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THE ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR

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- timely, accurate, consistent and impartial information -

Edited by: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was originally established 21 April 1994 under a title "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" as a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University (ANU). The Journal regularly monitors new developments in the Asian Studies' cyberspace and compiles summaries and evaluations of the latest web sites and other online information systems relevant to social sciences research of the Asia and the Pacific region.

"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" acts as a current awareness bulletin for a broad range of readers: academics, students, librarians, journalists, business people, government administrators and the wider on- and off-line community.

All resources listed below are inspected and rated in terms of the scholarly/factual quality and usefulness of their content to the Asian Studies' research. All ratings reflect the Editor's judgment without 'fear or favour', and are not negotiable. Also, all links are categorized according to the following system: (1) News (information about recent events; postings of mailing lists); (2) Documents (numerical data, translations of documents, photographs, images, maps, bibliographies, databases with raw textual information); (3) Study (interpretations, analyses, discussions); (4) Corporate Info (details of individuals, organisations, institutions, events [eg. conferences]); (5) Online Guides (catalogs of online resources, databases of links).
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Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html

Asian Studies WWW Announcements: early January 1998
Vol. 5, No. 44

For earlier materials see the Past Issues - Archive.
To input new material use Announce New/Improved Web Sites page.

15 Jan 1998
1star
The Nias Island, Indonesia
Viega, Indonesia
Supplied note: "It's a very beautiful place right in the west (north) of Indonesia. It is one of the most beautiful island in the world and always pack with tourist during the high season. This island lies off West Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. The water surrounding the island is a great place to surf and to scubadive."
URL http://www.dnet.net.id/personal/zega/
Link submitted by: zega (zega@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

14 Jan 1998
4star
VietGATE
Net Images, Inc., USA
Supplied note: "VietGATE's VietSearch Engine and Database catalogs close to 100,000 Web pages with Viet-related contents, making it the largest such database. Connected to the WWW via a high-speed OC48 (2GB/sec) network, it is also the fastest search engine of its kind. Other features of VietGATE include a UniBrowse universal font reader and a Vietnamese Yellow Pages service."
[A powerful and handy research tool - ed.]
URL http://www.vietgate.net/
Link submitted by: David Le (david@netimages.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

14 Jan 1998
4star
Arabist Search Engine
www.arabist.com, Jordan
Supplied note: "It is our greatest pleasure to introduce you to Arabist, a Middle East comprehensive search engine."
Site contents: Arts (Painting, Photography, Poetry); Health (Associations, Dental, Pharmacies); Business (Banks, Manufacturing,Tourism); MediaÊ (Books, Magazines, Newspapers); Computing (Internet, Retail Outlets, Software); Recreation (Travel, Sports, Travel Agents); Education (Associations, Cultures, Universities); Reference (Encyclopedias, Law, Religion); Entertainment (Food, Music- Radio & TV); Science (Horticulture, Institutes, Medicine); Government (Civil Affairs, Institutes, Politics); Society & CultureÊ (Language, History, Religion)
[An English language site focused on resources from and about the Arabic countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen) - ed.]
URL http://www.arabist.com/
Link submitted by: Luna Kawash (arabist@index.com.jo)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

13 Jan 1998
2star
Universitas Lampung, Indonesia
Universitas Lampung, Indonesia
Supplied note: "A web site of Lampung University, and hopefully we could provide information about Lampung province and its facts"
Site contents: LPIU-DUE Unila, UKM Bidang Seni, UKM PSKK Teknokra Koperasi Mahasiswa, Kite Aerial Photography, Wetlands International-Indonesia Programme, Jurnal Tanah Tropika, Jurnal Agrotropika, Komunitas (Jurnal FISIP)
URL http://www.unila.ac.id
Link submitted by: Bintang Wirawan (bwirawan@unila.ac.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

