http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/P/countries-cultures.html en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:21:18 -0400 webmaster@lib.vt.edu webmaster@lib.vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/P/political-handbook-of-the-world-from-cq-press.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/C/S_cq-phw.jpg" alt="CQ Press Political Handbook of the World" height="134px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://library.cqpress.com/phw/" title="Political Handbook of the World from CQ Press" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://library.cqpress.com/phw/')" shape="rect">Political Handbook of the World from CQ Press</a> </span></h2><p><i>The Political Handbook of the World</i> provides information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system. Country profiles include key facts, government and political history, current issues, political parties and organizations, legislatures and cabinets, and communications. It also profiles 120 intergovernmental organizations, such as OPEC, NATO, the WTO, world and regional banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations. <a href="http://addison.vt.edu/record=b1162958~S1">Older editions</a> available in print. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000787"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/P/political-handbook-of-the-world-from-cq-press.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/P/political-handbook-of-the-world-from-cq-press.html Countries and cultures Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Handbooks and manuals Restricted to Virginia Tech users Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/P/perseus-digital-library.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/P/S_perseus.jpg" alt="Perseus" height="103px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/search" title="Perseus Digital Library" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/search')" shape="rect">Perseus Digital Library</a> </span></h2><p><i>Perseus Digital Library</i> covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world, plus Arabic materials, Germanic materials, 19th-century America, the Renaissance, and Civil War issues of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It collects texts, images, datasets and other primary materials. The database assembles and structures encyclopedias, maps, grammars, dictionaries and other reference works. 850,000 reference articles provide background on 450,000 people, places, organizations, dictionary definitions, grammatical functions and other topics.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/P/perseus-digital-library.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/P/perseus-digital-library.html Article searching Countries and cultures Ebook packages Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Multimedia Newspapers and magazines Statistics and data sets Freely accessible databases