You should also search the web for additional sites that could prove useful to your research. There are some good search engines listed towards the end of the list of links below.
I try to review all these links every six months to ensure that they are current. Please let me know if you encounter any broken links.
Resnick Library - The SUNY Delhi
library has excellent resources - the "Research Help" link on this page is
particularly useful
Yale Center for the Study of
Globalization - An excellent site exploring issues in globalization
Textbook
Web Site - has great resources including chapter reviews and self
quizzes with answers
The Economist - One of the best English
language international newspapers
The
Economist Country Briefings - Has up-to-date selected country briefings and a wealth of other
information
Global Edge - Michigan State
University - lots of international resources including an international
search engine
Empire
State College - International Business homage with international commercial,
cultural and legal links
Currency
Converter - Current values of foreign currencies
IMF
Country Reports - From Albania to Zimbabwe
Country Risk
Analysis - a comprehensive site with analysis of the components of country
risk and graphs of country risk for 117 countries
Country Risk Analysis Reports
- An updated summary on approximately 20 countries from a respected bank
The
Internationalist - Business information by country - lots of good links
Country
Maps - A Merriam-Webster site
Country Studies
- authoritative research from the Library of Congress on many countries
throughout the world
Army Country Handbooks
- some of the most complete information available on about 100 countries
CIA
Country Fact Book - authoritative research on specific countries
State
Dept. Country Guides - excellent site to learn about the commercial
environment of a country
Commerce Department Trade Information
Center - especially good for country tariff and tax info and guides for
doing business in specific countries
Commerce Department
Country Guides - another very useful place to learn about the potential for
doing business in many countries, market research and locating potential
partners (you need to register)
Commerce
Department Guide to Exporting - Practical information
Small
Business Administration - Another excellent guide to exporting
Web
Resources for International Trade - a large searchable database (but you
have to register)
UN
Data Bank -geographic, economic, population and social indicator information
on any of its member countries.
African Development Bank - good
country information here as well as business opportunities
Asian Development Bank - also good
country information and opportunities
Interamerican Development Bank -
Western hemisphere countries and opportunities here
International Trade Association-
information for exporters including leads for new business, and government
export programs
Population
Reference Bureau - has the latest population statistics and projections for
all countries
Executive Planet - a great site
for cultural do and don'ts in business for some countries
Religions
- number of adherents to a particular religion by country
Cultural Profiles
Project - excellent Canadian site for cultural information by country
Bribery
Indices - Transparency International's latest survey of 21 countries
Illiteracy Rates - for countries from U.N. Statistics
On-Line
Newspapers - from many countries around the world
More
On-Line Newspapers - No luck with the last web site? Try this one
University of Pittsburgh - Excellent
site for country information on culture, law and ethics
US Exports State by State
- contains export activity data by state and information on foreign competition
Language
Translations - Can translate (approximately) foreign language web pages into
English and visa-versa
Google - an excellent search engine
- leaves the others far behind
Metacrawler - another excellent
search engine
Teoma - a search engine similar to
Google, but improved in some ways
Footnotes
& Bibliographies - MLA Format - Required format for citations in
your research paper - guidance for web site citations are about halfway through
the document
Plagiarism - What it
is and how to avoid it - A link to the Resnick Library's excellent sources
on plagiarism with links to some helpful sites on the topic
How to Cite General Sources
How to Cite Books
Citing Internet Sources