Great place to start:
Start with CIA Factbook -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Country Profiles by the BBC. Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.
https://www.world-newspapers.com/
Free Online World Newspapers in English
https://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/index.htm
World Newspapers in English
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal/countryprofiles/
Current statistics on each country by the U.N. (click on goals of interest on the left)
Economic, Social, Environmental and Infrastructure statistics by country
Search for news sources for the country, and look for publisher/bias info - sample - Ghana newspapers
Use Translate when you find articles/sources in another language.
Search our Databases and click CITE button to add to Noodletools:
Gale in Context GLOBAL ISSUES - Search for Country name + Government. Scroll all the way down. (Ghana example)
https://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/ - World History ABC Clio
https://link.gale.com/apps/WHIC?u=inglemoor - World History in Context
Search KCLS Databases (Cite button or librarian help to cut/paste Database citation):
- Log in to KCLS.org/students
Your login: 417###### (417+your student number). Password - last 4 digits of your student number.
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online. Search articles by title, headline, date, or other fields.
Search journals and magazines from and about Latin America in Spanish and Portuguese.
Read newspapers and magazines from around the world in many languages. Newspapers include up to 3 months of back coverage. Log in* to PressReader to share or print articles.
*You will need to log in to use the site. Even if you're in King County Library System (KCLS) library or connected to KCLS WiFi.
To log in:
1. Click on “Sign in” on the upper right corner of the PressReader site.
2. Select the library card icon.
3. Enter your library card barcode number and PIN.
4. Select King County Library System as your library. You will see a green coffee cup icon on the top left side of the PressReader site when you are logged in. Once logged in you will have 48 hours before needing to sign back in again.
Note how to do PDF's - it's just like a website. See a librarian for help doing the detective part... Watch Ghana Constitution pdf example with me...
How to build NT entry for website. In-Text Citation instructions
Full page of citation and other help
Other tips from Ms. Kim (we saved this spot to take notes if she wants to add info here)
Extra:
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/cp/searchcp.aspx
Dense United Nations Country Reports on government statistics.