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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Nov 1999
Vol. 6, No. 100
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 7
Entries rejected: 3
26 Nov 1999
Indonesian Radio Directory
Indonesian Radio Web, USA
Supplied note:
"Web Directory of Indonesian Radio (requires Shockwave)."
[Yes, indeed. If you do not have the required gadget around, forget
about accessing the site. All the directory offers is eight nonsensic
characters Quote "); // --> Unquote. In short, the Web in its worst
rendition - ed.]
URL http://www.qsl.net/yb0rmi/indo/
Link suggested by: Nick Grace C. (yb0rmi@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
rating not vailable
25 Nov 1999
Journal of the Burma Research Society (JBRS) on CD-ROM
Book Promotion & Service, Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied note:
"iGroup, one of Asia's leading information management companies have
recently launched, Journal of the Burma Research Society (JBRS), on
CD-ROM. The full content, once thought lost altogether was
painstakingly compiled from various sources, in time for it's launch
date of December 1st 1999.
JBRS is made up of 59 volumes, published over a period of 70 years,
with a total of 377 authors represented and 631 subjects included. The
CD-ROM comprises of 136 Journals with more than 1300 articles, 30,000
pages of text and over 500 photos, graphs, charts and maps concerned
with Burma.
Like Journal of the Siam Society, JBRS was and still is the premier
research journal on Burma. The journal was originally published by The
Burma Research Society. From the start the Burma Research Society [active at
the Bernard Free Library, in Rangoon,
1910-1980 - ed.]
represented a fusion of the energy and initiative of a generation of
both Burmese and Europeans - early leading luminaries being John
S.Furnivall, Charles Duroiselle, U May Oung, Gordon Luce and U Pe
Maung Tin. The society's meetings and Journal were a forum for
enthusiastic debate and research on Burma for seventy years.
[...]
Searches of JBRS can be carried out by author, title, subject, volume
number and publication year."
[An advert for the CD-ROM publication. The site also offers a sampler of
online articles in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format from the JBRS
Vol 1 (1911). - ed.]
URL http://www.jbrs.book.co.th
Link suggested by: Tristan Barter (tristanb@book.co.th)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Nov 1999
Journal of Azerbaijani Studies
Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan
Supplied note:
"This research periodical is published quarterly by the Khazar University
Press (Baku, Azerbaijan). The first Volume - 1998 (four numbers) has
already been issued. The intellectual endeavors and research articles
published here are mainly in English. However, high quality articles in
other languages are acceptable. The Editorial Board of the Journal consists
of many well-known scholars.
The Journal [...] focuses not only on Azerbaijan and the
Caucasus, but also on the close regions such as Central Asia, Near and
Middle East, and the CIS."
[An advertisement for a paper publication. The site provides a free online
articles from Vol 1, No 4, 1998 - ed.]
URL http://www.khazar.org/jas/
Link suggested by: Ramin Aliyev (ramin@khazar.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Nov 1999
Human Rights in Vietnam
Vietnam Human Rights Network, USA
Supplied note:
"Information regarding the human rights situation in Vietnam."
Site content: About Vietnam; About Us; The International Bill of Human
Rights; Documents; Calendar of Events; News/Activities; Human Rights
Newsletters; Join the Vietnam Human Rights Network; Downloads
(recommended software, tools and vietnamese fonts); Related Links.
[A bi-lingual (VN, EN) human rights activist site - ed.]
URL http://www.vnhrnet.org
Link suggested by: Hieu Van Ngo (press@vnhrnet.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
23 Nov 1999
Indonesia National Y2K Official Site
POKJA MKT-2000, Indonesia
Supplied note:
"This website provide official reports of Indonesia readiness to face
Y2K. This website covers the non-government and the government
sectors."
[A bi-lingual (ID,EN) site with a wealth of links - ed.]
URL http://www.y2k.go.id
Link suggested by: POKJA MKT-2000 (mkt2000@indosat.net.id)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
20 Nov 1999
International Institute for
Caspian Studies (IICS)
International Institute for Caspian Studies, Tehran, Iran
Self-description:
"A non governmental research and consultancy institute based in Tehran
and aimed at promoting and undertaking scholarly studies regarding
political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, and legal issues
of the Caspian region. Founded in 1998 the institute seeks to build a
comprehensive research and information centre capable of encouraging
researchers and other interested parties to follow the multifaceted
issues of the regional countries and bring new perspectives to the
regional problems [...] Membership of the Institute is open and free
to all institutions and individuals of all nationalities interested in
the Caspian region. "
Site contents: About Us; Address; Newsletter; Seminars; Links.
URL http://www.caspianstudies.com
Link suggested by: A. Parandeh (ibi@zetnet.co.uk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
20 Nov 1999
Japanese Studies
Association of Australia (JSAA) Conference, Dec 1999
University of Central Queensland, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
Self-description:
"[The JSAA] 1999 Biennial Conference [...] is to be held from
Wednesday 1st Dec to Saturday 4th Dec, 1999 at Central Queensland
University in Rockhampton, Queensland. The theme for the Conference is
Discourse, Dissonance and Diaspora: Identities for the New Millennium.
Contributions which address a broad range of issues related to
Japanese Studies are encouraged, in areas such as linguistics,
education, literature, sociology, philosophy, economics, international
relations, business, language, culture and the Arts."
URL http://www.edca.cqu.edu.au/jsaa/JSAA_Site/JSAA_Folder/
Link suggested by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
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