Guides @ UF: Study Abroad Library Guide: Learn About Your Destination

Travel Guides in the Libraries

We have many travel guides in the libraries. Feel free to check them out before you travel.

Learn About Your Destination

Want to learn about your country of destination quickly? Here are some reliable sources you have access to through our libraries. They provide a great overview of a country's politics, economy, education, culture, etc...

Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
Global Road Warrior is the world’s most extensive country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. Global Road Warrior consists of 175 Country Guides of 119 topics each. For each country you can learn about the business culture, education, transportation, religion, money and banking, history, and so much more.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
Over 10,000 full-text news sources from around the world covering a wide array of topics and issues.
EIU ViewsWire This link opens in a new window
This database is more business oriented but it is a good source of information on the political life of a country. It provides a summary of a country's economical and political outlook, key economic indicators, expectations of forthcoming events, and more.

The World Factbook
The World Factbook (US Central Intelligence) provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

Library Research Guides

For a complete list of our research guides, click here.