The World-Wide Web Virtual Library [Alphabetical || Category Subtree || Library of Congress]

Edited by: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

The "What's New in WWW Asian Studies" Online Newsletter (ISSN 1323-9368) was established in April 1994.

Resources listed in this Newsletter are inspected and rated in terms of the quality, overall reliability and usefulness of their content to the social sciences' research in Asia-Pacific region. All ratings are carried out on a 5 point scale [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]. The ratings are correct for the date a resource is listed in this Newsletter. They reflect the Editor's judgment without 'fear or favour', and are not negotiable.

The newsletter is provided by the Coombs Computing Unit, Research Schools of Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra as a service to the World Wide Web community.

Number of accesses made to this issue since 1 Apr 97:

(plus the times when this graphics file was not loaded by a browser)

WWW Asian Studies Announcements: Apr 1997

30 Apr 1997

Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) Home Page
ABRI-Net, Indonesia
Site contents: Sambutan Pangab; Berita Aktual; Obrolan ABRI; Apa & Siapa; Doktrin dan Struktur Organisasi; Ingin Menjadi Anggota ABRI? Buku Tamu; Links
[Site under construction. The bulk of the documents as well as English language pages still to be provided - ed.]
URL http://www.mil.id/
Information supplied by: Oliver Mann (omann@pop.jakarta.indo.net.id)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

30 Apr 1997

Humanitarian services in Thailand
The Bangkok Post, Thailand
The list of organisations, groups and individuals involved in humanitarian services in Thailand. Site contents: Children; Poor Patients; The Elderly; HIV/AIDS; Eye Care; Ethnic Minorities; Counselling; Animals; Mental Health Pages.
URL http://www.bangkokpost.net/charity/index.html
Information supplied by: (kittisow@mozart.inet.co.th)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

30 Apr 1997

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
PCBS, Palestine
"Provider of impartial official statistics on demographic, social, economic and environment states and trends to serve the Palestinian citizenry, and enlighten the public with information"
URL http://www.pcbs.org
Information supplied by: Sany Mark Zakharia (zakharia@wpi.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

29 Apr 1997

Asian Salary - Online Survey
CONNECTions, Hong Kong
"Who is earning what in Asia? Salary data presented in pictures; classified by cities, professions, and industries; regardless of race, nationality, sex and age etc. An important reference web site for executive recruiters, human resources, personnel, career consultants, headhunters, corporate staff, job seekers and any career-minded persons. The survey has covered Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and some PR China cities."
URL http://www.connections.com.hk
Information supplied by: KF Chow (hotline@connections.com.hk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

29 Apr 1997

Centre for Asia/Pacific Law and Business (CAPLAB)
Faculty of Commerce & Administration, Victoria Univ. of Wellington, New Zealand
"Focusing on the major Asian economies - particularly Japan, China and Korea - the Centre aims to provide a teaching and research focus in Wellington for private individuals and for academic, business, government and other organisations concerned with business and related issues in the Asia/Pacific region."
URL http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~caplab/
Information supplied by: Tim Beal (tim.beal@vuw.ac.nz)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

29 Apr 1997

New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA)
Victoria Univ. of Wellington, New Zealand
"Corporate information related to the NZASIA, the professional organisation for research and teaching about Asia in New Zealand."
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~caplab/nzasia.htm
Information supplied by: Tim Beal (tim.beal@vuw.ac.nz)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

26 Apr 1997

All Malaysian WebSphere
AlphaSphere, Malaysia
'Yahoo'-style, comprehensive index of Malaysian and Malaysia-related WWW resources
URL http://www.sphere.net.my/sphere
Information supplied by: Vignesh Mohan (sphere@po.jaring.my)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

25 Apr 1997

US Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal
www.south-asia.com, Nepal
"Information on travel, business, politics, aid, current events and the Peace Corps in Nepal from the United States Embassy in Kathmandu."
URL http://www.south-asia.com/USA
Information supplied by: (pbdaley@mos.com.np)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

24 Apr 1997

Asian Studies Online Bookshops
Australian National Univ., Australia
A catalogue of leading bookshops with online information about the Asian Studies publications. The site forms a subsection of Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html).
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLAsian/VLBookshops.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

24 Apr 1997

Nixi Cura's Personal Web Page
pages.nyu.edu, USA
"Information on symposia, conferences, and other events of interest to graduate students of Chinese and Japanese art history. Page established in May 1996, and updated roughly once a month."
URL http://pages.nyu.edu/~boc7379
Information supplied by: Nixi Cura (boc7379@is.nyu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

24 Apr 1997

Thailand General Information
www.thaiindex.com, Thailand
"The site comprises: (1) Yellow Pages (lists over 25,000 Thai companies in over 1,700 categories); (2) Travel Thailand (features all 76 provinces in Thai and English language); (3) Business news & features; (4) Media Guide (media and advertising business in Thailand); (5) Transportation Guide (all timetables for bus, air & train)"
[Site has some teething problems with interactive maps - ed.]
URL http://www.thaiindex.com
Information supplied by: Poonyavee (boonyave@mozart.inet.co.th)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

24 Apr 1997

Homepage in Central Sulawesi
NELC, Indonesia
"Describes places to visit and things to see in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia."
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://palu.wasantara.net.id/nelc/home.htm
Information supplied by: David A Fournier (nelc@palu.wasantara.net.id)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

23 Apr 1997

Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)
ASAA, Australia
"Corporate information related to the ASAA, the professional organisation for research and teaching about Asia in Australia."
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 Apr 1997

The Asia-Pacific Magazine: Online Edition
Australian National Univ., Australia
A popularly accessible magazine of high academic quality from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU. Several online articles are now freely accessible: The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS): The international conscience - by W. Jackson Davis; Divided Lives: A story of indigenous people and the Pacific War - by Tessa Morris-Suzuki; Hope and Tragedy for Migrants in Malaysia - by Sidney Jones; Japan and the Bomb: A cause for concern? - by Andrew Mack; Land Management: Papua New Guinea's dilemma - by Bryant Allen; Opiate of the Atheists?: The Panchen Lama controversy - by John Powers; Tiananmen: gate of darkness - by Geremie Barmé.
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-pacific-magazine
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 Apr 1997

AAU/ARL Japanese Journal Access Project
Library, Ohio State Univ., USA
Site contents: About the Association of American Universities/Association of Research Libraries (AAU/ARL) Japanese Journal Access Project; Status of Retrospective Conversion of Japanese Language Titles (survey sponsored by the National Coordinating Committee on Japanese Library Resources); National Union List of Japanese Serials (prototype for updated version); a catalogue of/links to Japanese Journals on the Web.
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/NCC/jpnpjct.html
Information supplied by: Maureen Donovan (donovan.1@osu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

23 Apr 1997

A Web of Online Dictionaries
Bucknell Univ., USA
An extensive catalogue (compiled by Robert Beard, rbeard@bucknell.edu) of online language dictionaries and lexicons. Links to the following Asia-Pacific resources:
Avestan-English Dictionary; Chinese-English-Chinese Character Dictionary; Chinese-Japanese-Korean Dictionary of Buddhist Technical Terms; English-Bengali Dictionary; English-Chinese Dictionaries; English-Chinese-English Dictionaries of Commerce,Trade, Medical Terms; English-Gilbertese (Kiribati)-French; English-Indonesian Dictionary; English-Thai Dictionary; English-Vietnamese Dictionary of Technical Terms; German-Thai Dictionary; Hawaiian-English-Hawaiian Dictionary; Hindi-English-Japanese; Hmong-English Word List; Indonesian-English-Indonesian; Japanese-English Romanji Dictionary; Japanese-English-Japanese; Japanese-Finnish-Japanese Dictionary; Japanese-Hungarian Word List; Korean-English-Korean Dictionaries; Kurdish-English Dictionary; Malay-English Specialized Dictionaries (Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Urban & Regional Planning); Maori-English Lexical Data Base; Nauruan-English-German Dictionary; Sanskrit-English-Sanskrit Dictionary; Sanskrit-French Dictionary; Swedish-Turkish Dictionary of Social Terminology; Tamil Lexicon; Tamil-German Dictionary; Tarawan Vocabulary; Thai-English-Thai Dictionary; Tibetan-English Dictionaries; Tongan-English Word List; Turkish Dictionaries; Turkish-Urdu-English Word List; Urdu-English Word List; Vietnamese-English Wordlist of Educational Terms; Vietnamese-English/French Computer Glossary.
Also several links to uther useful linguistics' resources.
URL http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction2.html
Information supplied by: Israel Cohen (izzy@telaviv.ndsoft.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

