THE ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR    ISSN 1329-9778 http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html Edited by: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek "The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was established 21 April 1994. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides virtually daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. This timely, reliable and impartial information is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. For further details see a page About the Asian Studies WWW Monitor. Daily contents" summaries and evaluations published in this web edition of the Journal are disseminated also on the network via a mailing list. SUBSCRIBE to the MONITOR ! 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For abstracts of the most valuable resources see The Best of the Asian Studies WWW Monitor blog.   To subscribe, use the Monitor's subscription page. THIS ISSUE Entries accepted for publication: 8 Entries rejected: 20 The email edition of this Journal has now over 8,880 subscribers. The AS WWW Monitor does not necessarily endorse contents, or policies of the Internet resources it abstracts. Mailing list admin. page. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html#database Google Search past issues of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor Search WWW Search The Monitor Coverage: 1994-2008. Note: specific keywords/phrases work better than general ones. 29 Apr 2010 Asia Security Studies Programme Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm, Sweden. Self-description: "The Asia Security Studies Programme pursues studies in a range of fields within the core geographical focus on East Asia, South Asia and the Persian Gulf. The research programme has the following themes: # Nuclear policy and non-proliferation issues, # Development of armed forces in a strategic perspective, # Defence and foreign policy, # Terrorism and activities of non-state groups, # Regional conflicts, # Relations between external powers and interference, # Economics, # Energy. A number of experts at FOI work directly with the Programme, while other researchers are affiliated and collaborate on a temporary basis. The Programme cooperates with other research institutes in Sweden and abroad on a regular basis." Site contents: * About; * Publications [freely downloadable, PDF format] (2010: # The Israeli Threat, An Analysis of the Consequences of an Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Facilities - Sam Gardiner, # Militancy in Pakistan's federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Afghanistan - Magnus Norell (ed.), # Yemen in Crisis - Consequences for the Horn of Africa - Alexander Atarodi, # The EU Arms Embargo on China: a Swedish Perspective - Jerker Hellstroem, 2009: # Blue Berets Under the Red Flag - China in the UN Peacekeeping System - Jerker Hellstroem, # China's Emerging Role in Africa - a Strategic Overview - Jerker Hellstroem, # Pakistan -- Consequences of Deteriorating Security in Afghanistan - Kristina Zetterlund (ed.), 2008: # Concequenses of Military Actions Towards Iran, Full Report - Rydqvist, Zetterlund m.fl., # Japan as a Power: Discarding a Legacy - Ingolf Kiesow, John Rydqvist, 2007: # The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Powerhouse or Paper Tiger? - Ingmar Oldberg, # Concequenses of Military Actions Towards Iran, A Preliminary Assessment - John Rydqvist et.al., 2005: # Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia - a Security Assessment, User Report - Sandstroem, Emma., 2004: # Perspectives on North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, Kiesow, I., # China's quest for energy; impact on foreign and security policy, Kiesow, I., # Energy in China: Coping with increasing demand - Sandklef, Kristina. 2003: # The Role of Oil and Consequences in Asia of the American-Iraqi War - Kiesow, I. # Energy in Asia: An Outline of Some Strategic Energy in Asia - Kiesow, I. # Afghanistan and Central Asia after September 11 - The Security-Political Development - Sandstroem, Emma 2002: # From Taiwan to Taliban; Two Danger Zones in Asia - Kiesow, I. (ed.) 2001: # Ballistic Missile Defence in Asia, Kiesow, I. # Ambitions and Perils in the Western Pacific - Kiesow, I.); * Current projects (# A new global nuclear balance, # Interference from Turkey, Iran, India and China in Afghanistan, # China's ethnic minority policies and the impact on international relations, # Regional organisations in the Gulf region and their influence on security policy); * Experts; * About FOI; * Products & Services; * Publications [FOI reports]; * Projects; * Pressroom; * Contact Us. URL: http://www.foi.se/FOI/Templates/ProjectPage____7387.aspx Internet Archive: (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] Link reported by: Jerker Hellstrom (jerker.hellstrom--at--foi.se), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu * Resource type: [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study * Publisher: [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Government * 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 Apr 2010 Sociedad, Cultura Y Protocolo En China Y Corea [a blog] www.chinamisteriosa.blogspot.com, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Self-description: "Sociedad, Cultura Y Protocolo En China Y Corea [Society, Culture and Forms of Conduct in China and Korea - ed.]" Site contents: * Posts (# 56 Etnias Y Sus Nombres, # 7 Razones Para Agradecer A China, # Asia, # Beijing : Parque Tematico Chocolate, # Borges Oriente Muestra, # Budismo, # CD: Jazz En Shanghai, # China - Olimpiadas, # China Energia Solar, # China Y Taiwan Intensifican Contactos, # China- Inversion En Usa 2009, # China: Dia De 'Barrer Las Tumbas', # Coche Electrico Chino E6 En Europa, # Cocinero Templo Arroz Escudilla, # Comenzo El Ciclo De Cine De Corea En Mar Del Plata, # Confucianismo Corea Chile Ucla, # Congreso Sobre Corea En Cordoba - Argentina, # Corea Despegan De La Crisis, # Corea Tigre De Nieve, # Corea: El Texto De Medicina Antigua Mas Importante, # Entrevista Por 60 Aniversario De La Proclamacion De La RPCH, # Escultura Por La Paz, # Hong Kong Virtual, # Lionel Messi Y La Marcha Chery, # Operativo Sol En China, # Paquetes Desaparecen En Correo Argentino, # Partiendo Al 5to. Encuentro Nacional De Estudios Coreanos, # Predicciones Ano Tigre 2010, # Reunion Apec Y Mensaje Hu Jintao, # Samsung : Empresa Electronica Mas Grande Del Mundo, # Sorprendente: Ciudad Ecologica En Corea Del Sur, # Taiwan Economia Supera Crisis, # Taiwan: Presidente Ma Enfrenta Oposicion, # Taiwan Sobresale En Feria De Inventos En Nuremberg, # Un Mix De Poes’a China); * Blogs Que Te Recomiendo; * Archivo Del Blog [from Oct 2007 onwards - ed.] URL: http://www.chinamisteriosa.blogspot.com/ Internet Archive: (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] Link reported by: Mercedes Susana Giuffre (mgiuffre--at--mdp.edu.ar) * Resource type: [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News * Publisher: [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other * Scholarly usefulness: [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting * External links to the resource: [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300 26 Apr 2010 Daruma San in Japan, Japanese Art and Culture darumasan.blogspot.com, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Self-description: "Daruma San in Japan, Japanese Art and Culture . . . The Daruma Museum and Gallery Pages . . . Daruma san (Darumasan, Bodhidharuma, Bodhidharma, Daruma Daishi, Dharuma, Dharma). Daruma san is a unique representative of Japanese Culture and its depictions in the various Arts and Crafts. This is a blog [est. Feb 2004 - ed.] for educational purposes only. Dr. Gabi Greve, Gabriele Greve, Darumamuseum, darumapedia, World Kigo Database, Japan." Site contents: * Worldkigo Top [http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/]; * Washoku Top [http://washokufood.blogspot.com/]; * Search (Contents from A to S, Contents from T to Z, Search the Daruma Museum [i.e. this very blog - ed.] - All Entries); * Newsletters (Daruma Museum - Japanese Culture, World Kigo Database - Latest Additions, Washoku - Japanese Food Saijiki); * My Daruma Links (ABC - Daruma - Main Museum Index - Darumapedia, My Daruma Photo Gallery, My Daruma discussion forum, Daruma Doll Museum, Daruma Pilgrims Gallery - People and Places, Fudo Myo-O Gallery - Deities of Japan, Ceremonies and Festivals of Japan, Asian Dragon Art Gallery, My Glossary of Art Terms, Ask Me - any question about Japan !) * World Kigo Database - WKD (All about Haiku and Kigo) * My Haiku Links (My Happy Haiku Gallery, My Asian Haiku Travelogue, Saijiki - Memorial Days of Famous People, Haiku Topics and Keywords); * Other Art Links (Daruma - Magazine for Antiques. All about Buddha Statues - Mark Schumacher. All about Japanese Pottery - Robert Yellin); * Monthly Archives [from Feb 2004 onwards]. [A blog site (i.e. a site whose informational architecture is based on the passage of time) that desperately wants to act like a wiki site (i.e. a site whose architecture is based on semantic connections and/or alphabetic word-order) - ed.] URL: http://darumasan.blogspot.com/ Internet Archive: (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] Link reported by: Gabriele Greve (gokurakuatworldkigo--at--gmail.com) * Resource type: [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study / Online Guide * Publisher: [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other * 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]: over 3,000 [in fact, 6,460 external links] 23 Apr 2010 Perspectives from the Pacific, NZASR [New Zealand Association for the Study of Religions] Conference 2010 Religious Studies Programme, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Self-description: "A Century from Durkheim: Perspectives from the Pacific - NZASR [New Zealand Association for the Study of Religions, http://lists.otago.ac.nz/listinfo/nzasr - ed.] Conference 2010, When: 30 June-2 July 2010, Where: Victoria University of Wellington, Sponsored by the Religious Studies Programme, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington [....] Call for Papers We invite you to submit an abstract of no more then seventy words by 15 May [2010 - ed.], describing your twenty minute talk. Note: Talks/papers need not explicitly address Durkheim. We seek scholarly talks/papers that relate religion to society, ritual, identity, cooperation, mind, and other Durkheimian themes. Historical approaches to religion are welcome. [...]" Site contents: * Call for Papers; * Speakers; * Registration; * Programme; * Papers; * Publication; * Accommodation. URL: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/religion/events/conferences/index.html Internet Archive: (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] Link reported by: Michael Radich (michael.radich--at--vuw.ac.nz) * Resource type: [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info. / Study * Publisher: [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic * 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 21 Apr 2010 Asian Studies WWW Monitor is now 16 Years Old Internet Publications Bureau, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia A note from the Editor: "'The Asian Studies WWW Monitor' (ISSN 1329-9778 http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html) was established 21 April 1994. Today the pioneering electronic journal has turned Sixteen. The initial postings of the Monitor were made first on 21 April 1994, and then, for the second time, on the 5th June 1994. Yes. The past is a foreign country and so the things and developments, even electronic ones, happen there at an undemanding, leisurely pace. Sixteen years ago scholarly useful information would appear somewhere online with a truly glacial rapidity; say, a useful, shyly published and scantily announced Asian-Studies' item would appear on the Net every now and then, sometime even (oh horribile dictu!, oh the head-spinning, vertiginous e-recklesness!) as often - wait, wait - as often as twice or thrice a month. As the memento of those heady ancient days the first two of many thousands of subsequent Monitor's entries are quoted below. Please, Dear Readers, do not laugh. You need to bear in mind that my Monitor's past is not just a sluggish, foreign country. It is more (or less) - depending on your training, orientation and leanings - than a slow and strange place. Above all, it is an unbelievably naive, hesitant, or even a very feeble-minded realm. For instance: "21 April 1994 The Coombs Computing Unit of the Research Schools of Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra maintains an on-line WAIS database of abstracts of theses and dissertations written at the ANU. Alumni of the ANU worldwide - the past, present and the future ones - from all fields of study, including both Sciences and the Arts, are warmly invited and encouraged to contribute to the continuing growth of the ANU-Theses-Abstracts database which right now can be interactively accessed and interrogated from this line [1]. If you are an ANU graduate, you are warmly invited to send us your thesis abstract via the electronic form shown here. If you don't have a browser (eg. Mosaic v. 2) which supports forms, you can still e-mail your thesis details (following the preferred ANU format) to: abstracts@coombs.anu.edu.au" [Dear spammers - all of you, everywhere, all the time - I implore you, do me a favour and copy 'abstracts@coombs.anu.edu.au' address to your database's innards. I badly want to see your mailouts being inconvenienced and disrupted when you try to spam the said address. - ed.] [Footnote 1 of Apr 2010] In 1994 the url was gopher://cheops.anu.edu.au/7waissrc%3a/Coombs-db/ANU-Theses-Abstracts.src Needless to say, for a quite a long while now there are no gopher servers running at the anu.edu.au address. - ed. "5 June 1994 The Batish Institute of Indian Music and Fine Arts [2] is happy to announce its new WWW server. The Institute was formed in 1973 by the Batish family and is situated in Santa Cruz, California. It holds classes in vocal and instrumental music. It also publishes RagaNet (TM) , an electronic journal of Indian music and arts. After