09 Jan 1998
2star
IMVN
Internet Metropolitan Vietnamese Network (IMVN), USA
Supplied note: "IMVN (Internet Metropolitan Viet Network) Business, Travel, Culture, News, Friendship, Viet Communities Connection."
[A mixture of English- and Vietnamese-language pages, many of which are still under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.imvn.com
Link submitted by: VT Hoang (vth@imvn.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

08 Jan 1998
2star
Jefferson Tibetan Society
Jefferson Tibetan Society, USA
Supplied note: "Tibetan Buddhsit dharma center in the Gelugpa tradition. Geshe Jampel Thardo, a distinguished Lharampa Geshe from Tibet, is the resident lama."
[The site maintains a database of Buddhist [Theravada and Mahayana] centers world-wide - ed.]
URL http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~rt5g
Link submitted by: Richard Tanson (tanson@virginia.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

06 Jan 1998
2star
Miss India Georgia: A Documentary Film About Growing Up Indian in the American South
Urban Life Productions, USA
Supplied note: "'Miss India Georgia' (Daniel Friedman & Sharon Grimberg, 1997, 56 min.) An award-winning new documentary that follows four contestants during the hectic weeks leading up to Atlanta's annual Indian-American beauty pageant [...] [T]akes an intimate look at the lives of teenagers struggling with the everyday dilemmas of ethnic identity. An excellent discussion-starter for courses in sociology, anthropology, cross-cultural psychology, and ethnic studies."
[A promotional web site - ed.]
URL http://home.earthlink.net/~dfriedman1/migindex.html
Link submitted by: Daniel Friedman (dfriedman@antioch-college.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

03 Jan 1998
3star
Post Courier On-line: PNG Daily
Post Courier, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Self-description: "PNG's No.1 Daily Newspaper."
Site contents: Headlines, Local News, Focus, Sport, PNG Business, Viepoints/letters, The Drum, Archives, Search Engine, Post Courier Classifieds
URL http://www.postcourier.com.pg/
Link submitted by: Norbert Braumann (n.braumann@tu-bs.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Jan 1998
3star
Neurosurgery Department, Medical Faculty, University of Indonesia
University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Supplied note: "History, education, service and other activity in Neurosurgery Department, Medical Faculty, University of Indonesia."
URL http://www.bedah-saraf.edu
Link submitted by: Daryo Soemitro Dr.Sp.BS (neurosur@indo.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Jan 1998
4star
Classical Chinese Literature
Chinese Character Genealogy, USA
Supplied note: "Chinese classics in graphics format (no Chinese software required) with each character linked to its definition. Links to English translations included".
[In Jan 98 the online collection comprised: Tao Te Ching, The Art of War, Tang Poems, The Analects, Doctrine of the Mean, The Great Learning, Classic of Filial Piety - ed.]
URL http://zhongwen.com/gudian.htm
Link submitted by: Rick Harbaugh (rick.harbaugh@yale.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

01 Jan 1998
1star
The impact of Chinese values on the World
Geocities, USA
Self description: "[S]cholars as well as lay persons, are quite unaware of the Chinese values that enabled the Chinese people to make tremendous contributions to the world in science, philosophy, economics, politics, religion, music, literature, and art. In countless ways, the Chinese ingenuity has made life more comfortable, safe, and enriching for people all over the world."
[As a study it is useless, but as a specimen of collective unconsciousness of the Chinese in the late XXth c. it makes a fascinating reading - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/2793/china.html
Link submitted by: Ehun (ehhu@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

01 Jan 1998
3star
Political Resources on the Net - China
Agora, Italy
Supplied note: "Index of Chinese political sites available on the Internet, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments and Media"
[A specialist collection of some 50, largely un-annotated an un-evaluated links - ed.]
URL http://www.agora.it/politic/china.htm
Link submitted by: Roberto Cicciomessere (r.cicciomessere@agora.it)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
Copyright (c) 1998 by T.Matthew Ciolek. This Web page may be linked to any other Web pages. Contents may not be altered. The editor does not control or endorse the content of third party Web Sites.

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