19 May 2005

Indica-et-Buddhica.org: Materials for Indology and Buddhology
indica-et-buddhica.org, Oxford, New Zealand.
Self-description: "Indica-et-buddhica.org-Catalogus bibliothecarum (ieb-cb) is a virtual union catalogue providing centralised access to library servers with significant indological and buddhological collections.
Searches can be conducted using a range of attributes, terms and operators. Records can be retrieved in various syntaxes, formats and quantities. In addition to bibliographical data, many records contain location, holding and availability details.
Ieb-cb is designed to facilitate the transfer of indological and buddhological data across large networks. It will enable researchers to rapidly locate and obtain records from widely distributed library servers. "
Site contents: *Indica-et-Buddhica.org-Catalogus bibliothecarum: A Virtual Union Catalogue homepage; * Indica-et-Buddhica.org: Notes on Accessibility, Compatibility &c.
[An elegant, and most informative site with a powerful, user-hostile interface. Definitely not for the fainthearted researchers - ed.]
URL http://indica-et-buddhica.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Richard Mahoney (r.mahoney--at--iconz.co.nz), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30