Commerce: International Studies

Best Database Choices for Commerce International Studies Databases

University of Virginia Library

PO Box 400113

Charlottesville VA 22904-4113

434.924.3021

fax: 434.924.1431

All Commerce International Studies Databases

Country Studies from the Library of Congress

Good background with historical, cultural and political information. However, most recent is 1998.

Background Notes from the State Dept.

Basic Factsheet profiles for quick snapshot.

Europa World Plus   

In Spite of the name, this is an international source that contains data, history, politics and a directory of agencies, business and media.

Country Commercial Guides

With the title "Doing Business in...", each country guide gives investment climate, political and economic environment and guidelines for doing business with that country.

Lexis-Nexis Statistical Search

Find Data on countries.

Columbia Gazetteer of the World

An interesting way to search features of a country, ie. find waterfalls in Brazil.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

A fulltext database of articles, book chapters, and reports on international topics. For example,  a search on black empowerment in South Africa retrieves a 40 p. report.

UVA GeoStat Center International GIS Data and Links   

Links to more sources selected by the GeoStat Center