Foreign & International Government Information and Related Resources

identifies resources for Companies & Industries, Countries & Regions, Statistics & Demographics, Financial Markets, International Trade - Importing & Exporting, Living & Working Abroad - Doing Business in Various Countries

identifies resources for federal & state government information and various subject resources.

include specific guides for Lodging Industry, Statistics/Demographics, and Travel & Tourism Industries

provides links to some encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference resources for which the UCF Libraries provide online access, e.g.: Historic World Leaders, Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, International Conflict...1945-1995, Hutchinson Chronology of World History, Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy, and Encyclopedia of the European Union. Links for individual countries are provided to titles from the Library of Congress Country Studies and the ABC-CLIO World Bibliographical Series.

• Data Sets
• Historical Resources
• Literature Resources
• Statistics & Demographics
• 9-11 Resources - online & print versions of various reports
• Terrorism
• Periodical Databases & Key Periodicals
• Additional Sources

Browse: Country Reports by country, region, or publisher to retrieve:

• Business Monitor International - monthly regional Monitor reports on political risk and macroeconomic prospects; quarterly country Business Forecast Reports "covering political risk, economic outlook & industry performance, set against global economic trends"
• CountryWatch - Country Reviews - "a concise and meaningful source of country-specific information, containing fundamental demographic, socio-cultural, political, economic, investment and environmental information, in a consistent format"
• Datamonitor - Country Profiles - "a detailed analysis on [the country], providing an overview of [the country's] political, economic and business environment, represented both textually and in graph and tabular formats"
• EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) - Country Commerce Reports - "Comprehensive guide to business, regulatory and trade framework. Includes key economic indicators, foreign investment, guidance on obtaining proper permits & complying with local tax laws-including e-commerce rules"
• Global Insight - Country Monitor - "Presents [monthly] Analyses, Statistics, and Forecasts on the Economy of [the country]. Includes information on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Real GDP, Consumer Prices, Foreign Trade, Official Exchange Rate, etc. Also provides Import and Export Statistics as well as the names of important government officials."
• Going Global Career Guides - provide information for specific countries about employment trends & opportunities, financial considerations, interviewing advice, job application guidelines, job search resources, and work permits & visas. (also available in ABI/INFORM)
• Icon Group - Economic Competitiveness - financial returns, labor productivity & international gaps -  individual country reports focusing on competitiveness in the economy of the country. "This series was created for international firms who rely on foreign markets for a substantial portion of their business or who might be threatened by international competition."
• OECD Economic Surveys - "in-depth reviews of Member countries' economies and selected non-Member countries. A minimum eighteen surveys are issued during a calendar year. Each issue provides a solid analysis of developments in the subject country, special reports on topics of current interest, and extensive statistical information." See also the UCF Library's online subscription to Source OECD and print versions in the UCF Library
• PRS Group - Political Risk Yearbook - see also the separate entry and description for Political Risk Yearbook.
• Superintendent of Documents - Background Notes on Countries of the World - see also the U.S. State Department online access.

"a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.... Web site also contains brief, more up-to-date Country Profiles on select countries." Previous title: Area Handbook for...

provides information about individual countries, territories & dependencies including a reference map, national flag, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

"include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty."

provides the full text of some encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research, including:

"Each country is covered by an individual chapter, containing: an introductory survey including recent history, economic affairs, government, defense, education, and public holidays; an economic & demographic survey using the latest available statistics on area & population, health & welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, the media, and education; and a directory section listing names, addresses and other useful facts about organizations in the fields of government, election commissions, political parties, diplomatic representation, judiciary, religions, the media, telecommunications, banking, insurance, trade & industry, development organizations, chambers of commerce, industrial & trade associations, utilities, trade unions, transport, and tourism."

provides the full text of some encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research, including:

