Canada 

•  Academic Info: Canadian Studies--  Annotated directory of Internet resources on Canada.

•  Association for Canadian Studies-- Only national organization exclusively dedicated to  promotion of research, teaching, and publications on Canada, with Canadian Studies resources.

•  CanadaInternational-- From the Canadian government, "the Government of Canada's primary internet site for the international audience... your one-stop source of information."

•  Canadian Atlas Online-- From the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a high-quality interactive atlas of Canada with thematic explanations, graphics, animation, and an excellent mapping tool.

•  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-- News from this prestigious source, with much audio and video available.

•  Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute-- Charitable, independent, non-partisan, research institute "dedicated to enhancing Canada's role in the world by helping to stimulate awareness and debate amongst Canadians about their nation's defence and foreign policies and the instruments that serve them." Sponsors and posts excellent publications on "Canada's  policies in the areas of foreign affairs, defence and security."

•  Canadian Economy Online-- From the Canadian government, much information about the national economy.

•  Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.-- About Canada and its relations with the United States. The Information Centre links to a wide variety of Canadian resources. Note the Business Resources section.

•  Canadian Encyclopedia-- Searchable and interactive full-text version of The Canadian Encyclopedia, the "Ultimate Canadian Reference Work" on all aspects of Canada-- "The authoritative encyclopedia about Canada and its people."

•  Canadian Government Information Site-- Reference guide to publicly available government information, maintained by the government of Canada.

•  Canadian Information by Subject at Library and Archives Canada-- A service of Library and Archives Canada to provide information and links to information about Canada on the Internet.

•  Canadian Institute of International Affairs-- From the University of Toronto, a very good site on international relations matters.

•  Canadian Online Explorer-- (CANOE) "Canada's Web Site," a leader in national content. Note the CNEWS site for Canadian news.

•  Canadian Politics Online Guides-- Good ones are available from McGill University (note the PDF version) and Nelson Publishers.

•  Canadian Social Research Links-- From Gilles Séguin, an excellent compilation of (mostly) annotated links to a wide variety of Canadian social science resources on the Web.

•  Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources-- Excellent bibliographic essay, with links to hundreds of key online resources, plus citations of print sources, from the International Council for Canadian Studies.

•  Culture Canada-- "The Government of Canada's one-stop Web access to government resources on the subjects of culture, heritage and recreation," with "links to a wide range of resources from all levels of government in Canada, as well as non-governmental organizations, major cultural associations, and others."

•  Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade-- Wide range of information on Canadian foreign relations and on the world. Note the online magazine Canada World View, on Canadian foreign policy and international relations.

•  Government of Canada Official Web Site-- "Primary Internet portal for information on the Government of Canada, its programs, services, new initiatives and products, and for information about Canada."

•  H-Canada Discussion Network-- "Member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-Canada is the H-Net [scholarly] discussion list dealing with Canadian History and Studies."

•  International Council for Canadian Studies-- A federation of Canadian studies associations, to promote and support research, education, and publications in all fields of Canadian studies and in all countries.

•  Mapleleafweb-- "Easy access to any information you may want on Canadian politics," with forums, in-depth features, articles, and many links.

•  National Atlas of Canada-- Maps, tables, images, and geographical facts, from Natural Resources Canada.

•  PoliticsWatch-- Major comprehensive portal on Canadian politics from Public Interests Research and Communications, Inc.

•  Statistics Canada-- Excellent site; some statistics free, some on a payment basis, plus selected articles and abstracts. Note the Census of Canada 2001. Check out GeoSearch2006, an "interactive mapping application [that] makes it easy to find many places in Canada, see them on a map, and get basic geographic and demographic data for those places."

•  BritainUSA-- This site is maintained by the British Embassy in Washington,  D.C. Its purpose is "to answer the questions most frequently asked in the  United States about Britain and provide up-to-date government comment on current events."

•  British Broadcasting Company-- The world-famous BBC online and available in many languages, with audio and video.

•  British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS)-- "You can use this web site to search and browse information from [key] British Official Publications over the period 1688-1995. You can also read abstracts, and view detailed consistent subject indexing, of key documents. You can then read the digitised full-text  version of a limited number of these documents."

