Canadian Information by Subject is a service provided by the National Library. It provides links to sites on the Web with valuable content on a wide range of subjects. From an alphabetical listing, you can narrow in on information. Encyclopedia Britannica Online See Homework Helpers . The CIA's World Fact Book provides general country profiles and reference maps.
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This is the kind of international country comparison you can generate at InfoNation, a United Nations database that allows you to compare statistical information on its member states. You can construct a chart with as many as seven countries, and compare them on the basis of as many as four criteria. The list of possible criteria is a long one, divided into the main categories of geography, economy, population and social indicators, such as the telephone. Whatever fast facts you need, InfoPlease with either produce, or set you on, the right course. There are nearly as many, or more listings for other tools such as dictionaries, grammar guides, thesaurus, atlases and maps.