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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: mid October 1998
Vol. 5, No. 65

19 Oct 1998

Baku Pages
AZU Systems and Services, Azerbaijan
Supplied note: "Information about Baku and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan economics, business, policy, weather, entertainment, culture, traditions, museums, monuments, travel information..."
[A site aimed at an impatient, casual reader - ed.]
URL http://www.bakupages.com
Link suggested by: Webmaster (webmaster@bakupages.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

19 Oct 1998

Singapore & Malaysia Human Rights Association (Australia)
SMHRA (Australia), University of Sydney, Australia
Self-description: "The SMHRA (Australia) are a group Singaporeans, Malaysians, students, emigres and concerned persons who believe in the building of a fair, democratic and just society."
Site contents: Conferences/Activities on Singapore & Malaysia; Join our Confidential Mailing List; Archives: Material from 1987/8 ISA arrests; Bookshop; Upcoming Events; Singapore-Window; ALIRAN; Tang Liang Hong's Webpage; SUARAM: Voice of the People of Malaysia; Singapore Liberty Webpage.
URL http://www.pactok.net/docs/singapore/
Link suggested by: (network.admin@src.usyd.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

18 Oct 1998

Our Turkestan
CAF, Russia
Self-description: "Electronic publishing office of the International Foundation for Victims of Human Rights Violations in the Postsoviet Central Asian States - CAF (Non-Governmental Organization)."
Site contents: Very Important !!!; News (Hot Line); Action!; Amnesty International; Turkestan - General info; Fund (CAF); Human rights press; Discussion; Page of Literature; Official Turkestan and violation of human rights; Scientific projects; Exhibition; Links; Laws.
URL http://people.weekend.ru/CAF/
Link suggested by: Shokhrat Kadyrov (shokhrat.kadyrov@hi.uib.no)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Oct 1998

New Zealand Writers' Website
FAT Webdesign, New Zealand
Supplied note: "A website dedicated to the fostering of writers in New Zealand. Contains such information as publishers and magazine guideline, contest information (local and international), writers' groups details, submitted poetry and fiction."
URL http://www.nzwriters.co.nz
Link suggested by: Fred Alvrez (fred.alvrez@xtra.co.nz)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

14 Oct 1998

International Dunhuang Project Interactive Database
IDP, The British Library, London, UK
Supplied note: "The database [launched 14 Oct 98 - ed.] is recreating in virtual form the contents of a Buddhist library cave discovered in 1900 near the Silk Road oasis town of Dunhuang on the edge of the Gobi Desert. [...] The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) was established in early 1994 to foster collaboration between holders, conservators and researchers of material from Dunhuang. With the launch of this web database, the Project's work becomes accessible world-wide for the first time. The database is both catalogue and image bank, with details of over 20,000 manuscripts in Chinese, Tibetan and other Central Asian languages, and over 1,000 high-quality colour images. It also contains indexes, bibliographies and site details for many of the manuscripts. [...T]he database is interactive, allowing scholars to send their own comments and details of their own research in the field."
Site contents: The IDP Interactive Web Database; 'Sponsor a Sutra'; Description of the Database; The International Dunhuang Project; IDP Publications; Dunhuang and the Cave of Manuscripts; Access to Manuscripts; Highlights of the Dunhuang Collection; Links to Other Web Sites; Newsletter: IDP News; Questionnaires.
URL http://idp.bl.uk
Link suggested by: Susan Whitfield (susan.whitfield@news1.bl.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

14 Oct 1998

Iran: Virtual Library
www2.prestel.co.ukl, England
Supplied note: A "privately maintained, independent and non-partisan [information resource - ed.] dedicated to [...] furthering serious scholarly research in Iran's social, economic, political and cultural affairs [of Iran]. [... The site] will readily accept and publish with the minimum of editorial intervention, serious contributions concerning Iranian affairs across the widest possible spectrum of debate."
Site contents: Iran: Statistical Data; Historical Documents, Chronologies; Papers on Domestic Economy, Politics, Society: Iranian Sources; Articles, International Sources: Database Iran Related On-line Sites; Political Organisations; Bibliography on Iran; Media On Line: Iranian Source
[The site, whose top page is much too bulky (43Kb) and hence loads slowly, provides information of varying quality. Its claim to be a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) Project is incorrect - ed.]
URL http://www2.prestel.co.uk/neman
Link suggested by: Frederick Nemani(fnem@neman.prestel.co.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