23 Apr 1997

In The Land of Heaven on Earth With A Laptop
www.singnet.com.sg, Singapore
"A travelling accountant's impressions of Sichuan Province, China's most populous province. "
[A 30 page travelogue (Nov 1996) by Tan Wee Cheng, a globe-trotter from Singapore - ed.]
URL http://www.singnet.com.sg/~tanwc2/sichuan2/index.htm
Information supplied by: Tan Wee Cheng (weecheng@post1.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

23 Apr 1997

Quiet Mountain Tibetan Buddhist Resource Hub
Quiet Mountain, USA
"A comprehensive listing of Dharma Centers, Dharma Teachings, and Religious Resources on the WWW."
URL http://quietmountain.com
Information supplied by: Dongag Tenzin (dongag@quietmountain.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

22 Apr 1997

Centre for South Pacific Studies
Univ. of New South Wales, Australia
"The Centre, established in 1987, collects, collates and distributes information from a diversity of disciplines in printed and electronic form about the peoples and places of the Pacific islands."
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/Centres/SouthPacific/homepage.html
Information supplied by: Grant McCall (g.mccall@unsw.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

22 Apr 1997

Pacific Magazine
Pacific Magazine Corporation, Hawaii, USA
"The online version of the print journal which was established in 1976. Features and articles include general news, business, travel, culture, politics, history, education, and current events about Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia."
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.pacificmagazine.com/
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (mnearhos@mail.usyd.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

22 Apr 1997

UIGHUR-L ListProc Page
www.taklamakan.org, USA
Home page (also accessible as http://www.taiwanese.com/~uighur/uighur-l/) of an informational mailing list (est. Mar 1997) about Eastern Turkestan (also known as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) and the Uighur people. Provides a Timeline and FAQ pages.
[The site, works OK with Mac Netscape v.3. It has problems with accessing some internal links with Mac Netscape v.1. - ed.]
URL http://www.taklamakan.org/~uighur/uighur-l
Information supplied by: Jack E. Churchward (afn20372@afn.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

21 Apr 1997

China Business/Economics Links
US/China Links, Ohio State Univ., USA
A catalogue of over 200, largely unannotated URLs of web sites dealing with Chinese business/economics and the Bohai region of northern China.
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/flc/us_china_links/
Information supplied by: Eric Shepherd (shepherd.37@osu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

18 Apr 1997

IRFA Media Indonesian Links
www.irfamedia.com, USA?
A small scale, Yahoo-style catalogue of Indonesia-related links. It utilises frames technology.
URL http://www.irfamedia.com/indolink
Information supplied by: (webmaster@irfamedia.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

18 Apr 1997

The Official HK 1997 Web Site
China Internet Corp, China
"China Internet Corp has just put a HK 1997 site online. It is vaunted as the official takeover site, under the aegis of Zhang Junsheng, Deputy Director of the HK Xinhuashe. Probably worth checking out."
[A glossy, graphics-driven Public Relations electronic leaflet sponsored by major business corporations from USA and Japan - ed.]
URL http://www.hk1997.china.com
Information supplied by: Geremie R. Barme (geremie@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

17 Apr 1997

The Korean Resource & Information Center
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, USA
"Links to resources about Korea, it's language, history, culture, government, and much more. A wide variety of topics including Radio, Television, Magazines, Pop Songs, Software, Publishers, Academic Institutions and other miscellaneous areas."
URL http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3523/
Information supplied by: Donald C. Wiesner (wiesner@mbay.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 Apr 1997

Saudi Arabia Directory
The Saudi Arabian Directory, USA
An "A" to "Z" catalogue of over 320 unannotated links to resources dealing with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Also, a Message Board, Saudi Java Chat, and a facility for online submission of related URLs.
URL http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~i9248809/saudia.html
Information supplied by: Nicole Noonan (i9248809@wsunix.wsu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

15 Apr 1997

Banaban Community - Rabi Island, Republic of Fiji
Banaban Heritage Society Inc., Australia
"The site is sponsored by the Banaban Heritage Society Inc. A non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation of Banaban culture and bettering the lives of the Banaban people."
URL http://www.ion.com.au/~banaban/
Information supplied by: Stacey King - Secretary (banaban@ion.com.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

15 Apr 1997

Mongolian American Friendship Project
Vermont, USA
"The Mongolian-American Friendship Project (MAFP), a newly chartered organization in Vermont, USA, strives to build friendship, peace, and understanding between Mongolians and Americans. The main goal is to bring the people of the two countries together through medicine and culture."
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.brightworks.com/mongolamerican
Information supplied by: Douglas McCarroll (douglas@brightworks.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

