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Both the CIA World Factbook and the BBC site will provide excellent introductions to your country. Be sure in particular to take a look at the info under Transnational Issues on the CIA Factbook site. That page, along with CountryWatch, should help you select the issues you want to research in depth.
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Good starting point for those of you researching a country. Once you start the video, you may want to click on the video again to launch it in a new window so you can see it better.
Use LexisNexis to find newspaper articles and other news stories from sources like The International Herald Tribune, New York Times, and The Washington Post. This is also an ideal place to find foreign news sources. This video will walk you through the basics. Once you start the video, you may want to click on the video again to launch it in a new window so you can see it better.
This video will walk you through the basics of using Academic Search Premier to find journal and magazine articles. Once you start the video, you may want to click on the video again to launch it in a new window so you can see it better. A transcript can be found here.
Searching for your country or IGO in just The Economist or Foreign Policy or Foreign Affairs would be a great way to identify the issues you'll address. It's also a good way to make sure you're getting some articles from the publications Professor Collihan recommends, Once you start the video, you may want to click on the video again to launch it in a new window so you can see it better.
There's a lot of great stuff on the web, but there's even more crap. Make sure you're using reputable sources by asking yourself the questions on this page.
