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THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

Years online: 14+
Page views since the launch in January 1994: 57,220,000

The Coombsweb

'The pioneer site for Asia-Pacific research and electronic publishing.'

The home of the Asian Studies WWW Monitor with the Google rank #1 among the 7,140,000 asian studies pages world-wide (May 2008).
The home of the PSWWWVL with the Google rank #1 among the 6,120,000 pacific studies pages world-wide (May 2008).

At the time of its launch (25 Jan 1994) Coombsweb was
the 2nd WWW site at the ANU, the 5th site in Australia and the 850th site in the world.
Currently the Internet comprises over 101 million Web servers.

Edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek

Welcome to the Coombsweb

Site est. 25 Jan 1994. Last updated: 12 May 2008. The Coombsweb is the world's oldest and most prominent Asian Studies online research environment. Its Web pages are designed for transmission speed, not fancy looks.
|| Search Tools || E-Journals || Online Research Facilities || Scholarly Mailing Lists || Asia-Pacific Conferences || Asia-Pacific News ||
|| Asian-Pacific Studies at the ANU & NLA || Asian Studies Association of Australia ||

Search Tools

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Search all ANU Asian Studies schools, libraries, & centers
Search  Asian Studies Search Engines [over 90 databases.]

Search ANU Asian Studies WWW pages [over 31,000 web documents.]

Search ANU Pacific Studies WWW pages [over 32,000 web documents.]

Electronic Journals & Newsletters

bulletAsian Studies WWW Monitor: E-Journal [Est. 21 Apr 1994. ISSN 1329-9778.] Free email-issues of the Asian Studies Monitor [Several posts a week. Currently over 6,900 subscribers.]

  • To join this free service use the Monitor's subscription page, or use the box below:

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    Privacy policy: Email addresses are never sold or given out to anybody.
    This is an announcements-only list with a moderate volume: two to five messages approximately every second day.

  • For abstracts of the most valuable resources see
                         The Best of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor blog  

    • bulletAsia Rights Journal [Est. 01 Jul 2004. An initiative developed by the 'Asian Civic Rights Network: National Security, Media and the Promotion of Rights in the Twenty-First Century.' The project is assisted by the generous support of the Toyota Foundation. ]

    Online Research Facilities

    bullet Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library [Est. 24 Mar 1994.]
    bullet Demography WWW Virtual Library [Est. 07 Mar 1994.]
    bullet Indonesia WWW Virtual Library [Est. 03 Dec 1995.]
    bullet Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library [Est. 21 Jun 1995.]
    bullet Papua New Guinea WWW Virtual Library [Est. 01 Jun 1996.]
    bullet Papua WWW Virtual Library [Est. 08 Aug 2002.]
    bullet Vietnam WWW Virtual Library [Est. 12 Jan 1996.]
    bullet Coombspapers Anonymous FTP Archive [Est. 03 Dec 1991.]
    bullet The AnthroGlobe Bibliographies [Est. 07 Dec 2000.]
    bullet Acronyms used by Asian Studies' scholars: a dictionary [Est. 26 Aug 2004.]
    bullet Meta-Guide to Indonesia: Annotated Bibliography of post-1990 Bibliographies on Indonesia [Est. 10 Jan 2003.]
    bullet The Endeavour Project: a hypermedia edition of the Journals of James Cook's first Pacific voyage [Est. Apr 1999.]

    Coombsweb Scholarly Mailing Lists

    bullet Pacific-Islands [pacific-islands@mailman.anu.edu.au ]
    [This electronic forum was established on 11 Mar 1994 by the RSPAS, The Australian National University. From Mar 1994 till Jun 2006 it was called "Pacific-Islands-L". The forum provides a world-wide communications vehicle for exchange of scholarly and factual information dealing with the Pacific. It currently has over 330 subscribers, mainly from universities and research institutes.]
    To subscribe please use the forum's home page.
    bullet Coombsweb Electronic Mailing Lists [listowners' page]

    Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)

    bullet Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)
    A corporate site with links to several valuable resources, including

    Asia-Pacific News

    Asia-Pacific News
    [Powered by Moreover Technologies.]

    Live newsfeeds, hosted by the Coombsweb.

    SOUTHEAST ASIA
     
    See also regional and country level
    Asia-Pacific Newsfeeds (from Moreover Technologies)
    [Coverage: * Asia-Pacific latest news * Terrorism * Afghanistan * Australia * Bangladesh * Bhutan * Burma * Cambodia * Caucasus * Central Asia * China * East Timor * India * Indonesia * Iran * Iraq * Israel * Jordan * Japan * Korea * Kuweit * Laos * Lebanon * Malaysia * Nepal * New Zealand * Oman * Pakistan * Papua New Guinea * Philippines * Qatar * Saudi Arabia * Singapore * South Asia * Sri Lanka * Syria * Taiwan * Thailand * Tibet * Turkey * UAE * Vietnam * Yemen]

    Asian-Pacific Studies at the ANU & NLA

    bullet ANU College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP ANU)
    bullet International Centre of Excellence in Asia Pacific Studies (ICEAPS ANU)
    bullet Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS ANU)
    bullet East Asian History - International Journal [Est. Jun 1991. ISSN 1036-6008.] (RSPAS ANU)
    bullet RSPAS Bookstore Online (RSPAS ANU)
    bullet The Faculty of Asian Studies (FAS ANU)
    bullet Asian Studies in Asia Network (AsiaNet ANU)
    bullet Crawford School of Economics and Government (CSEG ANU)
    bullet Asia Pacific Press (CSEG ANU)
    bullet Asia Pacific Home Page (Library ANU)
    bullet ANU E-Prints Collection (Library ANU)
    bullet ANU E-Press Collection (Division of Information, ANU)
    bullet Asian Collections - National Library of Australia (NLA)
    bullet Pacific Collections - National Library of Australia (NLA)
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    Past awards, accolades and distinctions received by the Coombsweb
    Maintainer: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au

    Copyright © 1994-2008 by Internet Publications and Studies Bureau, RSPAS, ANU. Coombsweb web pages may be freely linked to but all information contained therein is copyright. Unauthorised use or electronic dissemination is prohibited by applicable laws. Please contact the appropriate section maintainer for permission to re-use any material.

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