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Asian Studies WWW Announcements: late March 1998
Vol. 5, No. 49

31 Mar 1998

Taliban Online
Taliban Islamic Movement, country?
Site contents: Islam; Jihad; Muslim World; Afghanistan; Taliban; News; Languages; Support Taliban; Related Sites; Feedback; Chat Room.
[A collection of un-annotated links to Islamic resources and pro-Taliban materials - ed.]
URL http://www.taliban.com/
Link submitted by: Apurba Kundu (a.kundu@bradford.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

31 Mar 1998

Laos E-mail Service Links
Pan Asia Networking, Singapore
Self-description: "E-mail service is now available in the Laotian capital, while full Internet services are being planned as the next step in the development of the country's ICTs."
[PanAsia (http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/), who describes itself as 'the one-stop location where people involved in Asian research and development are networking' is an initiative of the International Development Research Centre, a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada - ed.]
URL http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/la01i000.htm
Link submitted by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

31 Mar 1998

Treasures of the National Library of Sri Lanka
National Library of Sri Lanka, Govt. of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Self-description: "As part of its celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Sri Lankan Independence, the National Library of Sri Lanka (http://www.slt.lk/nlib) proudly presents this online exhibit of treasures from the Library's collections, displaying the rich cultural heritage of Sri Lanka."
[Photographs of publications ranging from 'Ola Leaf Manuscript Collection' (in Sinhala, Pali, and Sanskrit); to 'Bibliography of Ceylon' to 'Sinhalese Monastic Architecture' to 'Sivarathiri Puranam (Tamil)' to 'The Sri Lankan Malays' to 'Martin Wickremasinghe Collection' - ed.]
URL http://www.slt.lk/nlib/exhibit.htm
Link submitted by: Janaki Fernando (natlib@slt.lk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

31 Mar 1998

ESCAP Public Sector Computerization Links
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Bangkok, Thailand
Self-description: "This page contains links on: * Information technology in the public sector; * Information technology management in general. Target audience: * Persons creating national and organization wide IT policies and strategies, especially in * ESCAP member and associate member governments, i.e. the Asia and Pacific region. [...] As a courtesy to readers with slow Internet connection, the page is maintained in text format with no frames, graphics, scripts, plug-ins or cookies. For the same reason, graphics-only sites are not included in our links."
Site contents: 1. Public sector IT (a. Government IT in Asia & the Pacific, b. Government IT elsewhere, c. Regional & international sites); 2.IT resources (a. Information technology management, (b. Latest IT news, (c. IT trends, (d. Selected FAQs & guides); 3.Finding information on the Internet; 4. Selected non-IT sites focusing on Asia & the Pacific.
[A mammoth top page (42Kb!) effectively excludes those with smaller PCs and/or slow Internet connection - ed.]
URL http://unescap.org/stat/gc/psclinks.htm
Link submitted by: Ilpo Survo (survo.unescap@un.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

31 Mar 1998

2nd International Avesta Conference, Sep 1999
Zoroastrian Education and Research Society (ZERS), USA
Supplied note: "The Zoroastrian Education & Research Society takes great pleasure in announcing The Second International Avesta Conference. It will be held at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Zoroastrian Association of Alberta will be the co-sponsor. The dates are September 25 - 27, 1999."
[The ZERS (est.1996) conducts research and organizes scholarly conferences on Old Avesta, Later Avesta, Pahlavi, Parsi/Persian Zoroastrian Literature, Rituals and History - ed.]
URL http://www.zers.org/
Link submitted by: Pallan R Ichaporia (pichaporia@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

30 Mar 1998

Central Asian Studies World Wide
Forum for Central Asian Studies, Harvard University, USA
Self-description: CASWW "is meant to provide a global perspective on Central Asia studies, and to provide a key point of access to highly dispersed resources in this field. It seeks to provide basic information which is useful to both 'beginners' and 'experts', encompassing all fields of the social sciences and humanities wherever in the world people engage in such study."
Site contents 1. Statement of Purpose; 2. Entrees into Central Asian Studies; 3. The Institutional Dimensions of Central Asian Studies; 4. Making Contact; 5. Some Key Reference Tools; 6. Collaboration in Building This Website; 7. Appendices.
[The site is under heavy construction. Note: the 44Kb (sic !) home page takes ages to download, and is difficult to navigate and work with - ed.]
URL http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/
Link submitted by: John S. Schoeberlein (schoeber@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

