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"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was established 21 April 1994. It forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. For further details of this Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU publication see About the Asian Studies WWW Monitor.

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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late April 1999
Vol. 6, No. 81

30 Apr 1999

Chinese Suicide Research Discussion List
The Global Network for Chinese Suicide Research, SUNY College at Buffalo, USA
Supplied note: "You may post anything related to Chinese suicide research on the list by sending your message directly to (chinese@listserv.buffalostate.edu). It is our aim with this listserv to share information and to promote the Chinese suicide research in the world. You can always subscribe or unsubscribe to the list at your will. You may also tell your colleagues or friends of like mind about the listserv. [...] To join this mailing list, you can send mail from your account to Majordomo@listserv.buffalostate.edu with the following command in the body of your email message:
subscribe Chinese "
URL no url [at present] for this online resource
Link suggested by: Zhang Jie (zhangj@buffalostate.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: n/a

30 Apr 1999

Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL, USA
Self-description: "[The Journal] publishes scholarship on all aspects of Southeast Asian Studies. It is normally published twice a year. Each issue contains a set of fully refereed articles, conference listings, book reviews, and occasional conference reports."
Site contents: TOCs of vols. 1-12, subscription details.
[Details of a paper publication - ed.]
URL http://www.niu.edu/cseas/xroads.html
Link suggested by: Southeast Asia Publications, NIU (tl0erz1@corn.cso.niu.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

30 Apr 1999

Little Saigon Guide
HowUget.com, USA
Supplied note: "Guide to Little Saigon Orange County USA. Business directory, Travel guide, Vietnamese language guide, Resources."
URL http://www.howuget.com
Link suggested by: Quang Lam (info@howuget.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

30 Apr 1999

Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)
US National Committe for Pacific Economic Cooperation, USA
Supplied note: "Activities and publications of the PECC which provides information and analysis as the official nongovernmental Observer Organization to the intergovernmental forum on APEC."
Site contents: About; Finance; Food; Energy Forum;IT Summit; Tel Forum; Sectors; EduPact; APEC NZ '99.
URL http://www.pecc.org
Link suggested by: Mark Borthwick (markb@pecc.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 Apr 1999

Japanese Public Opinion Database (JPOLL)
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Self-description: "JPOLL, the only comprehensive database of Japanese public opinion data, is currently supported by generous funding from the United States-Japan Foundation. [...] This resource, combined with the Roper Center's US public opinion database (POLL), will help to facilitate more comparative social science research, thus, moving us toward a better understanding Japanese society and of relations between Japan and the United States."
Site contents: Search JPOLL; Register to use JPOLL; JPOLL User's Guide; About the Japanese Data Library; About the Center; Resources and Services; New Data; On-Line Services; Publications; Comments
[Free access to the data is available to registered readers. Roper Center is a non-profit archive - ed.]
URL http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/jpoll/JPOLL_welcome.htm
Link suggested by: Pam Hunter (pam@opinion.isi.uconn.edu) and Lawrence Crissman (crissman@asian.gu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

27 Apr 1999

Chinese Studies Association of Australia Conference, Jul 1999
Murdoch University, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Self-description: "The Conference [7-10 July 1999 - ed.] is a chance for all involved in Chinese Studies to meet and exchange ideas and experiences. So we welcome papers on all topics in the area. Our plenary sessions and keynote speakers will focus on the theme 'Chinese Identities', and of course panels or papers on that topic are especially welcome."
URL http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/asianstudies/csaaconf.htm
Link suggested by: Louise Edwards (l.edwards@mcauley.acu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 Apr 1999

Australasian Middle East Studies Association (AMESA)
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Self-description: "AMESA was established in Melbourne in 1981 as a non-partisan association of people in Australia and New Zealand who have scholarly, academic or professional interest in the Middle East."
Site contents: Links; Executive; Newsletter [not available online - ed.]; Conference.
URL http://www.nettl.usyd.edu.au/amesa
Link suggested by: Sari Kassis (kassis@tpgi.com.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

