{"id":4597,"date":"2015-10-30T17:20:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T17:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2015-10-30T17:20:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T17:20:40","slug":"database-of-the-week-country-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2015\/10\/30\/database-of-the-week-country-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Database of the Week: Country Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.<\/p>\n<p><b>The database: <\/b>Country Watch: Website to the World <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/10\/Country_Watch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1368\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/10\/Country_Watch-300x234.png\" alt=\"Country_Watch\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Where to find it: <\/b>You can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uiowa.edu\/go.php?c=4684610\">here<\/a>, and under A in the databases <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uiowa.edu\/az.php?a=all&amp;s=29833\">A-Z list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>CountryWatch<\/strong> is an information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.<br \/>\n<strong>CountryWatch<\/strong> provides critical country-specific intelligence and data to over 4000 clients including public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests. In addition, <strong>CountryWatch<\/strong> provides country information to large media audiences in various venues as part of its media strategy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><b>Use it to find<\/b><b>:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CountryReviews &#8211; Country specific demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information<\/li>\n<li>CountryWire &#8211; daily news coverage for every country<\/li>\n<li>CountryData<\/li>\n<li>CountryMaps &#8211; thematic maps and political\/physical maps<\/li>\n<li>CultureWatch &#8211; tailored to young students exploring the countries of the world and global events.<\/li>\n<li>Political Intelligence Briefings &#8211; featured countries<\/li>\n<li>Forecasts &#8211; Macroeconomic Forecasts for every country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Tips for searching:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose your focus, see above, and then choose a country.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/10\/CountryWatch2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1370\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/10\/CountryWatch2-300x203.png\" alt=\"CountryWatch2\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want help using Country Watch? Contact <a href=\"mailto:willow-fuchs@uiowa.edu\">Willow<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:kimberly-bloedel@uiowa.edu\">Kim<\/a> and set up an appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library. The database: Country Watch: Website to the World Where to find it: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4783,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions\/4783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}