•  British Studies Web-- Western European Specialists Section, Association of College and Research Libraries. Designed to provide access to selected and quality scholarly resources in British Studies (including Scotland, Wales, and Ireland).

•  Directgov-- Portal to United Kingdom public sector information on the Internet.

•  Foreign & Commonwealth Office-- Large site, with official speeches and documents about British foreign policy, news, analysis, briefing papers, travel and regional information, and much information about both the U.K. and world issues.

•  H-Albion Discussion Network-- A scholarly site for British and Irish history whose purpose is "to enable historians more easily to discuss research interests, teaching methods and the state of historiography. H-Albion is especially interested in methods of teaching history to graduate and undergraduate students in diverse settings."

•  House of Commons Research Papers-- This very useful site gives online access to the full text of numerous Research Papers which are compiled for the benefit of British Members of Parliament by the staff of the House of Commons Library, usually dealing with topics of current parliamentary interest.

•  Londinium.com-- "Directory of London-based websites and information web site for London."

•  National Statistics-- Official United Kingdom statistics site, best source of online UK government statistics. Note the Annual Abstract of Statistics and The Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a large, free online volume with definitive information on all aspects of the UK, in text, figures, tables, maps, and charts.

•  No.10 Downing Street-- The web site of the British Prime Minister, with news and information about the government and its programs, with an archive of speeches, plus general information about the United Kingdom and the PM's official residence.

•  Office of Public Sector Information-- "Provides a wide range of services to the public, information industry, government and the wider public sector relating to finding, using, sharing and trading information."

•  Official Documents-- Service of The Stationery Office to assist internet users to locate official documents published by The Stationery Office and other authoritative bodies.

•  Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom-- The national association of political scientists in the United Kingdom, with lots of information and data, and links to many sites worldwide.

•  UK Statute Law Database-- "The official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online," allowing free and advanced search access to both primary and post-1991 secondary legislation.

•  United Kingdom Election Results-- Maintained by David Boothroyd, with detailed election data and related information back to 1983 and summary results from 1885 to 1979.

•  United Kingdom Parliament-- Information about the House of Commons and the House of Lords, including online posting of Parliamentary publications, with archives. The current and several years of the past House of Commons and House of Lords daily debates (Hansard) are available and searchable online. The United Kingdom Legislation site is managed by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and contains the full text of all Public and Local Acts of the UK Parliament, the Explanatory Notes to Public Acts, Statutory Instruments and Draft Statutory Instruments, and Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England. Note their Public Bills before Parliament, which tracks the progress of all such bills, available in full text. The very useful POLIS (Parliamentary Online Indexing Service) is a searchable database from the House of Commons Library staff, as an index to the proceedings and publications of both Houses of Parliament, with information on Parliament as well.

Ireland 

Directories and search engines

Nice One

Browse Ireland

Searc's Web Guide

Google Ireland

•  British Studies Web-- Western European Specialists Section, Association of College and Research Libraries. Designed to provide access to selected and quality scholarly resources in British Studies (including Scotland, Wales, and Ireland).

•  Government of Ireland website-- Official site of the Irish government, which will "help you to find government organisations or information by providing links, indices of recent publications and a search engine that searches all government sites. There is also general information about Ireland including some photographs of well known locations."

•  H-Albion Discussion Network-- A scholarly site for British and Irish history whose purpose is "to enable historians more easily to discuss research interests, teaching methods and the state of historiography. H-Albion is especially interested in methods of teaching history to graduate and undergraduate students in diverse settings.

•  Ireland.com-- Coverage of Irish issues, Ireland directory, and the Irish Times online, from Dublin.

•  Island Ireland-- Searchable Internet directory to many aspects of Irish life.

Germany                 Also see the German Language page of this Virtual Library.

•  Deutsche-Aussenpolitik-- "Your gateway to German foreign policy," in English, with publications, links, documentation, bibliography, and more.

•  German Info-- The joint information service of the German Embassy, its consulates in the United States, and the German Information Center, New York City.

