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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Mar 2002
Vol. 9, No. 6 (166)

For earlier materials browse the Past Issues - Archive . or search the Asian Studies WWW Monitor database
To input new material use Announce New/Improved Web Sites page.

THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 12
Entries rejected: 7

27 Mar 2002
4star
WWW-VL History: India
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
A WWW Virtual Library (www.vlib.org) site edited by Prof. Lynn H. Nelson.
Site contents: *Research Tools, Maps (Historical Maps, Cities), Districts and States, Language (Languages and Scripts of India, Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu), Organizations, (Research Centers, Libraries, Museums), Biography (Bibliography, including Online Gateways, Census, Images, Materials Online, Timelines); *History: General, Prehistoric India , The Indus Valley Civilization, The Aryan Invasions, The Classic Age, The Guptan Empire, Medieval: The Mughal Empire, Modern (The British Raj 1763-1947, The Indian Nation 1947-); *Topics: Military History, Philosophy and Science, Archaeology, Art History, Traditions, Religion, Spirituality, Regional Histories, Other Regional History Resources.
URL http://raven.cc.ku.edu/kansas/india/india.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/raven.cc.ku.edu/kansas/india/india.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* 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 30

27 Mar 2002
4star
WWW-VL History: Uzbekistan
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
A WWW Virtual Library (www.vlib.org) site edited by Prof. Lynn H. Nelson.
Site contents: *Research Tools: Geography (Maps, Gazetteers), World Heritage Sites, Language, Reference Works, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias; *Bibliography Bibliography including link pages, Archives, Libraries, Journals, Publishers and Bookdealers; *Biography and Genealogy: Demography, Collective Biography, Individual Biographies; *Demography and Genealogy; *Materials: On-Line Texts and Document Collections, On-Line Journals, Organizations (Research Institutes, Scholarly Societies, Universities, Funding Institutions, Timelines); *Instruction: General, Distance Learning Center, On-Line Course Materials, On-Line Syllabi and Lectures, Employment, Grants and Fellowships; *History Surveys and Overviews, Prehistoric, Ancient, Medieval, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century; *Topics: Cities, The Jews of Uzbekistan.
URL http://www.ku.edu/kansas/uz/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this notice]
Link reported by: H. B. Paksoy (lihbp@lib.ttu.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 30

27 Mar 2002
3star
Thailand Today: A Changing Society, Apr 2002
The National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The National Institute for Asia and the Pacific in conjunction with the National Thai Studies Centre present the Annual Thailand Update 2002. 'Thailand Today: A Changing Society' Update will involve Government, Opposition and academic speakers from Thailand as well as Australian scholars. Date: Tuesday 23rd April, 9-5pm, The Common Room, University House."
URL http://www.anu.edu.au/thaionline/Thai%20Update02.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this notice]
Link reported by: Michelle Morrison (Michelle.Morrison@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

26 Mar 2002
3star
The New Perspective on the Tang, Apr 2002
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Supplied note: "Title: 'The New Perspective on the Tang', Place: Princeton University, Date: April 18-20, 2002. An international conference will be aims to provide a forum for Tang scholars from around the world to share the latest information on Tang studies as well as to re-examine and challenge some of the long-held assumptions in light of new methodology and archaeological evidence. The updated conference program and additional information can be found on the website [at the URL below]."
URL http://www.princeton.edu/~hchen/Tang.html
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this notice]
Link reported by: Jessey J.C. Choo (jchoo@princeton.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

26 Mar 2002
4star
Azerbaijani Economist (AzEcon)
American University in Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
Supplied note: "Coprehensive information about Azerbaijan's economy including banking & finance, energy & Caspian Sea. Consists of news, statistical data, research works, etc."
Site contents: Agriculture; Banking & Finance; Economic Development; Energy & Natural Resources; General; International; Monetary & Macroeconomics; Privatization; Public Finance; Services; Social; Search AzEcon; Directory of Banks; Exchange Rate; Weather; English-Azeri dictionary.
[A not-for-profit tri-lingual (EN,AZ,RU) site - ed.]
URL http://www.azecon.info
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this notice]
Link reported by: Eldar Aghayev (eldar_aga@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Documents
* 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 30

24 Mar 2002
3star
Middle East Radio, Australia
Middle East Radio, Sydney, Australia
Supplied note: "Middle East Radio the only 24 hour free to air FM Arabic station in Australia broadcasting on 87.6 FM"
[A site for Arabic/Lebanese speaking communities. It requires a shockwave-flash plugin. Some of its internal links are broken - ed.]
URL http://www.middleeastradio.com.au
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this notice]
Link reported by: Elie Nahed (elio1@freemail.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

23 Mar 2002
3star
Saujanya Books, India
Saujanya Books, Delhi, India
Supplied note: "Leading Exporter of Indian and Tibetan Books. Books on Buddhism, Himalayan Studies & Tibet & Ladakh is our specialisation. Various editions of Kanjurs and Tanjurs are in our collection, which includes Bon, Derge (Sde dge), Lhasa, Golden, Narthang, Urga etc. Gsum 'bum's (Collected Works) of eminent Tibetan scholars of all the schools like Bon, Nyingma, Kargyud, Geluk and Sakya are available with us."
URL http://www.saujanyabooks.com
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this notice]
Link reported by: Saujanya Books (saujanya@del3.vsnl.net.in)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

