Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions; also includes audio and video clips from BBC archives
Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities
A library database of encyclopedias includes titles such as: Creation Myths of the World; Encyclopedia of Religion; Literature of propaganda; Encyclopedia of Food & Culture; etc. (off campus? Library username/password required)