Cities of the World
Online version
Ref G 153.4 .C57
"A compilation of current information on cultural, geographic, and political conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six continents, based on the Department of State's Post Reports. Maps and photos of many cities included."
Countries of the World & Their Leaders Yearbook
Online version
Ref G 123 .C68
"Covering nearly 200 countries, the yearbook is filled with reports from the U.S. Department of State. Entries typically cover politicians, geography, defense, agriculture, and trade. Includes information on passport applications, regulations and duties, international health and disease, national holidays, and more."
World Press Encyclopedia
Online version
Ref PN 4735 .W6
"This comprehensive survey of press and electronic media covers over 200 countries and their systems. Arranged alphabetically by country, entries include overview and background, economic framework, general characteristics, number and type of media, press laws, censorship issues, state-press relations, education and training in journalism, and more."
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
Online version
Ref G 63 .W67
"Presents easy-to-understand information on 200 countries and dependencies from around the world. Entries discuss a variety of topics in detail, from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics. Also includes biographical essays on national leaders."

"accessible, authoritative background information about governments, political issues, and citizen politics in 198 regions, including every independent nation of the world and several territories under the jurisdiction of sovereign countries." Also includes biographies, conventions & documents, region profiles, forms of government, history, international & supranational entities, law & the courts, and rights, responsibilities & freedoms.

• PRS Group International Country Risk Guide (1989+) - for each of 128 countries "provides a detailed country-by-country breakdown of the comparative risks of operating in, investing or lending to particular countries using a three-dimensional evaluation system that weighs the composite risk and identifies the disaggregated political, financial and economic risks by indicator."
• PRS Group Political Risk Service (1987+) - "presents accurate and rigorous analysis of present and future political and economic conditions in the 85 countries most important to international business.  The reports are invaluable in planning for changes in government and essential in making decisions about upcoming projects.  Reports can be used to develop market currency values, assess political risk insurance and foreign credit risk, capital investment and corporate security. Reports follow a standardized format:
  • Executive summary - includes 18-month and 5-year forecasts based on political, economic, demographic and social data.
  • Background - reviews geographical details, territorial and maritime disputes, social and economic conditions, power structures and climate for business.
  • Comprehensive forecasts - covers regime stability, political turmoil, international investment restrictions, trade restrictions and economic policies."
• See also Political Risk Yearbook

• PARLINE Database on National Parliaments "contains information on the structure and working methods of 263 parliamentary chambers in all of the 189 countries where a national legislature exists."
• Websites of National Parliaments
• See also IPU bibliographic databases

"PRS Country Reports forecast the risk of doing business in 100 countries.... Each includes comments and analysis on recent events, profiles of key political players, and wide-ranging forecast scenarios, as well as basic historical and political background and data on the government, political entities, the environment, and the economy, including key sectors."
Most Likely Regimes and Their Probabilities. "We predict the government most likely to be in power over two forecast periods, 18 months and five years, from the date of publication. The percentages after the regime names show the probabilities of those forecasts."
Risk Factors. "Each Country Report provides the current level and likely changes of the following 17 risk components (12 in the 18-month forecast and five in the five-year forecast), which are also used to compile the risk scores.
18-Month Risk Factors - Twelve factors are analyzed from an 18-month forecast perspective, including political turmoil, which is included in both the 18-month and the five-year forecasts.

