Country information

Bermuda
(Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom)

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Bermudian Government Information

• United Kingdom: Country Guide

• Government of Bermuda
• Government House: The Governor
• Overseas Territories - Queen Elizabeth: Constitutional Monarch
• Parliament
  • House of Assembly
  • Senate
• Statistics Department

Overseas Territories Information

• British Overseas Territories Act 2002
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Overseas Territories

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Country Profiles

• Australian Government - Bermuda
  Country profile, economic and trade information, and foreign relations from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
• BBC News Territory Profile - Bermuda
  A guide to history, politics and economic background of countries from BBC News.
• CIA World Factbook - Bermuda
  Country profile provides information on country background, geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
• ITC - Bermuda
  Country-specific trade and market profiles, map, and trade statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC).
• Library of Congress - Bermuda
  Country portal and resources compiled by the Library of Congress subject experts.
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Bermuda
  A selection of national statistics on education, literacy, science and technology, culture, and communication.
• UNFPA Caribbean
  The UNFPA office in Jamaica serves the English and Dutch Speaking Caribbean inclusive of 21 member countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and The Turks and Caicos Islands.
• United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Bermuda
  Country profile covering history, politics, economy, human rights, relations with the UK, and travel.
• United Nations Statistics Division: Environment Snapshot - Bermuda
  Country snapshots offer national environment statistics.
• United Nations Statistics Division: National Accounts - Bermuda
  "Statistics database contains a complete and consistent set of time series from 1970 onwards of main national accounts aggregates for all UN Members States and all other countries and areas in the world."
• U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics - Bermuda
  U.S. trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with Bermuda.
• U.S. Department of Energy - Bermuda
  Country energy profile for production, consumption, U.S. oil imports, and CO2 emissions.

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Articles and Databases

• British History Online is a digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
• British and Irish Legal Information provides access to cases and legislation from the United Kingdom and links to law journals and other law-related information.
• CD-ROMs available on computers in the Government Publications library:
• British Parliamentary Papers 1990- Readex index to Official Documents and Command Papers of the British Parliament. There is an online guide to printed indexes.
• Calendar of State Papers, Colonial: North America and the West Indies, 1574-1739 This CD-ROM includes documents from 1574-1739 in over 40,000 transcripts and extended abstracts. This material covers a wide range of subject areas, including: correspondence to and from colonial governors; orders and grants from central government to local administration; information from the localities; information about the slave trade and piracy, and much more.
• Indexes of British Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1945 Bruise Shoin index to Official Documents and Command Papers of the British Parliament. House of Commons: 1801-1944/45. House of Lords: 1801-1922. Includes biographical information on members of Parliament. There is an online guide to printed indexes.
• Indexes of House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-2000 This Chadwick-Healey database contains the first cumulative index of all House of Commons parliamentary papers published from 1801 to the current decade. It draws together material from Chadwick-Healey's Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons parliamentary papers 1801-1900, the House of Commons decennial indexes covering the period 1900-1979, and data from the Parliamentary Online Information Service (POLIS) Database from 2001 onwards. There is an online guide to printed indexes.
• UKOP: United Kingdom Official Publications A single source of information on the publications of official documents published by HMSO or directly by official organizations in the UK, from 1980 onwards. Also included are publications of international organizations distributed by HMSO
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Declassified Documents
  Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Enter "Bermuda" as the search term.
  • National Intelligence Council (NIC) Declassified Documents
    Database of intelligence reports, National Intelligence Estimates, and other publications produced by the National Intelligence Council or its predecessor organizations, the Office of National Estimates and the Office of Reports and Estimates since 1946.
• CRS Reports - LexisNexis Congressional CU
  The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research arm of Congress, prepares reports (usually under 20 pages long) on topics of interest to members of Congress. Enter "Bermuda" as the search term.
• Declassified Documents Reference System CU
  Search this database to find declassified documents related to Bermuda.
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
  Department of Defense Scientific and Technical Reports Collection provides access to citations to unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports (TR) Database, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents. The site also includes databases that focus on individual topics.
• Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
  "Public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations."
• International Area Studies General CU
  Collection of general databases from the University of Colorado covering international issues.
• International Area Studies Latin America CU
  Collection of databases from the University of Colorado covering Latin America.
• International Area Studies Statistics CU
  Collection of international statistics databases from the University of Colorado.
• PAHO/WHO Databases
  Regional Core Health Data Initiative Table Generator System from the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization. Provides national health statistics and other data on the health situation in the Caribbean and North, Central, and South American countries.
• Spartacus Encyclopedia of British History 1700-1950 a free resource for all students of British history. The encyclopedia currently contains over 2,000 entries and is an attempt to show the history of Britain through the eyes of people from all levels of society.
• Time Digital Archive, 1785-1985 CU Searchable access to the complete backfile of The Times (London), available in full page images.

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Diplomatic Relations
Diplomacy, Programs and Aid

• CARICOM - Bermuda
  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas in 1973. It is a regional organization dedicated to improving development, trade and economics, international competitiveness and economic leverage, coordination of foreign economic policies, and standards of living and work.
• Consulate General of the United States in Hamilton, Bermuda.
  Diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Bermuda.
• EU's Relations with Bermuda
  Overview, country strategy, agreements, and documents on the European Union's relations with Bermuda.
• ReliefWeb - Bermuda
  ReliefWeb, administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides news, documents, maps, and background information on emergency assistance by country.
• UNHCR - Bermuda
  News, operations, statistics, background, analysis and policy, and maps from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) - Bermuda
  "UKOTA exists to promote the interests of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories and co-operation between them. Specifically UKOTA demonstrates the collective and individual partnerships between the territories and Her Majesty's Government."

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Health

• PAHO/WHO
  Official site of the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization.   
  • Country Health Profile - Bermuda
    Information, health situation analysis, and statistics about countries in the Americas.

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Peacekeeping and Military Information

• Bermuda Defence Department
• Defense is the responsibility of the United Kingdom
  • see UK Ministry of Defence

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Resources in the Catalog

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on the Bermuda available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook, the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  bermuda and econom*	bermuda and econom*
  bermuda and histor*	bermuda and histor*
  bermuda and politic*	bermuda and politic*
  bermuda (government publications only)	bermuda (government publications only)

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

• Foreign Relations and International Aid
• United Kingdom: Country Guide