Reference Sources


CIA World Factbook
 The CIA's  annual reference book has current information concerning 266 countries plus a  "world," category that summarizes overall data. For each country there is information on geography, populations, economies, maps, background information, etc.

NewspaperLinks
 See how newspapers around the US and the world cover events. A clickable map and drop-down menus make this  site very easy to use. There are also links to college newspapers, media groups, associations etc... A similar page is the Associated Press Webpage

Journal of Historical Biography
Maintained by the University College of the Fraser Valley, the JHB is an online peer reviewed journal first published in Spring 2007. The journal includes "scholarly articles on all aspects of historical biography." It also publishes book reviews on historical biographies.