many years of research, Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish and his son Ashwin Batish have created encyclopedic works designed to teach, from beginning to advanced, the theory and practice of Indian music. Plans are presently underway to archive photographs, digital sound files, general midi sound files, and video clips of a variety of music related material." [Footnote 2 of Apr 2010] In 1994 the address was http://hypatia.ucsc.edu:70/1/RELATED/Batish ; Nowdays it is http://www.batish.com/ - ed. Happy Birthday Dear "Monitor"! Happy Birthday to all of the Monitor's Readers! Happy Birthday to Thee, for without Thee, Dear Friends and Antagonists, there would not be any Monitor in existence at all. It is your very attention - whether positive or negative - that nurtures this electronic journal, and keeps its juices running properly. With 16 rounds of thanks, handclapping, hurrays, bows, occidental genuflections and oriental kowtows, T. Matthew Ciolek 21 Apr 2010 [Digitised Colonial] Bengali Periodicals and Newspapers The Virtual Library South Asia (SAVIFA), South Asia Institute/Library, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Self-description: "Starting in 1993, the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) [http://www.cssscal.org/ - ed.] has undertaken the task of microfilming and digitising a huge amount of textual sources, including all the major journals of colonial Bengal. This unique collection also extends to rare Bengali books, Assamese journals and books, as well as visual art and popular culture (such as specimens of historical Bengali advertising). In the course of a Memorandum of Understanding between the CSSSC and the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University [http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/en/index.php], the textual part of this collection is from now on going to be made available on Savifa, the virtual library South Asia [http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/index.php?la=en - ed.]." Site contents: [background and publication details of paper and microfilm copies, plus online access to PDF copies of the Bengali periodicals listed below]: * A (# Abodhbandhu (Calcutta, c1867-1869), # Adrsta [Adrishta] (Calcutta, c1896-1897), # Aitihasik Citra (Calcutta, 1905-1910), # Alochana (Calcutta, 1884-1886), # Anjali (Chattagram, c1898-1899), # Antahpura (Calcutta, c1901-1903), # Anubiksana (Calcutta, c1875-1876), # Anusandhan (Calcutta, c1887-1892), # Aryakayastha Pratibha (Faridpur, Pratibha Press, 1910-1922), # Arati (Maimansingha, 1900-1909), # Arunodaya (Calcutta, 1857-1858), # Aryadarshan (Bowbazar (43 Malanga Lane) 1874-1885)); * B (# Bamabodhini Patrika (Calcutta: Bamabodhini Sabha, 1863-1922), # Bandhaba and Bandhaba Nabaparyaya (Dhaka, 1874-1906), # Bangamahila (Calcutta: Board of Principals, Corbagan Balika Bidyalaya, 1875-1877), # Basantaka (Calcutta: Board of Principals, Chorbagan Balika Bidyalaya, 1874-1875), # Bedabyasa (Calcutta, 1886-1894), # Bharati / Bharati o Balak (Calcutta, 1877-1926), # Bhisak-darpana (Calcutta, 1896-1914), # Bhramar (Calcutta, 1874-1875), # Bibidhartha samgraha (Calcutta, 1851-1861), # Bicitra (Calcutta, Bichitra Niketan, 1927-1939), # Bijnana darpana (Calcutta: 20 Sukiya Street, 1882-1884), # Binapani (Calcutta, 1893-1897), # Birbhumi (Keernahar (Birbhum), 1899-1906), and Birbhumi Nabaparyaya (Keernahar (Birbhum), 1910--1926)); * C-J (# Cikitsa-sammilani (Calcutta, 1885-1894), # Dasi (Calcutta, 1892-1897), # Grhastha (Calcutta: Grihastha Publishing House, 1909-1913), # Grhasthamangala (Calcutta, 1928-1931), # Government Gazette (Calcutta/Srirampur: Baptist Mission Press, 1850 and 1859-1875), # Hindu-patrika (Calcutta, 1896-1926), # Janayuddha (Calcutta, 249 Bowbazar Street, 1944-1945), # Janmabhumi (Calcutta, 1890-1932)); * K-N (# Kayastha patrika (Calcutta, 45 Grey Street, 1902-1904), -- later under the title Kayastha patrika nabaparyaya (Calcutta, 45 Grey Street, 1910-1927), # Kayastha Samaj (Calcutta, 1 Cornwallis Street, Kayastha Samaj Karyalaya, 1923-1926), # Krsak (Calcutta, 1901-1930), # Mahajanabandhu (Calcutta, Calcutta Sugar Merchants Association, 1900-1912), # Mahila (Calcutta, 1897-1915), # Masika Basumati (Calcutta, 166 Baubajar Street, Basumati Baidyutik Rotary Machine, 1928 -1944), # Mukti (Purulia: Desabandhu Press, Mukti Press, 1925-1979), # Nabajibana (Calcutta, 1884-1889), # Nabyabharat (Calcutta, 1883-1925)); * P-R (# Pantha (Calcutta, 120/2 Masjidbadi Street, Aghornath Datta, 1898--1915), # Paricarika (Calcutta, 1880-1905), # Paricarika Nabaparyaya (Coochbehar, 1917-1926), # Prabasi (Allahabad, Purnachandra Das; Calcutta, Prabasi Karyalay, 1901-1964), # Pradipa (Calcutta, 21/1 Sukiya Street, Pradip Karyalaya, 1897-1906), # Punya (Calcutta, 