MEP - Country Overviews & Data - GEG 102: World Geography - LibGuides at Gustavus Adolphus College

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Minnesota State Demographic Center. Data by Topic.
U.S. Census Bureau. Data.census.gov (U.S. Census Bureau)
U.S. Census Bureau. Foreign Born Population
U.S. Census Bureau. Migration/Geographic Mobility
U.S. CIA World Factbook
Provides an overview of the "history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities."
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Immigration Data & Statistics
U.S. Department of State. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
A good source for information on country conditions in the homelands of refugees and asylum seekers. Note: You can sort the U.S. Dept. of State Reports, by year if for example you know the migrant's particular timeline or needs context from a certain time period.

CIAO (International affairs) This link opens in a new window
Contains full text documents on international politics and related fields. Includes content from government research organizations, independent think tanks, university analysis centers, and scholarly journals. Also includes country surveys with political data, economic data, and maps from The Economist Intelligence Unit.

BBC Country Timelines & Profiles
A good source for background research and overviews of countries. Note: If you don't have luck with this link, you can also search Google for "BBC timeline [country name]" to find the timeline for a given country

Britannica Online Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Search the content of encyclopedias, a dictionary and thesaurus, a multimedia database with images, videos, and sound files, the Web's Best Sites, selected magazines and journals, country statistics from World Data Analyst, notable quotations, and Gateway to the Classics (a collection of works of Western history, literature, philosophy, and science). Access is provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).

U.S. CIA World Factbook
Provides an overview of the "history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities."