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Selected Research Sources - International

A portal for International Development Jobs
http://www.devnetjobs.org

A large archive of published articles that is free to search and view.
Content is mainly U.S. based.
http://www.findarticles.com

An interesting geopolitical global analysis of Internet resources and addresses
http://www.caida.org/analysis/geopolitical/bgp2country/

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/

Agence France Presse (English)
http://www.afp.com/english/home/

Associated Press
http://www.ap.org/

Associate Press - US state locations
http://wire.ap.org/public_pages/WirePortal.pcgi/us_portal.html

Associated Press Television News
http://www.aptn.com/aptn/copystore.nsf/pages/aptn+homepage

British Academy PORTAL
The British Academy's directory of online resources
in the humanities and social sciences.
http://www.britac.ac.uk/portal/

British Medical Journal(UK)
Collected Resources links:
http://bmj.com/collections/

BUBL Information Service Home Page
(From the Digital Library Research at Strathclyde University)
http://bubl.ac.uk/

Business Wire Search
http://www.businesswire.com/search.shtml

Centre for Research Libraries
http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/info/crlcat.htm

Communication Studies and Journalism (Global - links)
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/commun/commun.htm#cweb

Communities Online (UK)
http://www.communities.org.uk

Congressional Research Service Reports
(National Library for the Enrivonment - U.S.
 This site provides free access to over 1,200
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports on issues
related to the environment, energy, water, science,
and technology.)
http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRS/

Corporation Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com/

CyberTimes Navigator (NY TIMES)
http://www.nytimes.com/navigator

Datavor Search Engine
http://www.datavor.com/

Development Gateway
http://www.developmentgateway.org/

Digital Governance
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/digitalgov/gov-menu.html

Digital Opportunity Initiative
http://www.opt-init.org/

Digital Opportunity Channel
(from the Benton Foundation)
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/

Economist Intelligence Unit
http://www.eiu.com/

EContent Magazine
http://www.econtentmag.com/

Enterprise Information Portals - at Northern Light
http://special.northernlight.com/portals/#buyin

Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC)
strives to become the foremost international forum for practitioners,
teachers, researchers and policy makers to share their knowledge
and experience in the design, development, implementation,
management and evaluation of information systems and technologies
in developing countries.
http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/Research/ejisdc/

Energy Information Administration: Country Analysis Briefs
(This site offers succinct, but detailed overviews
on the role of energy for over 120 countries and regions. Each
report begins with a country background, including an
overview of its economy and environment, and then provides
details on the use and importance of oil, natural gas, coal,
electricity, nuclear power, synthetic fuels, and renewables.
Links to further sources of information are also provided).
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/

European Centre for Population and Development
http://www.ecpd-eu.org/pages/fs/fsactivities.html

European Telework Online: The Information Portal for Telework,
Telecommuting and related topics:
http://www.eto.org.uk

FACNETS - 'A free site for a responsible press.' (US based)
http://www.facsnet.org/net/

Financial Times Global Business News
http://news.ft.com/home/ww/

FeatureStory News
(global - multimedia)
http://www.fsntv.com/

Food Economy Group
http://www.foodeconomy.com/

Foreign Policy Magainze (U.S.)
http://www.foreignpolicy.com

Foreign Policy Worldwide links:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/resources/worldwide_links.html
Foreign Policy CIA Factbook Intelligence data:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/resources/country_intelligence.html

Forum on Agricultural Research
(developing country focused):
http://www.egfar.org

Gemini News Service
(global)
http://www.gemininewsservice.com/

Global Statistics (links to countries of the world)
http://www.geohive.com/

IMF Country Reports
(This site offers a searchable and browsable collection
of economic reports published by the IMF on various topics for countries
around the world. Sample recent reports: Republic of Mozambique:
Statistical Appendix; Tunisia: Report on the Observance of
Standards and Codes; and Forecasting Inflation in Indonesia)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubind.htm
also see index at:
http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm

ICT Stories from InfoDev
http://www.iicd.org/stories/

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage

IRN's Market Research on the Web database:
A free gateway to web sites containing statistics and market data,
including trade associations and other industry sources".
Covers mainly UK and pan European resources. At:
http://www.irn-research.com/MRL.html

International Agricultural Centre
(based at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands)
http://www.iac-agro.nl

International Development: Jeffery Sach's analysis
on the challenges of development:
http://www.idrc.ca/media/SpecialPresentations_e.html

International Federation on Organic Agricultural Movement
http://www.ifoam.org

International Labor Comparsions: US, Europs & Asia
(Chartbook includes data from 1990-2001)
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/oiea/chartbook/

International sources on Information Literacy
rom Skovde University (Sweden).
http://www.his.se/bib/enginfolit.shtml

Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/index.html

Information on Internet2 Research activities
http://www.internet2.edu/

Information Today Inc.
http://www.infotoday.com/default.htm

KnowNet Initiative
http://members.tripod.com/knownetwork/index.html

Latin America
(Reviews by Rhonda L. Neugebauer,
University of California, Riverside
Bibliographer, Latin American Studies
Collection Development Division)
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhondaneu/eresources/eresources1.html
 

LEAP - The Learning and Evaluation Action Program (LEAP),
an initiative to promote a coordinated and comprehensive approach
to learning about the use of knowledge and ICTs
in international development.
http://www.bellanet.org/leap

Links to Think Tanks and Other Policy Research Resources
(from Japan's National Institute for Research Advancement)
http://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.html

Lloyd's Register of Shipping Information
http://www.lr.org/services_overview/shipping_information/index.htm

MicroWho
(A World Search Engine and Portal Link Directory)
http://microwho.com/

National Information Services System (UK based)
[weekly updates on information resources]
http://www.niss.ac.uk/welcome/whatsnew.html

Nobel Prize Internet Archive
http://www.almaz.com/nobel

Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide
(From the Perkins Library at Duke University.
Global sources, but very limited on Canadian sources.)
http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/index.htm

OFFSTATS - Official Statistics off the Web
(Univ. of Auckland Library, NZ)
http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm

Official statistics based on postal code areas (UK only)
http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/home.asp

Power Reporting (primarly US focused, but large number of links)
http://www.powerreporting.com/

Public Records Database Collection (global)
http://www.pac-info.com/

Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/

Search Terms Glossary
http://www.searchtools.com/info/glossary.html

Smart Surfing Links
http://www.sree.net/stories/web.html

Social Science Informaiton Gateway (UK based)
http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/

Statistical Sources and links worldwide:
http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/stats.htm

Super Searchers on Wall Street - extensive links:
http://www.infotoday.com/supersearchers/superwall.htm

Syndicated News
(newswires from all major services)
http://syndicatednews.com/

United Press International
http://www.upi.com/

U.S. Policy Report on Broadband Access
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/cpsma/cstb.nsf
Full text of Report can be found at:
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10235.html?onpi_newsdoc11282001

The Legislation Observatory: Database on pending legislation in EUROPE.
http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/dors/oeil/en/default.htm

Telework Association (UK)
http://www.tca.org.uk

Terrorism Law and Policy - JURIST (US based)
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism.htm

The Nation Magazine's Media links and articles (US based)
http://www.thenation.com/directory/view.mhtml?handle=media

The Non-Profit Quarterly (U.S.)
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/

The Northern Review
(Is the only scholarly journal published North of 60 in Canada.)
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/review/

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) site:
http://www.unesco.org

UNESCO Global Community Telecentre Resources Website
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/build_info/gct/index.shtml

UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/observatory/index.shtml

UN Chronicle - Online Edition
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/

UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations site:
http://www.fao.org

United Nations Environment Programme site:
http://www.unep.org

University of Exeter Library - Library and Related Resources (International).
http://www.ex.ac.uk/library/wwwlibs.html

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org

WorldNews
http://www.worldnews.com/

World Health Organisation
http://www.who.int

World Trade Organization - The WTO
http://www.wto.org

World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.int/



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