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Country & Background Information
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Background Information and Reference Sources
- Europa World This link opens in a new windowEuropa World is a meticulously researched global resource including political, economic and statistical information about more than 250 countries and territories, as well as international and regional organizations. The Europa World Year Book was first published in 1926 and, together with the nine Regional Surveys of the World, is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works.
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- Ukraine, CIA World FactbookUkraine background information, maps, demographic information and statistics.
- Subject Guide: Ukraine, Gale Virtual Reference LibraryEncyclopedia entries and other reference resources.
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowProvides full text online access to the complete 250-plus volumes of Cambridge Histories reference series. Provides political, economic and social history, philosophy and literature of selected countries and subjects.
- Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowProvides reference sources in almost all disciplines. Also includes historical timelines, multimedia, selected magazine articles, notable quotations, and a dictionary and thesaurus.
- Maria SonevytskyMaria Sonevytsky is a professor of anthropology and music at Bard College, and the author of Wild Music: Sound and Sovereignty in Ukraine.