25 Apr 1999

Arts of Asia Magazine
Arts of Asia, Hong Kong, China
Self-description: "Arts of Asia, founded in 1970, is the world's leading fine magazine of Asian art. Published six times a year, it has the largest circulation of any Asian art magazine and is distributed to 80 countries. It has the support of numerous museums, cultural organisations, universities and schools throughout the world, as well as the major dealers and collectors, and students of art."
Site contents: TOCs of the 58 back issues for the period 1990-1998; Author, Subject, and Reviewed Books indices for the period 1971-1990.
[A site promoting the paper publication - ed.]
URL http://hk.linkage.net/~artsasia/
Link suggested by: Robin Markbreiter (rmarkbreiter@lbs.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

25 Apr 1999

An International Database for the Study of the History of Christianity in China
The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, University of San Francisco, USA
Self-description: "Our primary focus is the construction of the archival, biographical and bibliographical sources of China mission history, but because of the vast historical scope of this field of study, many related subjects are necessarily included in the database: analyses of the Chinese social landscape, religious and philosophical questions, the scientific, technical, and educational contributions of the missions."
Site contents: News; Archives; Bibliographies; Biographies; Directory; Images; Institutions; Locations; Sounds.
URL http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/splash/main.html
Link suggested by: Lawrence Crissman (crissman@asian.gu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

25 Apr 1999

H-SEASIA - The SE Asia Discussion List
H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences On-line, Michigan State University; and The Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Supplied note: "The H-SEASIA network is intended as a forum for [moderated] discussion and communications regarding the history and study of Southeast Asia. [...] The H-SEASIA list is co-edited by Paul H. Kratoska (History, National University of Singapore); Ho Kong Chong (Sociology, National University of Singapore); Yong Jong Say (Economics, National University of Singapore). To subscribe, send the following [ message - ed.] to LISTSERV@h-net.msu.edu:
SUBSCRIBE H-SEASIA firstname lastname, institution "
[The mailing list and the site were launched on 25 April 1999. The resource's usefulness should become apparent in the forthcoming months - ed.]
URL http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~seasia/
Link suggested by: Paul H. Kratoska (hispaulk@nus.edu.sg) and Frank F. Conlon (conlon@u.washington.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: n/a

23 Apr 1999

South Asian Social Researchers' Forum (SASRF)
University of Bradford, UK
Self-description: "SASRF was formed as an independent group in 1994 to [...] promote relevant and effective research with UK South Asian communities."
Site contents: Upcoming Activities; Recent Activities; Membership Fees/Activities/Benefits; The SASRF Newsletter; The SASRF Directory; Related World Wide Web Sites; Future Plans; Contact Details; 1998/99 Officers and Steering Committee Members.
URL http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/ses/sasrf1.html
Link suggested by: Apurba Kundu (a.kundu@Bradford.ac.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 Apr 1999

Language Policies in Central Asia
The Forced Migration Projects (FMP), Open Society Institute, Budapest, Hungary
Supplied note: "A compilation of laws and other regulatory acts pertaining to the language policies in Central Asia nations. The website also provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of language policies on migration movements in Central Asia, comprising Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan."
URL http://www.osi.hu/fmp/laws/
Link suggested by: (refugee@sorosny.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

23 Apr 1999

Digital Map of Tibet
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Supplied note: "I am working on a Tibet map for some time and finally managed to get time to create the relief map of Tibet by using GTOPO30 (Global 30 Arc Second Elevation Data Set) and DCW (Digital Chart of the World) data. [Now] I exported the relief map into .jpg image and put it on my page. [...] I am also planning to put the map on our Internet Map Server - which will make the map interactive such as zoom in, zoom out, identify roads, rivers, elevation etc. of interested area. [...] I am also working on a project to develop a Thesaurus of Tibetan Geographic Names. I do have a database of foreign geographic feature names developed by the former Defense Mapping Agency, USA. The Chinese place names in this database is updated up to 1996. In order to develop the above project, I am doing a research on various Tibetan geographic names. If there are any institution/person doing a similar research on the above subject, please let me know so that I can interact with them/you."
[Mr T.W.Shawa is a Geographic Information Systems Librarian at the Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center, Geosciences and Map Library, Princeton Univ - ed.]
URL http://www.princeton.edu/~shawatw/map.html
Link suggested by: Tsering Wangyal Shawa (shawatw@princeton.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

