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The CIA World Factbook

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Library of Congress - American Memory

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The Digital Reference Section (DRS) of multidisciplinary reference specialists responds to reference questions about the Library's online resources; creates electronic guides and bibliographies to the Library's digital resources; writes and edits historical features for the Library's Web site; and presents a variety of electronic and in-person workshops, presentations, and other virtual services for members of Congress, educators, librarians, historians and other scholars, researchers, and the general public.

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National Geographic

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