15 Apr 1997

The Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll
EnenKio Atoll (aka Wake Island) Government, EnenKio
Site contents: Introduction to EnenKio Atoll; Historical background; EnenKio Atoll under illegal occupation by the United States; Development Plan; Constitution / Banking Act; Maritime Act / International Spaceport; Present Status; Citizenship details;
URL http://www.enenkio.wakeisland.org
Information supplied by: Robert Moore (enenkio@enenkio.wakeisland.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

13 Apr 1997

Chinese Literature
CIBTC, China
"Chinese Literature, founded in 1951, is a quarterly magazine published in English and French, presenting contemporary and classical writing, poetry, literary criticism and arts."
[Single issue (Spring 1997), so far, is available online - ed.]
URL http://www.china.or.cn/ChineseLiterature/
Information supplied by: Melheim (rolfme@forsok.vgs.no)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

11 Apr 1997

Internet Guide for China Studies (IGCS)
Vienna Univ., Dpt. of Chinese Studies, Austria
"This award winning site, now including a tool for searching its pages, is part of the Asian Studies WWW VL (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and offers an annotated list of Internet sites dealing with Greater China (i.e. PR China, Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore). Topics include News Media, Politics, Business & Economy, Society & Culture, Academic Institutions, Libraries, E-Journals, Booksellers & Publishers, and more."
URL http://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/netguide.htm
Information supplied by: Hanno Lecher (Hanno.Lecher@univie.ac.at)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

11 Apr 1997

Indian Publications in English language - a database
D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd, India
"Indian Publications in English language which appeared since 1991. This site provides bibliographic information of Indian books and is searchable on author, title, year, ISBN & subject. We shall attach an online ordering facility in the due course. Subjects covered:
Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences, Anthropology, Archaeology & Ancient Studies, Architecture, Art & Fine Arts, Astrology, Astronomy, Atlases, Ayurveda, Bibliographies, Biographical Dictionaries, Biology, Book Publishing & Printing, Botanical Sciences, Buddhist Studies, Business Studies, Chemistry & Chemical Technology, Christian Studies, Civil Engineering, Classics, Communications & Transport, Community Health, Computer Science & Technology, Demography, Design & Decoration, Dictionaries, Directories, Economics, Education, Electrical, Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering, Encyclopaedias, Energy & Nuclear Engineering, Engineering & Technology, English, Environmental Studies, Films (movies), Fish & Fisheries, Food & Nutrition, Forestry & Wild Life, Gazetteers, Geography, Geology, Himalayan & North-east Indian Studies, History & History of Civilization, Home Science, Homeopathy, Horticulture, Indexes, Indian Classical Works, Information Sciences, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Journalism & Mass Media, Languages, Law, Library & Information Sciences, Linguistics, Literature, Management & Administrative Studies, Marine Studies, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Sciences, Metallurgy & Materials, Meteorology, Military Studies, Mining & Minerals, Movies, Museum Studies, Music, Occult Sciences, Palmistry, Performing Arts, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physics, Politics & Government, Population Studies, Psychology, Public Health, Religion, Rural & Urban Studies, Sanskrit Studies, Sociology, Soil Science, Sports & Games, Statistical Publications, Textiles & Synthetic Fibres, Theater, Tibetan Studies, Travel Guides, Urban Planning, Veterinary Science, Water Studies, Yearbooks, Yoga, Zoological Sciences."
URL http://www.dkagencies.com/booksearch
Information supplied by: Surya P. Mittal (surya@pobox.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

10 Apr 1997

Indonesian Acquisitions List - National Library of Australia
NLA, Australia
"ISSN 0310-6659. Issue no. 1, March 1997, Regional Office, Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia. This issue lists Indonesian publications acquired between December 1996 and February 1997 by the Library's Regional Office, Asia based in Jakarta. Contents: New Serial Titles, New Monographs, Bibliography, General Reference, Agriculture, Anthropology, Arts & Culture, Communications & Media, Demography, Development, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography & the Environment, Health, History, Labour Economics, Language, Law, Literature, Politics & Government, Religion, Science & Technology, Sociology, Tourism & Travel, Trade, Appendix A - Serials & Newspapers Acquired for Participants, Appendix B - Priority Despatch Titles."
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/1/asian/pub/ial/0197.html
Information supplied by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