30 Mar 1998

Indus Valley in Pakistani Collections
Dept. of Archaeology and Museums, Govt. of Pakistan, Pakistan
Supplied note: "The first slides of Indus Valley objects in Pakistani collections are now available for educational use [...] They were photographed by two leading ancient Indus scholars, Drs. J.M. Kenoyer [U of Wisconsin-Madison] and R.H. Meadow [Harvard U.]. Profits benefit the continuing research of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project (http://www.harappa.com/bazaar/harp.html). The slides show many of the finest objects from Mohenjo-daro and Harappa."
Site contents (80 slides): 1. General Overview; 2. Places; 3. Jewelry; 4. Figures; 5. Pottery; 6. Seals; 7. Inscribed Objects-1; 8. Inscribed Objects-2.
URL http://www.harappa.com/slides.html
Link submitted by: Omar Khan (omar@harappa.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 Mar 1998

Chinese Medical Classics E-Texts
University of Venice, Italy
Supplied note: "The 'Chinese Medical Classics Text Series', published by the Nihon Naikyoh Igakkai in 1997, includes the Suwen (209Kb), Lingshu (168 Kb), Nanjing (31 Kb), Shanghan lun (180 Kb), Jingui yaolüe (81 Kb), Shennong bencao jing (36 Kb), Bian Que - Canggong liezhuan (from the Shiji) (20 Kb) - encoded in Japanese characters. With consent of its editor, the whole series is available here converted into Chinese traditional characters (Big5)."
URL http://helios.unive.it/~pregadio/ikei.html
Link submitted by: Fabrizio Pregadio (pregadio@unive.it)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

27 Mar 1998

Turkish Linguistics Conference, Aug 1998
Oriental Institute, Oxford, UK
Supplied note: "The Ninth International Conference on Turkish Linguistics will be held at the University of Oxford on 12-14 August 1998. While most papers will concern the language of Turkey, some will also deal with other Turkic languages."
URL http://users.ox.ac.uk/~neareast/turkish.htm
Link submitted by: (neareast@orinst.ox.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

26 Mar 1998

Database of Chinese Law
Li & Partners Attorneys at Law, Taipei, Taiwan
Supplied note: "I would like to introduce you my website. This database [comprises] 1.2 Gb of legal materials [in Big5] from ROC and PRC."
Site contents: Li & Partners; Law of Taiwan; Law of Mainland China; Intellectual Property; Trade & Investment; Old Version; Your Comment.
[Prof. Fuldien Li, founder and managing attorney of Li and Partners, is currently an arbitrator with the Commercial Arbitration Association ROC - ed.]
URL http://www.law.com.tw/
Link submitted by: Fuldien Li (fdli@law.com.tw)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

26 Mar 1998

DK Agencies - Indian Publications Database
D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Self-description: "As a service organization of nearly 3-decade-long standing, DKA have come to have a [...] database that comprises far more than a hundred thousand Indian titles in English language alone! Here, however, we have set out the more recent works, i.e., the ones that have poured into DKA's Acquisition Programme since 1991 barring, though, a few older records as well."
[Search-Fields: Author; Title; Place of Publication; Publisher; ISBN; Subject; Nature of works (eg. Conference publications and Reference books). The search fields support wildcards and Boolean queries - ed]."
[A rich, fast and elegant database - ed.]
URL http://www.dkagencies.com/booksearch/
Link submitted by: Surya P. Mittal (surya@pobox.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

26 Mar 1998

Okinawa: The American Years 1945-72
Department of History, Texas A&M--Commerce, TX , USA
Supplied note: "This web site is an electronic version of a forthcoming study about the island, and documents the 27-year American military occupation of the island that began with the battle for Okinawa. Historical material presented in this site includes: A Chronology; Photos; Editorial Cartoons; Biographical Essays of Major American, Okinawan, and Japanese figures; Annotated Bibliographies [Archives, Books, Film, Newspapers, Oral, Histories - ed.]; Links to Related Sites [American Sites Japanese Sites, Okinawan Sites, Military Sites, Research Sites, Newspapers - ed.]."
[A thorough, thoughtful and exemplary research site - ed.]
URL http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/coas/history/sarantakes/Okinawa.html
Link submitted by: Nick Sarantakes (nick_sarantakes@tamu-commerce.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