•  German Studies Web-- Selected and evaluated scholarly resources in German Studies, for all German-speaking countries, from the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

•  H-German Discussion Network-- "Member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-German is a daily Internet discussion forum focused on scholarly topics in German history."

•  WWW Virtual Library of German Resources-- A most inclusive source from the Universität Karlsruhe and part of the WWW Virtual Library system.

France                     Also see the French Language page of this Virtual Library.

•  French Embassy in Washington, D.C. Broad range of coverage.

•  H-France Discussion Network-- "Provides an electronic [scholarly] forum covering all aspects of the history and culture of the Francophone world [and] offers a repository of resources and links which historians and students of French history and culture may find useful."

•  Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links-- A 10,000-link Globe-Gate Supersite from the University of Tennessee.

•  Tocqueville Connection-- Washington, D.C. "The insider's Web source for French news and analyses."

Italy 

•  Italian Studies Web-- Western European Specialists Section, Association of College and Research Libraries. Designed to provide access to selected and quality scholarly resources in Italian Studies.

Russia 

•  Central Bank of the Russian Federation-- Information, statistics and reports in English about Bank of Russia activity, the Russian economy, and current reforms, including the analytical bulletin "Russia: Economic and Financial Situation."

•  Centre for Russian Studies Database-- From the the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, an excellent site of searchable databases, both national and by administrative unit, for comprehensive information on Russia.

•  H-Russia Discussion Network--  "Member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-RUSSIA encourages scholarly discussion of Russian and Soviet history and makes available diverse bibliographical, research and teaching aids."

•  Moscow Times-- Trusted and widely-referenced source for English-language news and commentary from Russia.

•  Russia Journal-- "The trusted news source from Russia," an excellent source of news from and about Russia in English.

•  Russia Profile-- From the Independent Media group, an online magazine "to provide quality, up to date and balanced reporting, analysis and features on political, economic and cultural developments and trends in and around the country for Russia watchers around the world," with a wide range of coverage.

•  Russia Today-- The European Internet Network provides daily press reviews, television reports, business news, and original content.

•  Russia Votes-- Public opinion poll series on the Russian mood, and on the presidential and Duma elections, a joint  project of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, and the Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research.

•  WWW Virtual Library: Russian and East European Studies-- REESWeb is a comprehensive index of electronic resources on the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Central Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian Federation, and the former Soviet Union, by the University of Pittsburgh.

Japan 
•  All About Japan-- From about.com, a directory of a multitude of Japanese resources identified by Japanese specialists.  Requires a browser that supports Japanese characters.

•  H-Japan Discussion Network-- "Member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online. H-Japan is an international, nonpartisan electronic discussion group. It provides scholars, graduate students and professionals a free daily forum to discuss Japanese history, culture, religion, and society, including contemporary political, diplomatic, security, and economic issues."

•  H-US-Japan Discussion Network-- "Edited, international, nonpartisan list that provides scholars, graduate students, politicians, journalists, policy-makers, researchers, professionals, and others a free daily forum to discuss US-Japan relations in the context of economic, security, political, and diplomatic issues."

•  Japan Policy Research Institute-- Many analytical and policy papers online from a "non-profit...[US] organization dedicated to the promotion of understanding of Japan's political and economic behavior and growing significance in world affairs."

•  Japan Reference-- Directory for a wide variety of websites from or about Japan in English, plus features and services. "Your guide to Japan in English."

•  Japan Times Online-- English-language news from Japan.

•  Japan Today-- Excellent, searchable English-language news, commentary, discussion forums about Japan.

•  Japanese Studies Resources-- From the Duke University Libraries, an excellent directory of printed and online sources about Japan.

•  JETRO Home Page-- The Japan External Trade Organization is a nonprofit, Japanese government-related organization dedicated to promoting mutually beneficial trade and economic relations between Japan and other nations. This site carries information about Japan, its economy, and its foreign trade and investment.

•  JPOLL-- From the Roper Center, "the only comprehensive database of Japanese public opinion data," accessible free online and with a fine search facility upon registration. The collection in English "contains more than 10,000 public opinion questions and the respective responses from Japan's major survey research sources."

