Country Studies Subject Guide

For subject assistance contact: Yunshan Ye , Collections & Research Services Librarian, 245-1838.

The Library of Congress Classification System, which is the call number system utilized for locating and organizing library resources, breaks Sociology down into primarily these areas:

JJ = Political Institutions and public administration - North America
JK = Political Institutions and public administration - United States
JL = Political Institutions and public administration - Canada, West Indies, Central & South America
JN = Political Institutions and public administration - Europe
JQ = Political Institutions and public administration - Asia Middle East, Africa, Australia, Pacific
JZ = International Relations

KZ = International Law

Look at the Library of Congress Classification System Outline for more information.

 

 

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Reference Resources

 

Key Sources: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

The Europa world year book. Europa Publications Limited. London, England : Europa Publications Limited, c1990- (2 vols.) Reference JN1 .E85.
* The best single printed source of quick information for all the world's nation states. Up-to-date, authoratative, and very thorough.

Country Studies or Area Handbook Series. Washington, D.C., Foreign Area Studies, American University; for sale by Supt of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1991. Government Reference D 101.22:550-59/
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
*The Defense Department's comprehensive monograph-lengthy studies of individual countries. Scholarly but from a decidedly U.S. perspective.

The CIA World Factbook:
A superb tool for quick country profiles and comparative country analyses, published by our very own Central Intelligence Agency. An excellent source. The online site is updated a number of times during the year.


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Updated: August 2007