26 Mar 1998

East Asia in Crisis, Jun 98
The National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA, USA
Supplied note: "A conference [on E. Asian financial crisis and its threats to regional stability and security - ed.] presented by The National Bureau of Asian Research and The Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. Sponsors: The Boeing Company, Frank Russell Company. Participating Organizations: Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, National Center for APEC. Tuesday, June 9 - Wednesday, June 10, 1998, Seattle, Washington."
URL http://www.nbr.org/eaconf.html
Link submitted by: Mark Frazier, NBR Director of Research (frazier@nbr.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

26 Mar 1998

Central Asia - Environment, Economy, and History
www.kiva.net, USA
Supplied note: "[A site] dedicated to environmental issues in Central Asia. The site contains a general introduction to environmental problems in the region, an extensive page of Central Asian environmental web links, and [M.Thurman's papers] on economic and environmental history of Central Asia."
Site contents: Central Asian Environmental Links; The Aral Sea Crisis; The Aral Sea - Bibliography; A Classroom Simulation on Water Resources Planning in Central Asia; History of the Aral Sea Crisis; Nomads and Desertification.
URL http://www.kiva.net/~mthurman/casia.html
Link submitted by: Mike Thurman (mthurman@kiva.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

25 Mar 1998

Asian and Comparative Philosophy: Philosophy and Culture, Sep/Oct 98
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
Supplied note: "Conference announcement and call for paper and panel proposals: Australasian Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy Conference 1998, Theme: Asian and Comparative Philosophy: Philosophy and Culture, 30 Sep 1998 - 3 Oct 1998, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia."
[The conference is planned to coincide in part with the Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference (http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/asaa), 28 Sep - 1 Oct, at the UNSW - ed.]
URL http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/philosophy/asacp
Link submitted by: Karyn Lai (k.lai@unsw.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

24 Mar 1998

Samoan Tattooing - M.A.Thesis
Washington State University - Department of Anthropology, USA
Supplied note: "This is the beginnings of my Master's thesis on the art of Samoan Tattooing. Topics discussed include: art, body symbolism, cultural identity, tattooing, and Samoan and Polynesian history and prehistory. Pictures too! I soon hope to have my entire thesis on-line."
[In Mar 1998 the site provided only a small selection of Polynesian/Samoan links - ed.]
URL http://www.wsu.edu/~apasciut/thesis.html
Link submitted by: Allison Pasciuto (allison@wsu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

24 Mar 1998

Centre for Scientific Documentation and Information - Indonesian Institute of Sciences
Pusat Dokumentasi Dan Informasi Ilmiah, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Supplied note: "Our library and information centre [provides information] about science and technology, information from articles, conferences' proceedings, books, indonesian journals, etc. "
[A site in Indonesian, largely under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.pdii.lipi.go.id
Link submitted by: Bambang Setiarso (setiarso@pdii.lipi.go.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

24 Mar 1998

Pakistan Press International (PPI)
Pakistan Press International, Pakistan
Supplied note: A web site of the "Pakistan's independent news agency [...]. The site is updated twice daily, except Sundays and holidays."
Site contents: Pakistan news, World News, Business News, Human Rights, Business, Weather, Sports, Currency, Kashmir (Kashmir journal, Kashmir Information Service, News & Info on the State of Jammu and Kashmir, KashmirNet), AsiaNet.
[Site under construction. A clear, professional system - ed.]
URL http://www.pakistan-news.com
Link submitted by: Owais Aslam Ali (owais.ali@ibm.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Mar 1998

Timway Hong Kong Search Engine
Timway Hong Kong Search Engine, Hong Kong, China
Supplied note: "1.Over three hundred [of separately searchable - ed.] categories. A wide range of information is covered. e.g., entertainment, computer, finance & property, business, society & culture, government, education, personal homepage and so on...; 2.Over nine thousand HK web pages are collected; 3.Fully supports Chinese and English searching; 4.Easy to use; 5.Totally free."
URL http://www.hksrch.com
Link submitted by: (email@ling.com.hk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

20 Mar 1998

Focus Central Asia - Analytical Report
Focus Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Supplied note: "An independent Analytical Report based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The report is covering quality reports on a wide range of topics concerning Central Asia. Launched in 1992 as a paper version [...the magazine ...] uses a network of correspondents reporting from all of the Central Asian States. It is published twice a month, covering economics, business, finance, integration, conflicts, legislation, defense and security matters in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan."
[A sampler of fast-loading online articles culled from the paper publication - ed.]
URL http://www.fca.asdc.kz
Link submitted by: Marianne Oehlers (fca@asdc.kz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Mar 1998

