The World Factbook


The World Factbook, which is produced annually by the Central Intelligence 
Agency (CIA), is now available as an ExInEd electronic publication in a quick, 
easy-to-use, interactive format. A compendium of useful facts about every 
country in the world, The World Factbook  includes background information 
on the worldÕs people, culture, geography, government, economy, political 
conditions, and defense forces, as well as information on the United Nations 
and other international organizations. Teachers, students, writers, travellers; 
for Model U.N. or a business tripÑall will find this fascinating collection of 
facts to be an indispensable information source.

The World Factbook  is a HyperCard¨ stack designed to run on a color 
Macintosh¨ computer with at least 2.5 megabytes of available RAM, 
sufficient hard disk space to contain the software, System 7.0, and HyperCard 
2.1 or HyperCard Player 2.1. 
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Electronic PictureBooks are HyperCard¨ stacks designed to run on a color 
Macintosh¨ computer with at least 2.5 megabytes of available RAM, 
sufficient hard disk space to contain the Electronic Picturebook, System 7.0, 
and HyperCard 2.1 or HyperCard Player 2.1. 

This Electronic PictureBook is one of a series being produced by the 
Exploration in Education (ExInEd) program at the Special Studies Office of the 
Space Telescope Science Institute (ST ScI). The purpose of the ExInEd program 
is to discover new tools and approaches to relate space science and exploration 
to basic teaching and learning, and it involves searching for new ways to 
assemble and distribute the results of research, particularly images. 

For more information on the ExInEd program, or to provide comments or 
suggestions on the Electronic PictureBook concept, please write to:  
ExInEd 
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218.
email: ExInEd@stsci.edu

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