• Turmoil. Actions that can result in threats or harm to people or property by political groups or foreign governments, operating within the country or from an external base: Riots and demonstrations, Politically motivated strikes, Disputes with other countries that may affect business, Terrorism & guerrilla activities, Civil or international war, Street crime that might affect international business personnel, Organized crime having an impact on political stability or foreign business. Not included in turmoil are legal, work-related labor strikes that do not lead to violence.
• Equity Restrictions. Limitations on the foreign ownership of businesses, emphasizing sectors where limitations are either especially liberal or especially restrictive.
• Operations Restrictions. Restrictions on procurement, hiring foreign personnel, or locating business activities, as well as the efficiency and honesty of officials with whom business executives must deal and the effectiveness and integrity of the judicial system.
• Taxation Discrimination. The formal and informal tax policies that either lead to bias against, or special advantages favoring international business.
• Repatriation Restrictions. Formal and informal rules regarding the reparation of profits, dividends, and investment capital.
• Exchange Controls. Formal policies, informal practices, and financial conditions that either ease or inhibit converting local currency to foreign currency, normally a firm's home currency.
• Tariff Barriers. The average and range of financial costs imposed on imports.
• Other Import Barriers. Formal and informal quotas, licensing provisions, or other restrictions on imports.
• Payment Delays. The punctuality, or otherwise, with which government and private importers pay their foreign creditors, based on government policies, domestic economic conditions, and international financial conditions.
• Fiscal and Monetary Expansion. An assessment of the effect of the government's spending, taxing, interest rate and other monetary policies. The assessment is based on a judgment as to whether the expansion is inadequate for a healthy business climate, acceptably expansionist, or so excessively expansionist as to threaten inflation or other economic disorder.
• Labor Policies. Government policies, trade union activity, and productivity of the labor force that create either high or low costs for businesses.
• Foreign Debt. The magnitude of all foreign debt relative to the size of the economy and the ability of the country's public and private institutions to repay debt service obligations promptly.

Five-Year Risk Factors - Four additional factors are analyzed from a five-year forecast perspective. (Turmoil is included in both the 18-month and the five-year forecasts.)

• Investment Restrictions. The current base and likely changes in the general climate for restricting foreign investments.
• Trade Restrictions. The current base and the likely changes in the general climate for restricting the entry of foreign trade.
• Domestic Economic Problems. A country's ranking according to its most recent five-year performance record in per capita GDP, GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, capital investment, and budget balance.
• International Economic Problems. A country's ranking according to its most recent five-year performance record in current account (as a percentage of GDP), the ratio of debt service to exports, and the annual percentage change in the value of the currency."

See also content in LexisNexis Academic and Business Source Premier

 "contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria."

the individual country entries provide information about key historical events, territory & population, social statistics, climate, constitution & government, government chronology, recent elections, current administration, current leaders, defense, international relations, economy, energy & natural resources, industry, international trade, communications, social institutions, religion, diplomatic representatives, and further reading.

NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to many country reports, including Country Commercial Guides which "profile the political, economic, and commercial environment of foreign countries. More specifically, CCGs look at market conditions, economic situations, political environment, best export sectors, trade regulations, investment incentives, finance techniques, upcoming trade events, marketing strategies, services for exporters, and business travel tips for nearly 150 countries." See also Market Research Library for access to Country Commercial Guides, and the State Department's archive 1997-2001.

• Foreign Government Resources (University of Michigan)
• Foreign Governments (Northwestern University)
• International Governments (Librarians' Index to the Internet)
• Google
• Yahoo

• Key Foreign Resources
• British Resources
• Other Foreign Resources

"Directory & Search Engine of the World's Embassies & Consulates"

provides the names of key U.S. officials serving in foreign countries with whom American business representatives would most likely have contact.

"photographs, audio sound bytes, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history....over one million photographs dating back to 1826 and as current as a few moments ago. Tens of thousands of graphics, more than 4,500 hours of audio files dating from the 1920's, and news stories and headlines dating from 1997."

"Includes survey articles on the year's developments in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and other countries of the world; international organizations; and chapters on religion, science, law, the arts, economics, etc. Includes some public documents, and many abstracts of political speeches. Gives English affairs with more fullness than those of other countries." [ALA Guide to Reference Books, 11th ed.]

"The Confidential Print comprises diplomatic dispatches and other papers...it is important to note that British diplomats used a wide variety of contemporary sources—newspapers, speeches, government documents, political pamphlets and manifestos, economic statistics, census reports, personal interviews, and formal and informal discussions with the leaders of their host countries—as the factual bases for their dispatches and reports. These sources were not only used and quoted but were frequently translated and included as addenda in the Confidential Print."

