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Global Road Warrior 
Extensive country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history and language world-wide.
CIA: The World Factbook - Country Profiles
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Business Search - Country Profiles 
A subset of EBSCO's Business Search Premier includes Country Profiles.
Britannica Academic Encyclopedia 
Comprehensive academic online encyclopedia.
Credo Reference
Search 3,401,406 full text entries in 601 electronic reference books!
Extensive country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history and language world-wide.
CIA: The World Factbook - Country Profiles
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Business Search - Country Profiles
A subset of EBSCO's Business Search Premier includes Country Profiles.
Britannica Academic Encyclopedia
Comprehensive academic online encyclopedia.
Credo Reference
Search 3,401,406 full text entries in 601 electronic reference books!