Summer Kazak Language Program at the Indiana U., Jun/Aug 98
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Supplied note: "Pending funding, the Department of Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS) and Summer Workshop in Slavic and East European Languages (SWSEEL) at Indiana University will offer instruction in Kazak language which will take place from Jun 19 to Aug 14, 1998."
URL http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel.html
Link submitted by: Talant Mawkanuli (tmawkan@indiana.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Mar 1998

Summer Kazak Language Program at the U. of Iowa, Jun/Jul 98
University of Iowa, USA
Supplied note: "The University of Iowa Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian and the Department of Russian announce the 1998 Summer Language Institute. Czech, Kazak and Russian will be offered. [...] Pending funding Uzbek will be offered. The Summer Language Institute will run from June 9 - July 31, 1998. "
URL http://www.uiowa.edu/~creees/sumrli.htm
Link submitted by: Elizabeth Constantine (econstan@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 Mar 1998

Central Asian Studies Workshop, Oct 98
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Supplied note: "The Central Asian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (in conjunction with the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia) is pleased to announce the convening of the [third] annual Workshop on Central Asian Studies on October 9-12, 1998. "
URL http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/creeca/pages/workshop.html
Link submitted by: Uli Schamiloglu (uschamil@macc.wisc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

19 Mar 1998

AsianDOC Electronic Newsletter
Ohio State University Libraries, USA
Self-description: "Following discussions at the International Congress of Asian and North African Studies (ICANAS) in Budapest (June, 1997) and subsequent e-mail correspondence, a new electronic newsletter is being initiated. Its purpose is to support scholars, librarians, and researchers world-wide who are developing text or image databases in the various fields of Asian/EurAsian Studies or who are incorporating materials in Asian languages into larger databases, and to promote better communication among them. Entitled 'AsianDOC (Asian Database Online Community)', it will be published quarterly (March, June, September, December) on the WWW."
Site contents: Databases; Conferences; Technical Corner; Reviews; Interest Groups.
URL http://asiandoc.lib.ohio-state.edu/v1n1/
Link submitted by: Maureen Donovan (donovan.1@osu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

19 Mar 1998

H.H. Sakya Trizin - Head of the Sakyapa Lineage
www.eclipse.co.uk, UK
Supplied note: "[The site] is in the early stages of development and should become more comprehensive in time, but meanwhile it contains a biography of His Holiness which he has personally authorized. "
[A promising site on the activities of H.H., and events in the Sakya Tibetan Buddhism calendar, particularly in India and Nepal - ed.]
URL http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sakya/
Link submitted by: Martyn Samuel (msamuel@eclipse.co.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

19 Mar 1998

Indonesian Elements: Art & Jewellery
Indonesian Elements, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Supplied note: "The Eclectic Collection of Indonesian Art and Sterling Silver Jewellery. Includes periodically updated tours of various areas of Indonesia. Supporters of cottage industry in Indonesia [esp. Java - ed.] and of the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) (http://www.ns.net/orangutan/)."
[A commercial site. Beware of the occasional mammoth-sized gifs ! - ed.]
URL http://www.indonesianelements.com
Link submitted by: D. Mullick (dm@indonesianelements.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

19 Mar 1998

Asiasociety.org Digests
Asia Society, USA
Supplied note: "A weekly Asia Society e-mailing list which informs subscribers of upcoming Asia Sociey events, both here in New York and at our regional centers in Hong Kong, Austrlia, California, Texas and Washington, DC."
[Visitors can visit this page to subscribe, or freely browse through the Digests' archive - ed.]
URL http://www.asiasociety.org/updates/subscribe.html
Link submitted by: Hylton Jolliffe (hyltonj@asiasoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

19 Mar 1998

Engines of Growth? Asia and the Future of World Business, May 98
Asia Society, USA
Supplied note: "At the [Annual Corporate] Conference, which runs May 6-8, 1998 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, business and policy leaders from the U.S. and Asia examine the future of the regional economy and assess Asia's ability to project its growth record into the next century. Conference sessions examine the measures underway to address the recent turmoil in Asian currency and equity markets and the prospects for Hong Kong's continued impact on China, the region and the world."
URL http://www.asiasociety.org/hk98conf
Link submitted by: Hylton Jolliffe (hyltonj@asiasoc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

