CountryWatch 

Description:  

• CountryWatch Premium offers comprehensive information, data and news for each of the recognized 194 countries of the world offering these specific features:
   
  • Country Reviews, which offer political, cultural, economic, social, demographic, business-oriented, and environmental information and data;
  • Country Wire, which features daily news wire stories covering the country's current events as well as a 13 month searchable archive of stories for historical research;
  • CountryWatch Data featuring quantifiable data points on subjects like economics, health, disease, religion, etc., whereby you may make cross-country comparisons, download the data in .csv tables, and map/graph the data for visual use;
  • CountryWatch Map Gallery, which offers thematic, political, and geographic graphs and maps to offer a visual research option for students and faculty;
  • Political Intelligence Briefing, which provides a weekly update of the world's hot spots and political changes;

• CountryWatch Youth Edition - is a research option customized for the younger K-12 students, featuring topics similar to the Premium Edition, but with the following:
    
  • Cultural information such as recipes, social etiquette, holidays and festivals;
  • Curriculum Corner and Country Scope, which are wonderful tools for teachers and students alike to facilitate engaged discussion and thoughtful learning about other countries;
  • Global images of flags, country pictures, maps for visual learning.

• CountryWatch Forecast provides a vast amount of data heretofore unavailable in single location and offers a comprehensive country-by-country view of the global economy. The CountryWatch Forecast product will be launched with the 2009 Edition and updated in the 4th Quarter of each year. The CountryWatch Macroeconomic Forecast will be updated semi-annually in the 2nd Quarter and 4th Quarter of each year. CountryWatch Forecast includes the following forecasts:
    
  • Macroeconomic
  • Energy
  • Metals
  • Agriculture 

Packages:

• Premium Online - provides the most cost-effective, current and comprehensive source of socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental and investment information, along with news, analysis, maps, data and statistics on all of the world's 192 countries and many non-sovereign nations.  CountryWatch Premium is made up of four distinct features:
  • Country Reviews
  • Country Wire
  • CountryWatch Data
  • CountryWatch Map Gallery

• Elite Online includes:
  • CountryWatch Premium Online
  • CountryWatch Macro-Economic, Energy, Metals and Agriculture Forecasts

• CountryWatch Premium Education Suite includes:
  • CountryWatch Premium Online
  • CountryWatch Youth Edition

• CountryWatch Learning Suite includes:
  • CountryWatch Premium Online
  • CountryWatch youth Edition
  • CountryWatch Macro-Economic, Energy, Metals and Agriculture Forecasts

Pricing (2012-2013) 

Remote Access:

Remote access is included with Premium, Elite, Suite or CW Forecast subscriptions at no additional charge.

Subscription Term:

July 1 through June 30

Deadline:

June 15, 2012 for a July 1, 2012 start date. 

Mid-term subscriptions will also be accepted after the July 1 subscription term start date.  The price will be prorated accordingly.  You must have your order form to the Nebraska Library Commission by the 15th of the month in order to have access on the first day of the following month. 

All subscriptions will end on June 30, 2013.  

To Place an Order:

Please print off, fill out and mail or fax the CountryWatch Purchase Agreement to Susan Knisely, Nebraska Library Commission, 1200 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE 68508-2023  Fax: 402-471-2083

Trial:

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Tech Support:

Contact Tech Support by email using the online form available at http://www.countrywatch.com/about/contact.aspx or call 800-879-3885.

Licensing:

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