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General Resources: Zambia

 

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
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The sites listed below were chosen for their utility in providing information (either brief or extensive) as well as directories and more extensive portal pages concerning aspects of Zambian life and culture.

For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult the Zambia Country page of the African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division. The Library of Congress Online Catalog is available at http://catalog.loc.gov . To track bills and other Congressional materials having to do with the topic, consult the Library's Thomas Legislative Information page at: http://thomas.loc.gov .


AdmiNet - Africa (http://www.adminet.com/africa/)
Links to: government, business, culture, etc.

Africa In Sight (http://www.africainsight.org)
Useful homework and ready reference site for basic information, statistical data, and highlights about a country. Provides a quiz, articles, news, etc.

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources, Stanford University(http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html)
One of the best sites for finding links to helpful documents and web pages about African studies. Searchable by many subjects and by country.

African Studies Center - University of Pennsylvania (http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African%5FStudies/AS.html)
Presents information and links to other web sites arranged in country-specific pages, or by interest level of materials (e.g. K-12) as well as a bulletin board for employment opportunities and grants and fellowships.

African Studies Internet Resources. Columbia University (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/)
"Columbia University's collection of African Studies Internet Resources is an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on Africa available on the global Internet, created under the purview of the African Studies Department of Columbia University Libraries. Electronic resources from Africa are organized by region and country. All materials are arranged to encourage an awareness of authorship, type of information, and subject. The scope of the collection is research-oriented, but it also provides access to other web sites with different or broader missions."

Afrol News (http://www.afrol.com/)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.

British Council. (http://www.britcoun.org/)
Offices in Africa are in Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

CIA -- The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects of the political, social and military history of a particular country.

CNN Interactive -- Africa (http://www.cnn.com/)
Current information on weather, business, science, tourism, etc.

Country Reports about ... (http://www.countryreports.org/)
Offers links to sites about many countries by such subjects as government, the military, economy, the weather, etc.

CountryWatch (http://www.countrywatch.com/)
Useful site for general data.

Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
"The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty." Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.

Links To Essential Web Sites for International Organizations (http://www.usemb.org.zm/wwwhint.htm)
Site of the Information Resource Center in Lusaka, Zambia. Links to parastatals such as Red Cross, Red Crescent, ICRC, IMF, NATO, OAS, OECD, World Bank, WHO, WTO, International Studies Association, and International Communications Union.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment. of that location.

Mbendi, Information for Africa (http://www.mbendi.co.za)
"Africa's leading business website and one of the world's top mining, energy and international trade websites. The site has been designed to assist business-people to identify and research business opportunities in the country and industry sectors of their choice." Provides the economic profile, investment and information, such as visa requirements and currency exchange rates.

National Anthem -- Africa (http://www.thenationalanthems.com/africa.htm)
Provides the national anthem in the official language and in English translation, and the local time.

NewAfrica.com (http://www.newafrica.com)
Useful site for general data.

OneWorld.net (http://www.oneworld.net/)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines and special reports.

Republic of Zambia. State Information Centre (http://www.state.gov.zm/)
Government portal with numerous links to government and national resources.

SouthScan.Net (http://southscan.gn.apc.org/)
Provides news from Southern, Central and East Africa. Forecasting, and risk analysis provided by the bi-weekly e-journal SouthScan, which dates from 1986, and the Southern Africa Monthly Briefing Report (MBR) which dates from 1991.

U.S. Department of State (http://state.gov/)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's name.

U.S. Department of State - Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Background Notes are factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations. They include facts on the country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the United States.

US-Africa.org (http://us-africa.tripod.com/index.html)
"Open Window to Africa for business, travel and education...provides -country files, photo albums, an impressive collection of pan African links, an event calendar and extensive information about economy, history, and culture."

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

United Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/)
"ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief community" Offers news updates to crisis situations around the world and includes information about refugee camps and other relief efforts.

United States Mission to Zambia (http://www.usemb.org.zm/)
Links to United States policies, US/AID policies, current issues, Peace Corps.

United States. Agency for International Development. Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) (http://www.dec.org)
"The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities, and programs by making ... development experience documents available to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions, developing countries, and the public worldwide."

United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's name.

United States. Library of Congress. Virtual Reference Shelf (http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html)
The Library of Congress has mounted this useful site on its home page to give scholars and researchers access to common online sources which are excellent for initial stages of research. These online tools are organized by subject and format, e.g., "Almanacs and Fast Facts," "Directories," "Libraries," etc.

Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and public and private sector information on each country.

Afrika.no: the Index on Africa (The Norwegian Council for Africa) (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian Council for Africa.

World Desk Reference (http://uk.dk.com/)
Searchable by country, this is the online version of the handbook with more than 5000 illustrations and maps.

World News Network - WN.com (http://www.wn.com)
Useful site for general data for all of Africa.

Zambia Online, the National Homepage of Zambia (http://www.zambia.co.zm/)
Links to Zambia portal sites.

Zambia's Website Directory and Trade Portal (http://www.zambiz.co.zm/)
Provides a newsletter, a free e-book, As a Man Thinketh", by James Allen, links to directories, and to finance, business, health, government, social services, technology, etc.

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