05 Jan 2009

Acronyms used by Asian / Pacific Studies' scholars: a dictionary
RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Self-description: "This document [compiled since 2004 by T. M. Ciolek and John Noyce - ed.] lists acronyms, names and web addresses of over 2,240 [1,560 acronyms were listed in Jan 2008 - ed.] leading associations, institutes, networks, NGOs, organisations, periodicals, programs, and research projects of relevance to Asian & Pacific Studies. [...] You are cordially invited to send addenda and corrections to this list [...which is] a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html)."
Site contents: [File structure:] * Acronym, * Entity (and its URL), * Category (body, group, meeting, periodical, program, project, resource), * A Part Of, * Country. The recorded entries range from 'AAA' (Australian Archaeological Association, Australia) to 'IAUNRC' (Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana U., US) to 'SUPRA' (Support Program for Advanced Asian Studies, NIAS, Denmark) to 'ZIORI' (Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute, Tanzania), and 'ZMO' (Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany).
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
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* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100