01 Aug 2002

Portals to the World - Library of Congress
Asian Division, Area Studies Directorate, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
Supplied note: "Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world. - dpd."
Site contents: Annotated Internet resources dealing with selected countries of Europe, Africa, N.America, and S. America plus the following Asian countries - Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Burma, Cambodia, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.
Content sample: Coverage of Japan: (www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/japan/japan.html) General Resources, Business, Commerce, Economy, Culture, Education, Embassies, Geography, Government, Politics, Law, Health, History, Language, Literature, Libraries, Archives, Listservs, Newsgroups, Media and Communications, Organizations, Recreation and Travel, Religion and Philosophy, Science and Technology, Search Engines.
URL http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Link reported by: David P. Dillard (jwne@astro.ocis.temple.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1000