13 Oct 1998

AAR Syllabi Project
American Academy of Religion, USA/Canada
Supplied note: "The Committee on Teaching and Learning of the American Academy of Religion is proud to present the 'AAR Syllabi Project', an exciting new internet resource for professionals in the academic study of religion. This project was designed to bring together syllabi and pedagogical resources from all areas in the study of religion. To date, several dozen syllabi have been added, and this collection is growing steadily. [...] The success of the AAR Syllabi Project depends on the contributions from teachers around the world. Please consider making a link to our web site!"
Site contents: Introduction; What's New?; Course Syllabi; How to Add a Syllabus; Syllabus Compilations on the Internet; Teaching Resources on the Internet.
[Down to earth, wonderful and immensely useful project - ed.]
URL http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwaar/home.html
Link suggested by: Adrien Desjardins (adesjard@physics.ubc.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

12 Oct 1998

Centre for Pacific Studies Bibliographic Database
CPS, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
Supplied note: "Comprehensive list of new publications [and their reviews - ed.] on the region of Oceania, including Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Australia [which have been listed in the CPS' Oceania Newsletter' over the past 9 years - ed.] It includes not only new books from many academic publishing houses, but also articles which have appeared in any of the 113 academic journals that we check to compile our overviews."
URL http://www.kun.nl/cps/dbsearch.html
Link suggested by: Rene van der Haar & Toon van Meijl (csacps@baserv.uci.kun.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

11 Oct 1998

Mid-East Realities (MER) E-Journal
MER, USA
Self-description: "There are many sites on the Internet well-financed by business interests, indirectly by governments, oftentimes by public relations groups masquerading as "Institutes" or "Think-Tanks." MER is very different and quite unique. MER is totally independent, refreshingly candid, uniquely insightful. [...] MER's purpose is to distill and present the most incisive and honest, the most insightful and independent, information and analysis about what is really going on in today's Middle East as well as in Washington about the Middle East. MER is published with the help of independent experts and professors throughout the world who have come together to establish the Committee On The Middle East."
[Achtung! clumsy Java scripts in action - ed.]
URL http://www.middleeast.org
Link suggested by: Mid-East Realities (mer@middleeast.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

11 Oct 1998

NepalNet - Sustainable Development Internet Networking Program in Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal & Pan Asia Networking Project, Singapore
Supplied note: "NepalNet [est 1997 - ed.] houses the autonomous Web sites of each of its 31 Nepali network members. In addition, NepalNet provides an extensive archive of on-line information about Nepal under the following key development sectors: Agriculture; Ecology & Biodiversity; Education; Economics and Employment; Forestry; Sociology & Demography; Policy & Law; Technology & Infrastructure Water, Earth, & Atmosphere.
[The site supports:] E-mail discussion groups; Web based bulletin board service; a Daily News Advisory. This site is designed to provide information resources to researchers, development practitioners, government organizations and others interested in issues on Nepal and development."
[The chiefly graphics interface + feral Java scripts make the site very difficult to use - ed.]
URL http://www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet
Link suggested by: Anju Shrestha (anju@icimod.org.np) and Bob Pyke Jr (repyke@akron.infi.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

11 Oct 1998

Reflections of Asia: Philippine Books Website
Reflections of Asia, Citrus Heights, CA, USA
Supplied note: "We sell Philippine books (cookbooks, Tagalog dictionary, Ilocano dictionary, children's books, Philippine martial arts), Philippine maps, Philippine Folkdance supplies. We sell to individuals and institutions (the U.S. government, public, school districts, public libraries and universities."
[The retail site sells books unavailable from online giants such as Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com - ed.]
URL http://www.reflectionsofasia.com
Link suggested by: Jun Antolin (jun@reflectionsofasia.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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