Country Profiles: United Kingdom

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on the United Kingdom: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in London
• British Embassy in Washington, D.C.
• U.K. Parliament official site

International Organizations and Development Programs

• UK Mission to the United Nations
• The U.K. and the IMF The IMF's United Kingdom Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library
• Welcome to Scotland the University of Edinburgh's guide to Scotland
• Rampant Scotland Over 9,000 Scottish-related links
• BBCi Wales Page
• The North Ireland Office Website The Secretary of State's office; information on government
• The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Language

• The British Council
• The Labyrinth Information on medieval culture in the British Isles, access to online libraries and other Medieval Studies servers and databases
• English Literature Access to online literature, literary journals, libraries and other databases. Indexed by genre, period, country and author

Online News Sites and Servers

• BBC Online Daily news
• Scottish News Online A list of newspapers and magazines from Scotland
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Academic and Fellowship Information

• EAP Study Abroad Programs UC study abroad in the United Kingdom
• University of Cambridge Information on libraries, students, faculty, departments, campus events and associations
• University of Oxford Information on libraries, students, faculty, departments, campus events and associations
• London School of Economics and Political Science Information about libraries, departments and programs
• Information about Scotland's Universities and Colleges
• USIA Fulbright Program Information on fellowships for post baccalaureate and postdoctoral research abroad and other programs
• SSRC/ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: support for dissertation research in humanities and social sciences in all areas and regions of the world
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For dissertation research in humanities and social sciences
• UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies Fellowships for dissertation research, predissertation research travel, and UC faculty research
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about pre-dissertation research grants and dissertation completion grants

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland