Geography

CIA world factbook: Country information provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency. Updated annually.

Google Earth: Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

National Atlas of the United States: Here you can customize your own map for printing or viewing, mix and match layers when making your own map, print pre-formatted maps on a variety of topics, play with interactive maps, and read articles on topics related to the geography of the United States.

U.S. gazetteer (U.S. Census Bureau): "This gazetteer is used to identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can search for places, counties or MCDs by entering the name and state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code."

NationMaster: A compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. You can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease. A handy way to graphically compare the world's nations.

Online Maps of the World: Here you will find online maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas, Austin. The site includes more than 11,000 images from the collection, including current and historical maps which can be printed or viewed online.

Portals to the World: Electronic resources on the nations of the world selected by Library of Congress subject experts.