18 Mar 1998

Chinese Movie Database
Chinese Movie Database Workgroup, Hong Kong, China
Supplied note: "This is the new address of the "Chinese Movie Database" listed in this guide. Now we have constructed an searchable English version of the Database. The Database covers Chinese films made in mainland China [from 1905 till present - ed.], Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions."
URL http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~dianying/
Link submitted by: Lu, Pin (dianying@asiaonline.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

18 Mar 1998

Age of Asia: Resources for Research
Duke University, USA
Supplied note: "A web site for a course taught in [Duke University] business school called 'Age of Asia'. They only refer to English language sites and are organized with the students research project in mind."
Site contents: Course Material (Syllabus, Class presentation, Course Evaluation Form, and Movie Guide); Country Descriptions (EIU Intelligence Reports and the CIA Factbook); Guide to Selected Resources on Asia in the Fuqua Library (business periodicals, books, company directories, videotapes, electronic reference sources, and online sources of business information on Asia) Book and Periodical Databases; Links to newspapers from Asian Countries; Electronic Databases; Government Sources (United States, International and foreign); Information by Countries (Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam); Asian sources by topics (Economic crisis, women in the workplace, government & industry)
URL http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/ILE4/
Link submitted by: Kristina Kade Troost (kktroost@acpub.duke.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

18 Mar 1998

ArabNet
ArabNet Technology (ANT), The Saudi Research and Marketing Group, London, UK
Self-description: "Our aim is to provide the most comprehensive [currently over over 1860 pages - ed.] online resource on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East and North Africa."
Site contents: short notes on the Overview, History, Geography, Business, Culture, Government, Transport, and Tour Guide of the following countries - Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. The site also offers information on 36 topics ranging from Arabic Cuisine to Arab View [online articles written by leading journalists and editors in the ME - ed.] to Falconry to Middle East Internet Directory to Top 100 Arab Banks.
URL http://www.arab.net/
Link submitted by: Kathleen Kalamity (KKalamity@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

18 Mar 1998

The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
Seattle, WA, USA
Self-description: "A nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that conducts advanced research utilizing the world's premier specialists on Asia and Russia. It also serves as the international clearinghouse on expertise and important policy issues concerning the region."
Site contents: NBR Analysis [online essays on economic, political, and strategic issues in the Asia-Pacific region, including Russia and Central Asia - ed.]; NBR Bulletin [online newsletter]; NBR Briefing [online briefs]; AccessAsia NBR [an international clearinghouse of Asia-affairs experts - ed.]; Publications NBR; Policy Activities; Corporate Services; AsiaLinks [300+ unannotated links to institutes and centers worldwide conducting policy-relevant research on Asia - ed.]; AsiaNews [a collection of partially annotated links to Australia, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, UK, and US online news on Asia - ed.].
URL http://www.nbr.org
Link submitted by: Daniel Waugh (dwaugh@u.washington.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

18 Mar 1998

Central Asian Survey (CAS) journal
Carfax Publishing Limited, UK
Self-description: "The only established journal in the world concerned primarily with the history, politics, cultures, religions and economics of the Central Asian and Caucasian regions. These include those territories and predominantly Muslim Irano-Turkic populations from western China to western Anatolia sharing a common historical, ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage and in some cases communist experience."
[A promotional site with TOCs for vols 15 (1996) & 16(1997) - ed. ]
URL http://www.carfax.co.uk/cas-ad.htm
Link submitted by: Uradyn E Bulag (ueb10@hermes.cam.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

18 Mar 1998

Adventure and Travelling in Indonesia
Vayatour, Indonesia
Supplied note: "Some information on possible Eco-tour and Adventure in Indonesia from the oldest bureau in Indonesia."
[A professional and informative site - ed. ]
URL http://www.vayatour.co.id
Link submitted by: T.Halim (vayatour@indo.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

17 Mar 1998

Tran A. Duc's Web Page
Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Supplied note: "Tran A. Duc's Web Page"
[Details of friends and interests of a lecturer at the Faculty of Information Technology, VNU. The page offers links to some ISPs in Vietnam - ed.]
URL http://members.tripod.com/~tranduc/index.html
Link submitted by: Tran Duc (ducta@rocketmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