Series A: Russia/Soviet Union & Finland, 1859-1950

Series C: North America, 1837-1950

Series D: Latin America, 1845-1950

Series G: Africa, 1848-1950

"illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter. These documents describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions. They also document the specific contributions of Chinese immigrants to commerce and business, architecture and art, agriculture and other industries, and cultural and social life in California."

See also Chinese and Japanese in the United States: 1910 (U.S. Census)

• v.1 - 1909-1918
• v.2 - The Paris Peace Conference of 1919
• v.3 - 1919-1925
• v.7 & v.8 - 1939-1941
• v.9 - 1942-1943
• v.12 - 1946

"Essays by subject experts treat concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control, with specific articles on topics ranging from anti-imperialism to environmental diplomacy, from refugee policies to terrorism and countermeasures. Also includes a chronology."

"This encyclopedia looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries. Contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps and more."

"presents the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity of the United States Government. The series documents the facts and events that contributed to the formulation of policies and includes evidence of supporting and alternative views to the policy positions ultimately adopted." This bound set of more than 350 volumes is available in the UCF Library and is still being published, but has a delay in publication of approximately 30-35 years.
*The volume for Africa, 1973-1976, is the only post-1972 volume currently available.

provides weekly summaries of world events, drawn from newspapers, wire services, and other information sources. The issues from 1983 forward are monthly summaries. Includes the texts of speeches and documents.

contains the full text of over 250 League of Nations documents, including:

• Armaments Yearbook, 1924-1940
• Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations, 1926-1944

identifies many of the microform sets in the UCF Library. Most of these sets include non-journal publications and represent primary source materials, e.g.,

• Papers of Queen Victoria on Foreign Affairs: Part 4, Portugal & Spain (1841-1900); Part 5, France & Belgium (1848-1900)
• U.S. Military Intelligence Reports : Surveillance of Radicals in the United States, 1917-1941
• Paris. Peace Conference, 1919. Select Reports of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace
• Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files, Internal & Foreign Affairs for: Argentina (1945-1949, 1955-1959), Cuba (1945-1963), France (1945-1954), Mexico (1940-1963), Palestine & Israel (1945-1954), Panama (1930-1949), Spain (1930-1939)
• Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records 1930-1945) for Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, & Nicaragua
• OSS State Department Intelligence & Research Reports, Latin America, 1941-1961
• North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Archive of Latin Americana: Caribbean (1959-1991), Central America (1964-1992), Latin America (1960-1992), Argentina (1944-1991), Chile (1959-1990), Cuba (1956-1994), Mexico (1947-1992), Peru (1961-1991), Puerto Rico (1957-1991), Venezuela (1964-1983)
• CIA Research Reports: Latin America, 1946-1976
• The United States & Castro's Cuba, 1950-1970, the Paterson Collection
• The John F. Kennedy National Security Files, Latin America (1961-1963)
• The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files, Latin America (1963-1969)

• Earliest times to 1975, in three volumes
• arranged by country, territory, ecclesiastical see, dynasty, peoples, and hordes in one alphabetical sequence, irrespective of time and place
• identifies rulers, heads of state, regents, prime ministers, cabinets, governors, commissioners, etc.

