This section incorporates an extensive range of online information resources about the United States offered by the State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs as well as the U.S. Mission to Germany in Berlin.

For more information please check out IIP Digital, maintained by the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP). This website offers information about the United States broken down by broad topics. You can also subscribe to RSS feeds.

Links to German language publications are available via our German website including Amerika Dienst accounting for one of our major German publications.

"About the USA"

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The About the USA website provides background information and links on topics of particular interest for students and teachers. It is a bilingual digital resource collection of information and documents on U.S. political, economic, social, and cultural processes. The website offers introductory essays in German and English including links to the best (mostly English) websites on topics ranging from German-American relations to travel and sports.
About the USA includes an English language version and a German language version.  

American Studies Leipzig Gateway

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The American Studies Leipzig Gateway is an online research platform provided by the Frank Freidel Library.

With the extensive development of the Internet, new information outlets for scholarly research have emerged. At the same time, the new opportunities have made research even more complex. For this reason, the American Studies Leipzig Gateway was developed to provide guidance to students, scholars, and teachers.

This new resource is still developing.

eJournal USA

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eJournal USA is an electronic journal providing information on U.S. foreign and domestic topics. Each issue contains topical articles and sources of information ranging from bibliographies to Internet resources.
Each issue is available in two formats: the whole publication in PDF format or by individual articles in HTML.

Click on this link to get to the library of available issues!

Full Text Publications

Downloadable books provide information on U.S. society, culture, and policies. Available online publications include the "Outline series", the"In Brief" series and other often illustrated titles on American studies, politics, and economics.
Learner English, a new series of books to help people learn the English language ... and about the U.S. has been started with a special edition of U.S.A. History in brief. The website includes audio files of all chapters.
All titles are offered in PDF format or broken down by individual articles in HTML format.

Follow this link for a library of available titles!

InfoUSA

InfoUSA is a resource for an international audience seeking information about the United States history, culture, economy, educational systems, political processes and more. Content is arranged in five main categories: life, education, government, media, and economy.
Guided tours offer unique features of life in America: Civil Rights, Studying in the U.S., Famous Americans, The Great Outdoors, Working in America.

Pamphlets

This is the latest electronic product by the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP). The unsorted loose series of mostly 2-pagers discusses a variety of political, societal and economic topics including the You asked series.
Each issue is available in both html and in PDF format via the IIP Digital webste.

Products from Other Posts

The U.S. Department of State has posts throughout the world - many produce very valuable publications and Internet-based resources, such as:

• Kids News
  This newsletter for kids is produced by the U.S. Embassy in London. 2-pagers discuss topics like Thanksgiving, the National Parks, and the various regions in the U.S.
• Thematic Information Packages
  Produced by the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, many of these packages discuss cultural and political topics that are also of interest in Germany. Each PDF-document includes background and references to more related background information.
• Topical Alerts
  The U.S. Embassy in South Africa produces this service to alert their customers to recent journal articles, electronic documents and reports that may be of interest.
• U.S. Policy  
  "This web site is a product of the U.S. Embassy in Brussels. It provides timely and authoritative information on the foreign policy of the United States."
• Zoom in on America
  Public Affairs Poland produces this monthly online magazine especially for students of the English language to learn about the United States and to improve the language skills.  Each issue focuses on a topic in U.S. history, culture, or everyday life.