the series held in the Carleton or St. Olaf libraries. View the complete list at the Russell Sage Foundation web site. The Politics of Numbers. 1987. By William Alonso. CC Books HA37.U55…
Directory of Development Organizations One of the most comprehensive guides online to NGOs. It lists 47,500 development organizations, not limited to NGOs, but also including governmental agencies, research institutions, private sector and the like.
Guide to Freely Available International Data Resources An annotated list of major free comparative national-level data sources, compiled by ESDS International.
The Think Tanks page on the Statistical Resources for Political Science site (U of Michigan Documents Center) lists several comprehensive directories of think tanks. It also features an alphabetical list of major think tanks and links to their web sites. Another comprehensive directory is the World Think Tank Directory from the Policy Library. Also, the…
Paul Hensel’s International Relations Data Site is my favorite place to start a search for IR data or statistics. Searchable and very well organized, every source is annotated with study-level description, spatial-temporal scope and variables included. Categories are: International data (general) International conflict and cooperation data International economic data International environmental data International political data…
SOSIG is an excellent metasite of online resources in the social sciences. I use this site frequently to find statistics and data sources, digital libraries, open source publications, governement and ngo agencies that publish on a topic, and other free sources. Every source is selected, indexed, and annotated, which makes it easy to search the…
The Minorities at Risk project at the University of Maryland provides access to their MAR Data and qualitative risk assessments from the web site. The project is based at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM). MAR tracks 284 politically-active ethnic groups throughout the world from 1945 to the present — identifying where…