Looking for statistics?
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatistics, studies and reports from over 18,000 sources. Includes data from businesses, government departments, market research concerns or associations and more.
- Department of Census and Statistics -- Sri LankaOfficial government website for Sri Lankan statistics.
Online Sources for Background Information
- BBC Country Profile - Sri LankaNice overview of the country. Check out the Media and Timeline tabs for more information.
- CIA World Factbook - Sri LankaGood basic statistics about economy, demographics, and geography.
- InfoPlease AlmanacGood source for a summary of Sri Lanka's history, with excellent coverage of current events.
General Online Reference Sources
- Credo This link opens in a new windowCredo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
- Gale E-Books This link opens in a new windowE-reference books, biographies on musicians, scientist, contemporary black biography, sport management, business plans and more.
Background information from Elon eBooks
Cultureshock! Sri Lanka by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780761480648Publication Date: 2012"Discover what lies beneath the Sri Lankan profile and how religion, caste, and politics influence the lives of the locals. The book also guides you on the customs and cultural ways of the Sri Lankans and how you can integrate seamlessly into their society. " OCLC
Sri Lanka by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780737769005Publication Date: 2014"Examines the genocide and persecution of Sri Lanka people, providing a history and overview of the conflict between the Sinhala majority and Tamil minority." OCLC
Sri Lanka in the Modern Age by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780190225797Publication Date: 2015"Sri Lanka in the Modern Age recounts the modern history of the island in an accessible yet unconventional manner. Where other histories have tended to focus on the state's failure to accommodate the needs and demands of minority communities, Wickramasinghe places their claims alongside the political, social and economic demands of other communities, parties, associations and groups, tracing their lineages to the colonial period." OCLC- Sri Lanka: A country study byCall Number: eBookPublication Date: 1990Published for the Library of Congress in 1990, this book is a little bit outdated but the detailed coverage of history and geography may still be relevant.
