An annual publication covering the politics, cultures and economies of all of the countries of the world plus major international organizations. It is authoritative and up-to-date; meticulously compiled by a dedicated in-house editorial team since 1864.

From the Law Library of Congress's Guide to Law Online, this portal presents an A to Z index of countries each of which includes links to constitutions, executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, legal guides, and other general sources of information.

An electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law, GlobaLex is committed to the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research tools.

A single search facility for databases across multiple Legal Information Institutes.

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

The world’s constitutions to read, search, and compare.

Online access to a record of all of the treaties and agreements in effect in the United States via the State Department.

The UN makes some of its publications available online.

(from the UN's Dag Hammarskjöld Library)

The official website of the European Union. It is a good starting point if you are looking for information and services provided by the EU including basic information on how the EU works, the latest EU news and events, and links to EU information on the websites of EU institutions and agencies.