22 Mar 2002
4star
Environmental country profiles for Central Asia
World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, DC, USA
Self-description: "WRI provides easily accessible and accurate information on environmental, social, and economic trends for all regions of the globe. In this section, WRI draws from its much larger collection of information posted on EarthTrends (http://earthtrends.wri.org/) to provide a specific look at Central Asia.
Site contents: * Environmental country profiles [for Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Pakistan,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan]: Biodiversity and Protected Areas, Forests and Grasslands, Coastal and Marine Areas, Agriculture and Food, Freshwater, Atmosphere and Climate, Energy and Resource Use, Population and Human Development, Economic Indicators; * [Annotated maps of] watersheds for: Amu Darya, Indus, Kura-Araks, Lake Balkhash, Syr Darya, Tigris and Euphrates; * Data tables: Emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement manufacturing, Food and agriculture production.
[Documents and data are in PDF format - ed.]
URL http://www.wri.org/central_asia/index.html
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/www.wri.org/central_asia/index.html
Link reported by: Nelson Wong (vlmy_editor@time.net.my)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Documents
* 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 30

21 Mar 2002
4star
A Historical Gazetteer of Southeast Asia
Institute of Mathematical Geography, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Austin, Robert F. 1983. A Historical Gazetteer of Southeast Asia [a preliminary edition]. 118 pp. Department of Geography University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. Library of Congress Identification Number DCLC 8622956-B. Published online as 'Monograph Four', by the Institute of Mathematical Geography, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
[A series of jpg files (approx 200Kb each) with a facsimile of pages of a typescript document compiled by Robert Austin. The gazetteer gives geographical coordinates of Southeast Asian placenames together with references to their variant names as they have appeared in historical and literary documents. The gazettteer also provides an extensive bibliography of sources. - ed.]
URL http://www.csfnet.org/image/monog04
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.csfnet.org/image/monog04
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* 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 30

20 Mar 2002
3star
Singhini Research Centre
Singhini Anusandhan Kendra, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Supplied note: "The Singhini Anusandhan Kendra (Singhini Research Centre) is an independent association [est. Mar 2001] devoted to the field of Himalayan music and dance."
Site contents: Introduction; Members and Associates; Research Programme; Archives and Documentation [incl. a short bibliography of Himalayan Ethnomusicology, Theatre and Dance, Oral literature and Anthropology It includes works in western languages as well as those in Nepali, Newari, Pahari dialects, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali and Urdu); Productions (propositions of concerts incl. Music and Dance of Nepal Mandala; Gandharva Tradition of Nepal); Links [annotated collection of specialist links - ed.]; Contact.
[A tri-lingual (EN,FR,NP) site. Some pages still under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.singhini.com
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this notice]
Link reported by: Franck Bernede (bernede@ntc.net.np)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

19 Mar 2002
3star
E-Journal on Hong Kong Cultural and Social Studies (eHKCSS)
Hong Kong Culture and Society Programme, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China
Supplied note: "The [...] eHKCSS is inter-disciplinary, and works on sociology, history, literature, film studies, geography, political science, economics, cultural studies and other areas of the humanities and social sciences are welcome. The aim is to understand Hong Kong in as holistic way as possible."
Site contents: Articles, Student Projects, Other Media, Activities & Publications.
[The inaugural issue was published in Feb 2002. A journal to be keenly followed - ed.]
URL http://www.hku.hk/hkcsp/ccex/ehkcss01/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this notice]
Link reported by: Centre of Asian Studies (hkcss@hkucc.hku.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Mar 2002
5star
Tibetan Machine Web: Fonts and Converters
Trace Foundation and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Supplied note: "Last year Trace Foundation licensed the Tibetan Machine font from Mr Tony Duff of the Tibetan Computer Company (www.tibet.dk/tcc/) [... for] Tibetan language word processing in Microsoft Word for Windows and Wordperfect for Windows. [... The newly released] Tibetan Machine Web, based on the previous Tibetan Machine font, is a cross platform Tibetan system that works in Windows, Macintosh and Unix environments. It addresses in particular the demands of the Macintosh community to have Tibetan Machine ported to the Mac platform, and the Web community that needs to create Web pages using a high quality, Web-safe, cross-platform Tibetan font. [...] Tibetan Machine Web is now ready for distribution. It can be freely obtained on CD from Trace Foundation or can be downloaded from the University of Virginia Web site at (the URL below)."
Site contents: Tibetan Machine Web (Info, Download for Windows, Download for Macintosh, Documentation); Tibetan Machine: the original suite of Tibetan fonts for Windows only. (Info, Download); About Installing Fonts; About Other Tibetan Fonts; About Converters; Tibetan Input Tools Tibetan Audio/Video Tools; Diacritic Fonts & Keyboards; THDL Open Community License; Digital Media Tools Home; Digital Library Home (Environmental/Cultural Geography, Environment Archive, Culture Archive, Language/Literature Archive, Multimedia Collections, Journal, Miscellaneous Resources, Reference Education, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Bibliography, Information Community, Database of Scholars & Students)
URL http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/tibet/tools/fonts.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/jefferson.village.virginia.edu/tibet/tools/fonts.html
Link reported by: Eric Colombel (eColombel@trace.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* 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

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