17 Mar 1998

The Anthropological Index Online
Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, The University of Kent, UK
Supplied note: "A [free] service to scholars in all branches of anthropology and archaeology. [...] The Library of the Department of Ethnography of the British Museum (Museum of Mankind) receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology, from academic institutions and publishers around the world. The Library's holdings cover all areas of cultural and social anthropology, ethnography and material culture, from mainstream theoretical journals to specialist interest publications. All geographical regions are covered, and the Library has particularly strong coverage of Eastern and Central Europe, with journals often nor available elsewhere. The Anthropological Index covers articles in all languages, and provides English translations of citations from non-Roman scripts and from smaller languages."
URL http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/AIO.html
Link submitted by: David Zeitlyn (d.zeitlyn@ukc.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

17 Mar 1998

The Taoist Restoration Society (TRS)
Taoist Restoration Society, Chicago, IL, USA
Self-description: "A U.S. nonprofit corporation dedicated to the rehabilitation and rebirth of China's Taoist tradition. We are not interested in exporting, altering, or Westernizing Taoism, nor in gaining converts to any religious cause. The Taoist Restoration Society believes that it is vital that we protect the world's vanishing cultures and ancient traditions. Those of us who deeply respect and appreciate China's ancient Taoist tradition must act now, while modern chaos and destruction are still reversible."
Site contents: Introduction; Taoism Explained; Projects; Field Notes; Interview; Reclusions; Q & A; Get Involved/Donations; Library; TRS Staff; Images; Taoist Calendar; Taoist Life; Today's Message; Directory; Supporters.
URL http://www.enteract.com/~trs/index2.html
Link submitted by: Ian Johnson (ian.johnson@news.awsj.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

17 Mar 1998

Foreign Policy In Focus
The Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), USA
Supplied note: A Joint Project of the IRS & IPS with "full text postings of all of its foreign policy briefing papers. These papers examine current U.S. Policy, what is wrong with this policy and recommendations for progressive reform. Included is a section on the Asia-Pacific region which includes briefs from APEC to Korea to Asia/Pacific peace and security issues."
Site contents: Index of Briefs, Press Center, Resources, Progressive Response, Action Alerts, Order In Focus.
[Several of the briefs are hyperlinked to specialist web resources world-wide - ed.]
URL http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org
Link submitted by: Erik Leaver (leaver@swcp.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

17 Mar 1998

Institute of Oriental Languages, Stockholm University
Stockholm University, Sweden
Supplied note: "Research and general studies of East, Southeast and South Asia at the University of Stockholm, Sweden"
Site contents: Wednesday Lectures; Our Mailing List; Academic Database; East Asia Studies Programme; Section for Central Asia Studies; Association of Oriental Studies; Publications & Periodicals Books Read & Reviewed; Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ); Favourite links: (Centres for Asia Studies, Mass Media, Asia in general, WWW in Asian languages, Swedish Servers, WWW Bookstores, WWW Libraries).
URL http://www.orient.su.se
Link submitted by: Ooi Kee Beng (keebeng.ooi@orient.su.se)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Mar 1998

French-Sanskrit Dictionary On-line
Personal site, Cheval Blanc, France
Supplied note: "A free programme for all Sanskritists. You can download the programme (8 minutes at 19400 bauds). This self-extracting program allows to obtain a French-Sanskrit Dictionary [680 pages long]. [...] Having downloaded file W7FRASKT.EXE you must install the NINA Font (ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/india/) which provides you with all French and romanized Sanskrit characters [...]. Updated versions will be available for downloading every three months."
URL http://members.aol.com/andresig
Link submitted by: Andre Signoret (andresig@aol.com) and Enrica Garzilli (garzilli@shore.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

16 Mar 1998

The List of Russian Web Servers
Communication Company MARK-ITT, Russia
Site contents: Arts and Humanities (Architecture, Photography, Literature...); Business and Economy; Computers and Internet; Education (Universities, College Entrance...); Entertainment; Government (Military, Politics, Law, Taxes...); Health; News and Media (Current Events, Magazines, TV, Newspapers...); Recreation and Sports; Reference (Libraries, Dictionaries, Phone numbers...); Regional (Countries, Regions, Russia...); Science; Social Science (Anthropology, Sociology, Economics...); Society and Culture (People, Environment and Nature, Religion...).
[A Yahoo-style catalog of unannotated links in Russian and/or English - ed.]
URL http://weblist.ru/
Link submitted by: Nikst (nikst@glasnet.ru)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

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