WWC Web Resources -- Foreign Countries

Pew Learning Center and Ellison Library

Africa Focus
Africa Resource Center -- Contains a large database of information on Africa.
CIA World FactBook
Country Studies from the Library of Congress
CountryWatch
Economist.com: Country Briefings -- country profiles of sixty countries, dealing with economics, politics, etc.
Foreign Government Resources (from U. of Mich.)
InfoNation
NationMaster -- good resource for easily comparing statistics from many countries on various topics (only gives stats at the country level).
Portals to the World
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies--this site presents an astounding collection of links to sites by and about indigenous nations around the world.