Business and academic research resources

One of my favorite research resources is not any peer-reviewed article that makes you wonder what they talk about sometimes. It's not any book that gets outdated easily either. It's the CIA website. We are not trying to tap into the intelligence of other countries, but CIA does provide a very comprehensive country profile guide called "The World Factbook," which is worth looking into. Just go to its drop-down menu when you see "select a country or location" and you'll get a wealth of information including geography, people, government, economy and many other issues.