Browse by various topics, e.g. geographic names, international affairs, immigrants.

incomplete paper collection

See also alternate versions:

• Online version (1833-1917; selective full text, American Memory, Library of Congress)
• Committee Reports (1995+; Thomas, Library of Congress)
• Committee Reports (1995+; GPO Access)

See also American State Papers (1789-1838)

• Online version (1789-1838)
• Online version (American Memory, Library of Congress)
• New American State Papers (1789-1861)

The Serial Set & American State Papers include consular reports, trade statistics, diplomatic correspondence, etc. Examples of publications available in the Serial Set:

Agency Series Found in the Serial Set (College of Wooster)
Overview of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set & Schedule of Volumes, 1970 to Current
Reports of the Immigration Commission (1909-1910)

5663 - Changes in Bodily Form of Descendents of Immigrants 5664 - Occupations of the First & Second Generations of Immigrants in the U.S. 5664 - Fecundity of Immigrant Women 5665 & 5666 - Immigrants in Cities: A Study of the Population of Selected Districts in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo, & Milwaukee 5667-5684  - Immigrants in Industries (in 25 parts) 5865 & 5866 - Abstracts of Reports of the Immigration Commission, with Conclusions & Recommendations & Views of the Minority 5867 - Dictionary of Races or Peoples 5868 & 5869 - Immigrants as Charity Seekers 5870 - Emigration Conditions in Europe 5871-5875 - The Children of Immigrants in Schools

5876 - Immigration & Crime 5877 - Steerage Conditions 5877 - Importation & Harboring of Women for Immoral Purposes 5877 - Immigrant Homes & Aid Societies 5877 - Immigrant Banks 5878 - Statistical Review of Immigration, 1820-1910 5878 - Distribution of Immigrants, 1850-1900 5879 - Federal Immigration Legislation 5879 - Digest of Immigration Decisions 5879 - Steerage Legislation, 1819-1908 5879 - State Immigration & Alien Laws 5880 - The Immigration Situation in Other Countries: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil 5881 - Statements & Recommendations Submitted by Societies & Organizations Interested in the Subject of Immigration

Reports of the National Monetary Commission (1909-1910)

5606 - The History of Banking in Canada 5609 - The National Bank of Belgium 5610 - The Swiss Banking Law 5611 - The Fiscal Systems of the United States, England, France, & Germany 5615 - The Reichsbank, 1876-1900 5617 - The English Banking System 5618 - The Banking System of Mexico 5623 - Evolution of Credit & Banks in France from the Founding of the Bank of France to the Present Time

5628 - The Banks of Issue in Italy 5629 - The Swedish Bank System 5630 - Statistics for Great Britain, Germany, & France, 1867-1909 5631 - The Credit of Nations 5631 - The Trade Balance of the United States 5635 - The Canadian Banking System 5636 - Banking in Russia, Austro-Hungary, the Netherlands & Japan 5640 - History of the Bank of England & Its Financial Services to the State 5642 - The German Great Banks & Their Concentration in Connection with the Economic Development of Germany

Special Consular Reports

2799 - Malt & Beer in Spanish America 2857 - Port Regulations in Foreign Countries 2974 - European Emigration 2974 - Streets & Highways in Foreign Countries 2991 - Coal & Coal Consumption in Spanish America

3128 - Tariffs of Foreign Countries 3137 - Vagrancy & Public Charities in Foreign Countries 3404 - Highways of Commerce: The Ocean Lines, Railways, Canals, & Other Trade Routes of Foreign Countries 3677 - The Drug Trade in Foreign Countries 3947 - Disposal of Sewage & Garbage in Foreign Countries

provides access to various reports and data tables.

• Coming to America: A Profile of the Nation's Foreign Born
• Coming from the Americas: A Profile of the Nation's Latin American Foreign Born
• Foreign-Born Population in the U.S. (annual, 1994-2003)
• From the Mideast to the Pacific: A Profile of the Nation's Asian Foreign-Born Population
• Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the U.S.: 1850-1990

provides links to resources including:

• Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants (in English, Chinese, Polish & Spanish)
• Naturalization Information
• Naturalization Test Study Materials

test preparation materials

NOTE: The UCF Library may not have direct access to all of the resources listed:

• Immigration Resources (University of California, Berkeley)
• Government Documents on Immigration (Purdue University)

• Volume 1 - Organization of African Unity, African Development Bank, & some organizations of French-speaking Africa
• Volume 2 - remainder of documents relating to French-speaking Africa
• Volume 3 - documents of regional organizations in West, North, and East Africa
• Volume 4 - documents relating to the association of various groups of African States with the European Economic Community

"offers readers a comprehensive guide to international organizations and an essential understanding of the framework of international affairs...detailed coverage of the most important intergovernmental groupings, as well as more concise details of some 1,500 other entities. Extensive background information gives a historical and legal perspective to the international system."