22 Apr 1999

Stanford U.- Peking U. Program
Peking University, China
Supplied note: "Part 1: At Stanford University - June 22-July 22, 1999 Part 2: At Peking University - July 26-August 20, 1999 The Stanford-Beijing program combines a rigorous five-week language program at Stanford with a four-week practicum in Chinese at Peking University. Intensive Chinese is offered at the first-, second-, and third-year levels, and each class is equivalent to one year of regular instruction. Classes at both Stanford and Peking University meet for four hours of instruction daily, Monday through Friday (except third-year Chinese, which meets three hours daily). Classes are taught by faculty from Stanford University and Peking University."
URL http://www.stanford.edu/summer.session
Link suggested by: Elsa Watson (ewatson@stanford.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

21 Apr 1999

Asian Studies WWW Monitor - Electronic Journal
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The Asian Studies WWW Monitor (ISSN 1329-9778) was established 21 April 1994. Exactly five years and 81 issues later the Monitor continues to operate as the world's only electronic journal tracking, recording and evaluating (without fear or favour) networked resources related to Asian Studies research, teaching and publishing. The Monitor provides (to quote it's motto) 'timely, accurate, consistent and impartial information' selected and distilled from the daily recommendations of hundreds of volunteer collaborators world-wide. The Monitor's value-added reports are free. They are provided by the RSPAS, ANU as a service to the world's scholarly community. The Monitor data are published on the Web, as well as disseminated on (almost) daily basis via a moderated mailing list 'asia-www-monitor@coombs.anu.edu.au.' Through this and several interlinked mailing lists the Monitor currently reaches an audience of approx. 7,000-10,000 scholars, researchers, administrators and journalists from all parts of the globe."
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
Link suggested by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

21 Apr 1999

Okinawa Times Database
Okinawa Times, Japan
Supllied note: "This is to let you know of free services of searching the database of the Okinawa Times. It covers the period from Jan. 1997 to March 1999 with an update once in two weeks. The search must be conducted by a Japanese capable browser equipped by both viewing and input capabilities. I hope some of you enjoy searching while it is still free."
URL http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/com/dbinfo.html
Link suggested by: Toshio Takagi (Toshio.Takagi@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

21 Apr 1999

L'Atlas Historique de Shanghai
Institut d'Asie Orientale, Universite Lumiere-Lyon 2, France
Self-description: "A travers l'elaboration de l'Atlas historique de Shanghai, nous souhaitons contribuer a l'histoire du phenomene urbain en conjuguant approches et sources historiques et geographiques. Nous cherchons a apprehender les etapes essentielles de l'essor de la ville, des origines a nos jours, a travers une serie de coupes dans la dynamique des territoires et des populations. Notre objectif ne se resume pas a une collection de cartes anciennes ou une juxtaposition de cartes thematiques. Il s'agit d'etudier l'histoire de ces villes a travers les mutations de leur espace et rendre 'parlants' les multiples aspects de l'histoire (politique, economique, sociale) a travers la cartographie. Ce projet est pratiquement acheve. Il sera complete prochainement par une 'Base de donnees cartographiques sur Shanghai' en ligne [Cartes originales collectees pour les besoins du projet]."
En avant premiere sur ce site: La densite de population en 1929 et en 1950; Les institutions religieuses vers 1940; La densite du bati en 1997; La valeur de la production industrielle des bourgs ruraux et des arrondissements urbains.
URL http://web.mrash.fr/labo/iao/CARTO/pagef.html
Link suggested 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]: Useful

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