•  Kyodo News-- Excellent source of English-language news about and from Japan.

•  Ministry of Foreign Affairs-- Official information about Japan, its foreign policy, and Japan-U.S. relations.

•  Statistical Handbook of Japan-- Official publication "designed to provide a clear and coherent overview of present-day Japan through statistics. It provides statistical tables, charts, and photographs to portray conditions in modern-day Japan from a variety of perspectives, including demographics, economic and social trends, and culture."

•  Statistical Materials for Learning about Japan-- From the National Diet Library, "an English-language guide to statistical information about Japan. It introduces major statistical materials on Japan written in English, or in both Japanese and English, in the form of printed publications and Internet information."

•  WebJapan-- "Gateway for all Japanese information," a very useful portal site, including for statistics.

China 

•  China the Beautiful-- Large cultural heritage site by Professor Emeritus M. L. Pei, with information and pictures on classical Chinese art, calligraphy, poetry, history, literature, painting, philosophy, and more, viewable with Western or Chinese browsers.

•  China Daily-- Fine source of news in English from China by "one of the country's top news portals"-- economy, business, tourism, online education, culture, entertainment, and more.

•  China Data Center-- At the University of Michigan, a "national Center designed to advance the study and understanding of China. A primary goal of the Center is the integration of historical, social and natural science data in a geographic information system, where spatial and temporal references are maintained through a relational database." Offers both free and for-fee data and maps.

•  China Internet Information Center-- The official "authorized government portal site to China," from Beijing, with "broad access to up-to-date news about China, with searchable texts of government position papers and a wealth of basic information about Chinese history, politics, economics and culture."

•  China Leadership Monitor-- From the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University, authoritative assessments that seek "to inform the American foreign policy community about current trends in China's leadership politics and in its foreign and domestic policies."

•  China-Profile-- This useful site "analyzes key dimensions in China's recent development [especially] human development, natural resources and environment, economic development, infrastructure, science and technology, as well as policy and social structure [plus] provides a research section with data-related analyses, a timeline of key events in China since 1949, a collection of high-quality Web links and an extensive  bibliography on contemporary China studies" and more.

•  ChinaResource.org-- From the Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg, a fine site that provides access to "the broadest possible array" of digital and Internet resources on Chinese studies through aids including databases, research tools, e-journals, and a newsletter.

•  China Vitae-- "Resource of biographical information on more than 3000 Chinese leaders in government, politics, the military, education, business, and the media. State-of-the-art search tools facilitate research in depth, and a research library provides historical information on politics and government... Drawing on official Chinese sources, Wen Wei Publishing Co. Ltd. [in] Hong Kong provides the basic biographical information used in China Vitae."

•  Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.-- Information about China, its foreign policy, and China-U.S. relations.

•  Chinese History Research Site-- Maintained by graduate students in the Modern Chinese History program at the University of California at San Diego, this is a guide dedicated to resources for and studies about modern Chinese history--reviews, essays, bibliographies, researchers, links, etc.

•  Chinese Military Power-- From the Commonwealth Institute's Project on Defense Alternatives, a directory to "full-text online analysis and research tools essential to understanding China's military policy, capabilities, and potential," from a U.S. perspective.

•  Complete Research Guide to the Laws of the People's Republic of China-- How-to guide on the topic by librarians Wei Luo and Joan Liu, as a feature of  the Law Library Resource Xchange.

•  Hong Kong Trade Development Council-- From the "global marketing arm and service hub for Hong Kong-based manufacturers, traders and service exporters," a major portal for trade with Hong Kong and the rest of China.

•  Inside China Today-- In addition to daily news, this large site by the European Internet Network offers political and historical resources, country information, topic directory, free news by e-mail, chat, and more.

•  Ministry of Foreign Affairs-- Official information about China, its foreign policy, and relations with other countries.

•  National Committee on United States-China Relations-- From a "nonprofit [U.S.] educational organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States between citizens of both countries," articles, speeches, reports, events, exchange opportunities, resources for the study of China and U.S.-Chinese relations, and more.

•  People's Daily-- Online English-language version of "the most influential and authoritative newspaper in China" and one of the major papers in the world.