"The International Organizations section gives extensive coverage to the United Nations and its related agencies & bodies. There are also detailed articles concerning some 60 other major international & regional organizations; entries for many affiliated organizations appear within these articles. In addition, briefer details of around 1,500 other international organizations appear in a separate section."

provides brief histories & missions of international organizations and lists of member states.

• See also indexing of publications from international organizations in LexisNexis Statistical
• European Union (EU)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• United Nations (UN)
  • Web Site Locator for the UN System of Organizations
• World Bank
  • World Development Indicators

"The mission of the Linkage Institutes is to develop and enhance strong economic, educational, research, cultural and social relations with strategic foreign countries. Governed by an agreement each institute serves to promote international ties through:

public-private cooperative research & technical assistance bilateral commerce and trade partnerships student and faculty exchange

cultural exchange language training equal opportunities to minority students out-of-state tuition exemption

These institutes also operate an Out-of-State Tuition Fee Exemption Program that provides international students attending any of Florida universities or community colleges the opportunity to pay in-state tuition rates."

Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute Florida-Canada Linkage Institute Florida-Caribbean Linkage Institute Florida-China Linkage Institute Florida-Costa Rica Linkage Institute

Florida-Eastern Europe Linkage Institute Florida-France Linkage Institute Florida-Israel Linkage Institute Florida-Japan Linkage Institute Florida-Mexico Linkage Institute Florida-West Africa Linkage Institute

official information & services from the U.S. government

Provides information about UCF and the other state universities in Florida, including:

• Table 17: Total Headcount Enrollment by Nation of Citizenship at Time of Admission or Readmission, Final

blog for people who have or are interest in establishing projects or partnerships

"provides high quality English language programs for international students and professionals, offers services that enhance research and instruction in language learning, and coordinates cultural programs that contribute to multicultural awareness and global education."

• African-American Studies
• American Studies
• Asian Studies
• Judaic Studies
• Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Modern Languages and Literatures
  • Languages (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish)
  • Foreign Language Media Center
  • Study Abroad
• Women's Studies

"the online community where UCF students meet to discuss matters of international and global concern. International Knights is also a place for students to share their experiences abroad, as well as stories and pictures of their studies and trips around the globe."

"provides assistance and information to the international community of students and scholars. Its main functions are to serve as a source of information, advocacy and support, to provide assistance in adjusting to a new academic environment and culture, and to provide immigration and other advising to prospective, new and currently enrolled international students and scholars at the University of Central Florida. "

"Our main mission is to unite all the various cultures present on campus as well as to promote understanding and acceptance of different cultures. We serve as a support system to international students and strive to make them understand and blend into the American culture, while at the same time educate others about the richness of their own cultures. Our goal is to promote togetherness, unity, friendship and diversity."

"The mission of Multicultural Academic and Support Services is to promote and enhance student persistence and success throughout the University by providing academic advising, as well as academic support services and programs to increase the retention of Multicultural and First-Generation College Students."

"creates an environment at UCF that acknowledges, respects, and enhances multiculturalism. Through programming and outreach, the MSC encourages Golden Knights to educate, unite, socialize, and share information affecting our cultures and lives."

"The mission of the Office of Diversity Initiatives is to assist the University of Central Florida in reaching its strategic goal to "Become more Inclusive and Diverse," by facilitating diversity processes, programs, and policies that promote social justice, enhance cultural competencies, and develop capacious leaders. Our students, colleagues, and constituents represent diverse peoples and perspectives across multiple generations."

"accomplishes its mission by facilitating the development of study abroad programs, assisting with the internationalization of courses and programs, facilitating international exchanges, promoting international partnerships, and assisting with the identification and procurement of external funding for internationalization."

includes information and links for cultural/ethnic/international student organizations at UCF.

provides information about short-term and exchange programs available at UCF.

• Import & export directories
• International trade statistical sources
• STAT-USA and USA Trade Online databases
• World Trade Organization (WTO) and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• Other resources for international trade

"intends to understand, cooperate and coordinate with, and respond effectively to changes in Latin American, Caribbean, and Spanish financial institutions and markets. Our mission involves better supervising constituencies, strengthening the Federal Reserve System's and Sixth Federal Reserve District's voice and influence in hemispheric policymaking, and adding value to evolving regional payment processing."

provides executive branch serial documents issued by Brazil's national government during the period between 1821 and 1993, and by its provincial governments from the earliest available for each province to the end of the Empire to 1889.

 provides archival collection finding aids and digitized content from those collections, including photographs, letters, manuscripts, maps, and other documents.

"a multifaceted and collaborative international digital library project that will preserve and increase access to valuable resources for the study of the Caribbean and the advancement of Caribbean Studies."

"The entries are listed alphabetically but also, at the start of the book, listed by field and by country--from Literature and the Visual Arts to Music and Cinema. There are also a number of entries which explore cultural concepts and categories--like 'Time' or 'Meat' or 'Exile'--and others that provide brief biographies of significant figures with date and place of birth and death."

"a selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America.... Works reviewed include books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the disciplines of Anthropology (including Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Ethnology), Art, Economics, Geography, Government and Politics, History, International Relations, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Sociology. Starting with Volume 54, the Handbook also includes a section on Electronic Resources for Latin American studies. In addition, some of the earlier volumes included other disciplines such as Cartography, Film, Folklore, Law, and so forth."

organizes and describes the many Latin American and Caribbean official documents appearing on the Internet.

• Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC) - a searchable Web database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America.
• Latin American Open Archives Portal - providing access to social sciences grey literature produced in Latin America, such as working documents, pre-prints, research papers, statistical documents, and other difficult-to-access materials from the "deep Web".
• Presidential Messages - providing digital images of presidential speeches since the early 19th century from Mexico and Argentina.

"This project, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, digitizes and makes accessible Mexican state statistical abstracts from 1994-2000 for all 31 Mexican states. The print volumes are available by chapter in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Excel spreadsheets are available for individual statistical tables from socio-demographic and economic chapters for 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000."

"provides a survey of the political & economic life both of the region and of the 50 countries & territories within it." Country Surveys: Geography & Map, History, Economy, Statistical Survey, The Constitution, The Government (Head of State, Cabinet/Council of Ministers, Ministries), Legislature, Election Commission, Political Organizations, Diplomatic Representation, Judicial System, Religion, The Press, Publishers, Broadcasting & Communications (Telecommunications, Radio, Television), Finance (Central Bank, State Banks, Development Banks, Commercial Banks, Foreign Banks, Banking Associations, Stock Exchange, Insurance), Trade & Industry (Government Agencies, Development Organizations, Chambers of Commerce, Industrial & Trade Associations, Employers' Associations, Major Companies, Utilities, Trade Unions), Transport (Railways, Roads, Shipping, Civil Aviation), Tourism, Defense, Education.

provides social, economic and environmental statistics

"designed to be used by students, teachers, practitioners and researchers as a self-guided tour of relevant, quality, up-to-date online resources covering important areas of international law."

• "400 A–Z entries on places from Scotland to Suriname, concepts and terms like legal realism and retribution, and key documents such as the Writ of Certiorari
• Entries by an international team of over 350 contributors
• Highly readable maps of every country in the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
• Nearly 275 diagrams illustrating the legal structure of various states and countries A glossary of hundreds of key terms like 'adversarialism' and 'sharia'."

