Country information
Information on individual countries can be found by using the country name along with other keywords or subject terms when searching the catalogue or databases. Overviews of each country can also be found in the electronic resources listed below.
- Country Studies / Library of CongressContains the electronic versions of 80 books previously published in hard copy as part of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, books in the series present a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world.
- Europa World Plus This link opens in a new windowOnline version of the Europa World Year Book and Europa Publications' nine-volume Regional Surveys of the World series, which cover political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories and provide information on a variety of international organizations.
- Handbook of Latin American StudiesMultidisciplinary bibliography on Latin America of works selected and annotated by scholars. Indexes works from 1935 to the present, updated weekly.
- World Atlas: Central AmericaOverall maps and statistics for the region.
- LANIC Latin American Network Information CenterContains resources by subject and region as well as digital initiatives.
- UNDP Human Development ReportsUnited Nations member states with the available HDI values.
The Human Development Report Office releases five composite indices each year: the Human Development Index (HDI), the Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), the Gender Development Index (GDI), the Gender Inequality Index (GII), and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). Data used in these indices and other human development indicators included here are provided by a variety of public international sources and represent the best statistics available for those indicators at the time of the preparation of the human development report.