1897-1906), # Purnima (Hooghly, Sabitri Jantra, 1893-1910), # Rahasya sandarbha (Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press, 1862-1874), # Ramadhanu: chelemeyeder sacitra masika-patrika (Bhabanipur, 16 Townsend Road, 1927-1988), # Rangmashal (Calcutta, 1937-1946)); * S-U (# Sahitya (Calcutta, 3 Beadon Square, 1890-1924), # Sakha (Calcutta, 1883-1892), # Sandesa (Calcutta: U. Ray and Sons, 1913-1926), -- later under the title Sandesa nabaparyaya (Calcutta: U. Ray and Sons, 1931-1936), # Svasthya (Calcutta: Durgadas Gupta, Svastha Karyalaya, 1898-1902), # Svasthya Samacara (Calcutta, 1912-1928), # Tattvabodhini Patrika (Calcutta, 1843-1931), # Udayana (Calcutta, 1933-1935), # Ugraksatriya Pratinidhi (Calcutta: Ugraksatriya Pratinidhi Karyalaya, 1891-1893), # Utsaha (Rajsahi, 1897-1902)). URL: http://www.savifa.uni-hd.de/thematicportals/periodicals/overview.html Internet Archive: (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) * Resource type: [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents * Publisher: [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic * 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 20 Apr 2010 Islam & Tibet: Cultural Interactions (8th-17th centuries) The Warburg Institute, University of London, London, UK. Self-description: "Our aims, [...] are: * To provide a historical description of the cultural interactions between Tibet and the Islamic world, as they are evident in the history of sciences of these two cultures. * To explore examples in Tibetan and Arabic literature of how religious ideas of these two cultures interacted. * To establish an active inter-disciplinary international network of scholars working on various connections between Buddhism and Islam. In the sphere of medicine, Tibetan historiography has tended to emphasize the links with Indian medicine, which has led to a similar bias in the western historiography of Tibetan medicine. There are, however, a number of indications that point to significant, but as yet unstudied links with Graeco-Arabic medicine. We would also focus on the mutual influence between Buddhism and Islam as is suggested by the significant presence of different Sufi orders in Central and South Asia. Some of the most influential Sufi orders such as the Naqshbandiyyah and the Chishtiyyah developed techniques regulating the breath which are peculiar to Eastern Sufism and might give evidence of the influence of Yogis [...] The project is funded by the AHRC and based at the Warburg Institute, where the library already has rich resources in the history of religions and the sciences, and in cultural exchange, and where our exploration of the transmission of Graeco-Arabic learning to Tibet will add another dimension to the study of the Classical Tradition, to which the Institute is devoted." Site contents: * Introduction; * Events [Islam-Tibet Past Events]; * Publications [Details and abstracts of books and articles]; * Bibliography (Islam in Tibet - Buddhism in Iran - Buddhism in Afghanistan - Tibet: Early History - Islamic historical accounts of Tibet - Islamic accounts of Buddhism - Mutual influences in literature - Art - Music - Religious Interactions - Ladakh - Kashgar - Kashmir - Baltistan - Nepal - Interactions within the Mongol Empire - Interactions in Science: General; Medicine; Astronomy & Astrology; Magic Squares - Mutual linguistic influences); * Documents (Background - Fieldwork Rampur - Sarahan - Namgya - Nako - Rekong Peo - Leh - Lossar Basgo - Langza - Kyi - Gomik Alchi - Thakri - Hemis - Brag Thog); * Contacts [CVs, contact details and publications of the researchers: Charles Burnett, Georgios T. Halkias, Anna Akasoy, Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, Francois Quiviger]; * Links. [A site active from early 2006 till c. late 2007 - ed.] URL: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/islamtibet/indexit.htm Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/islamtibet/indexit.htm Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) * Resource type: [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info. / Study * Publisher: [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic * 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 100 19 Apr 2010 www.wanfangdata.com: Chinese Studies; Business; Medicine; Science; Technology Wanfangdata Co., Ltd., Beijing, China. Self-description: "Being the leading information contents provider in China, Wanfang Data has been a task force of the Institute of Scientific & Technological Information of China (ISTIC), the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology, since 1950s. It focuses on digital resources, such as journals, dissertations, conference proceedings, patents, standards, Chinese companies, etc, providing