•  South China Morning Post-- News, analysis, special reports, and features from this major English-language newspaper from Hong Kong.

•  WWW Virtual Library on China-- This fine Internet Guide for China Studies keeps track of leading information facilities on China, and has an internal search engine.

Taiwan 

•  Government Information Office, Republic of China-- Official information and Taiwan Web and search engine directory.

• Taiwan Security Research-- "Academic and non-governmental website designed to aggregate and disseminate information on current events relating to Taiwan’s security and regional security issues," including newspaper articles, op-ed pieces, official policy statements, and academic papers and reports. Includes archives. Edited by Professor Philip Yang,  Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University.

Australia and New Zealand 

Directories and  search engines

ANZWERS

Web Wombat

Google Australia

Ansearch

Te Puna (New Zealand  and Pacific)

•  Academic Info: Australian Studies-- An annotated directory of Internet resources on Australia.

•  Australian Bureau of Statistics-- Much information online about Australia, statistical and interpretive.

•  Australian Government Information-- Entry point for all levels of government in Australia, from the National Library of Australia.

•  Australian Studies Network-- A great source, with many academic resources.

•  Australiana-- Access to an extraordinary variety of information about Australia, by The Black Stump.

•  Guide to Australia-- An encyclopedic collection from Charles Sturt University of diverse essential information about Australia, aiming to compile links to all major on-line information resources about Australia for distribution via the Web.

•  H-ANZAU Discussion Network-- "Member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine... encourages scholarly discussion of the history and culture of Aotearoa / New Zealand and Australia.

•  National Library of Australia-- Features much online material, Internet resources, and databases about Australia. Note the Australian Libraries Gateway, links to some of the best Australian resources on the Web.

• Statistics New Zealand-- The official statistical agency, for information on all aspects of New Zealand.

India 

Directories and search engines

Google India

IndiaInfo

SearchIndia

IndoLink

123 India

Khoj

•  Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.-- Information about India, its foreign policy, and India-U.S. relations.

•  Hindustan.org-- Global network for persons of Indian origin, in India and overseas, a large site, with web directory, search facility on Indian matters, chats, information about India and Indians. Also see Hindustan.net for similar content.

•  India Mart: India Finance and Investment Guide-- Information on Indian foreign trade and foreign investment, stocks, taxes, travel, government, society--searchable.

•  India Network--  From the India Network Foundation, serving the Indian community in the world.

•  Indo Link-- Connection to varied aspects of India and Indian society at home and overseas.

•  National Portal of India-- Official site whose objective "is to provide a single window access to the information and services being provided by the Indian Government for the citizens and other stakeholders. An attempt has been made through this Portal to provide comprehensive, accurate, reliable and one stop source of information about India and its various facets."

Mexico 

Directories and  search engines

Mexico Channel

Yahoo! Mexico

México Web

Google Mexico

•  Mexico Connect-- "Everything about Mexico," in English.

•  Mexico Project-- From the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies, "a forum for frank, off-the-record discussions of current issues facing policymakers in both the U.S. and in Mexico." Site posts excellent studies done by this bi-national group.

•  PROFMEX Information System-- PROFMEX, the Consortium for Research on Mexico, is the worldwide network for multinational Mexico policy research, to enhance collaboration among researchers on contemporary issues in U.S.-Mexican relations, as well as Mexico's place in global and North American and NAFTA affairs.

Brazil 

•  Two of the best link collections for Brazil are found at the sites of the Brazilian Studies Association and Professor Niedja C. Fedrigo's Seminar in Brazilian Studies links at the University of Michigan.

•  The American Embassy in Brasília-- Economic reports, bilateral issues, market reports online.

•  BrazilMax-- "The Hip Gringo's guide to Brazil-- a hybrid between an idiosyncratic travel guidebook and an eclectic online magazine," focused mainly on travel.

•  The Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and the Embassy of Brazil in London both have a lot of useful information about Brazil.

•  The Centre for Brazilian Studies of Oxford University and the Brazil Institute of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars post excellent conference and research reports, working papers, and other research aids for Brazil.