"a public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the full texts of their published documents to the database in their original languages. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and, in many cases in additional languages, plus subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. All summaries are available to the public, and public access to full texts is also available for most jurisdictions."

provides links for individual nations to constitutions, branches of government, legal guides and general sources.

"collection of world legal materials gathers, country by country, continent by continent, the Internet-accessible sources of the constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and related legal material from around the globe (excluding the U.S. material held in the LII's other collections). It also holds resources and document collections of International law."

Use the Sources tab to filter the publications to be searched by country or region of the world.
Online Tutorial - Selecting Sources
Examples of specialized files include:

• EUR-Lex EU Law Database: Combined Files (1952+) - "This combined source includes full-text, English language EC/EU Treaties, Legislation, Preparatory Documents, National Provisions Implementing Directives, Parliamentary Questions, EFTA, and other documents as provided by EUR-Lex--the computerized documentation system on Community law, which the EU institutions makes available to their officials and the public. References to documents in other languages are also included. Sources include Series L (legislative) and C (communications) of the Official Journal of the European Communities, SEC and COM final documents, etc."
• European Union, Commonwealth & Foreign Nations provides cases from GATT Panel, World Trade Organization, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei.
• International Legal Materials (1962+) provides the full texts of important treaties and agreements, judicial and arbitral decisions, national legislation, international organizations resolutions and other documents.

• "Digests of the laws of 82 countries.... In the case of Australia and Canada, digests of the laws of the States and Provinces of these countries are included along with the digest of their Federal Laws.... Because of its significance to the laws of a number of European countries, a separate digest is included... setting forth European Union Law."
• "the complete texts of ten International Conventions to which the U.S. is a party."

lists print items which reprint the laws and regulations of international jurisdictions on a particular legal topic, comparative in nature. The purpose of the database is to provide additional identifying information about titles, beyond that which is provided in the Library of Congress online catalog. After identifying a specific title held by the Library of Congress using this online database, search the UCF Library's online catalog to see if the specific title is held locally.

• international customs & etiquette
• job applications & interviewing advice
• licensing, financing, & taxation

"Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information."

"essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish."

• "Name of the group, alternative names, and names of major subgroups
• Defining features of the group that cause group members and/or outsiders to define the group as unique in American society
• Patterns of cultural variation within the group, both over time and place
• Immigration & settlement history, including some basic information about the nations of origin
• Demographic facts, including population & composition, changes in population, and current distribution in the U.S.
• Languages spoken on arrival in the U.S. and subsequent changes in language use
• Cultural characteristics of the group, including but not limited to economic patterns, housing, religion, worldview, marriage & family, kinship, interpersonal relationships, the arts, health & illness, social organization, and political organization
• Extent of assimilation or cultural persistence, including degree & types of discrimination, relations with other groups, changes over time & place, pan-ethnic ties, and transnational ties
• Bibliographic citations with an emphasis on articles & books available to the reader"

• The African-American Experience
• The Asian-American Experience
• The Hispanic-American Experience
• The Immigrant Experience
• The Native-American Experience

The UCF Libraries is collaborating with the UCF teaching faculty to compile bibliographies of multicultural resources to be used in courses highlighting diversity. The guides listed here attempt to help faculty identify and locate relevant diversity resources within their specific disciplines. UCF librarians will be glad to collaborate with teaching faculty to identify resources that can be used in courses that celebrate diversity in the classroom. To date, resources have been developed for the following programs:

• Diversity Videos: Titles Available at the UCF Libraries, Orlando
• Music and Diversity Resource Guide
• Theater and Diversity Resource Guide

• Comparative Education Databases & Websites
• Comparative Education Journals
• Education Webliography - Multicultural Education

"follows the development of over 300 national groups from the earliest periods of their histories to the present.... Each national survey is divided in