information on Chinese studies (arts/humanities/social sciences), TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Chinese Business, Law, Government, Defense, Military, Science, and Technology. Branches have been set up all around China, e.g. Shanghai, Shenyang, Guangzhou, Wuahan, Xiian and Hongkong, etc. With a North America-based office and local web Servers, Wanfang Data offers quality customer support and reliable internet access. [...] Featured database: # Chinese Studies Online (CSO), # China Business Reference (CBR), # Chinese Medicine Premier (CMP), # China Legal Collections (CLC), # Science & Technology of China (STOC)." Site contents: * Our Products ([Contents and access details of:] # China Medical Association Journals (CMAJ), # China Online Journals (COJ), # English Online Journals (ECOJ), # Dissertations of China (DOC), # Academic Conferences in China (ACIC), # English Conferences in China (ECIC), # Chinese Companies & Products (CECDB), # Chinese Companies & Products (English version), # Chinese Listed Companies, # Chinese Scientific Institutes, # Chinese Patents, # National/Industrial Standards); * News and updates; * Cross-Database Search; * Customer Support; * Trial Request; * About Us; * Contact us for new products: # China Local Chronicles, # China Knowledge Search and Analysis System; * Newsletter subscribe/unsubscribe. [A bilingual (CN, EN) website. Online access to the databases is via a subscription - ed.] URL: http://www.wanfangdata.com/ Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.wanfangdata.com/ Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) * Resource type: [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study * Publisher: [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business * 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]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 106,000] 16 Apr 2010 The China Collection at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), Salem, MA, USA. Suppied-note: "The following is a short abstract of our collection on China: FREDERICK TOWNSEND WARD CHINA COLLECTION The Frederick Townsend Ward Collection is one of the world's outstanding collections of Western-language materials on the history of Imperial China. Approximately 10,000 books, pamphlets, broadsides, and periodicals, and many rare maps, prints, and photographs document the history and culture of China and the interactions of China with the West up to the early 20th century establishment of the Chinese Republic. The publications document diplomatic and commercial relations between China and the Westerns nations, and missionary activities in China from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Included in the Ward Collection are some of the most comprehensive holdings in the world of Chinese coastal newspapers in English. In addition to the original works acquired early in the 20th century at the bequest of Elizabeth C. Ward in honor of her brother, the library continually adds to the collection, being especially diligent in acquiring graphic representations, newspapers, and periodicals. HERBERT OFFEN RESEARCH COLLECTION The Herbert Offen Research Collection focuses on books about Chinese furniture, architecture and gardens, with supporting sections that explore Japanese and Korean studies of like topics. The China collection is not currently online. The contact person for photographic resources is currently Will Phippen. He can be contacted at Will_Phippen--at--pem.org The web address for the Herbert Offen Research Collection is http://www.pem.org/library/collections/offen. - af." Site contents: * About PEM; * Visit; * Calendar; * Exhibitions (incl.: # Faces of Devotion, Indian Sculpture from the Figiel Collection - April 10, 2010 to January 16, 2012; # Painting the Modern in India - June 20, 2009 to May 23, 2010; # Fish, Silk, Tea, Bamboo: Cultivating an Image of China - March 14, 2009 to December 31, 2010; # Perfect Imbalance, Exploring Chinese Aesthetics - March 11, 2009 # Auspicious Wishes and Natural Beauty in Korean Art - December 14, 2007 to March 1, 2012; # Of Gods and Mortals, Traditional Art from India - July 15, 2006 to March 1, 2012; # The Emperor's Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City - September 14, 2010 to January 9, 2011); * Collections (African Art, American Art, Architecture, Asian Export Art, Chinese Art, Indian Art, Japanese Art, Korean Art, Maritime Art and History, Native American Art, Oceanic Art, Photography); * Learn & Play; * Join; * Support; * Library; * Shop; * Sign up for eBuzz; * Hours & Directions; * Search; * Join Now; * Press; * Employment; * PEM On: Facebook; * You Tube; * Flickr; * ARTscape - Explore PEM's Collection online. 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