10 Apr 1997

The ANU Centre for Korean Studies
Australian National Univ., Australia
"The Centre has been established since 1994 in order to draw together the many academic units within the University which include teaching and research on Korea and to ensure the cohesion of the Korean program and to give the the Korean program a clear mandate and voice inside and outside the ANU."
[Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://online.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/chinakoreacen/shin/
Information supplied by: Gi-Hyun Shin (Gi-Hyun.Shin@anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

09 Apr 1997

Chinese Science Journal
U. Calif., Los Angeles, USA
"Chinese Science is published by the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine. The site contents: 1. About Chinese Science; 2. Editorial Committee; 3. Contents of Current Issue; 4. On-line Issues; 5. Contents of Back Issues; 6. How To Subscribe; 7. Information for Contributors; 8. Feedback."
[The site is not accessible with Lynx or Mac Netscape v.1 browser. It works O.K. with Mac Netscape v. 2. - ed.]
URL http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/chisci/chisci1.htm
Information supplied by: Benjamin A. Elman (elman@history.ucla.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

09 Apr 1997

The International Directory of South Asia Scholars
Columbia Univ., USA
"The directory contains records of individuals who have identified themselves as being involved in any aspect of South Asian studies. Each record, submitted by the person listed, contains the name, title, affiliation, contact information (generally mail address, phones, FAX, and full email address), and a short statement of the person's activities, teaching and/or research interests, specializations, etc. in the area of South Asian Studies. The Directory is indexed using the WAIS software. If you would like to have your entry added to this database (or to update your existing entry), please contact magier@columbia.edu".
[On 9 Apr 97, the site contained 572 records - ed.]
URL gopher://gopher.cc.columbia.edu:71/11/clioplus/scholarly/SouthAsia/Groups/scholars
Information supplied by: David Magier (magier@columbia.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

09 Apr 1997

China Studies Homepage
www.geocities.com, USA
"On line China related news, journals and databanks in both English and Chinese".
[Another general purpose guide to online materials on China - ed.]
URL http://www.geocities.com/Baja/1021/
Information supplied by: Xiaotao Wang (wxt@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

08 Apr 1997

Internet Yoga
Akasha Inc., USA
"GIFs of modern teachers, works and transcripts from oral tradition. Gurudev Nityananda, Swami Rudrananda, Sai Baba."
URL http://www.internetyoga.com
Information supplied by: Bob Crowder (bob@akasha.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

07 Apr 1997

Pakistan WWW Virtual Library
Univ. of Florida, USA
This Virtual Library is a part of the Asian Studies WWW VL (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html). Site contents: General Resources; News and Current Events; Education and Languages; History and Cultures; Media and Popular Arts; Business and Technologies; Economics and Politics; Government and Laws; Travel and Environments; Unresolved Issues (Kashmir, Human Rights, Women's issues); E-Mail Lists; Internet Search Engine.
URL http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/pak/
Information supplied by: Dr Gene R. Thursby (gthursby@religion.ufl.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

06 Apr 1997

PakBase
PakBase, USA
"Collection of analyses, articles and discussions of important issues relevant to Pakistan. Weekly updates."
URL http://www.erols.com/ziqbal/pakistan.htm
Information supplied by: Zamir Iqbal (ziqbal@erols.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

06 Apr 1997

Online English-Urdu Dictionary
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
"The first English-Urdu Dictionary available on the WWW. At present it has circa 5000 English words, but will eventually become more comprehensive in the future."
[An amateur's labour of love, uses an inadequate transliteration system - ed.]
URL http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~d94-fsi/index.html
Information supplied by: Faik M. Siddiqi (d94-fsi@nada.kth.se)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

04 Apr 1997

The Indonesian Mangrove Foundation
Indonesian Mangrove Foundation, Indonesia
"Promoting better understanding in all activities and efforts related to protection, preservation and exploitation of the Indonesian mangrove ecosystem". Site contents: Indonesia, Indonesian Mangrove Forest, The Indonesian Mangrove Foundation, What is mangrove anyway?, What is mangrove for?, College of Forestry, Sustainability, Institutions, Agenda, Books, Journals, Publications, NGO's, Facts and Figures, Photos, Indonesian Companies, Links to other sites.
URL http://mangrove-f.org
Information supplied by: (lisman@mangrove-f.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

03 Apr 1997

Pacific Collections - National Library of Australia
NLA, Australia
"The National Library of Australia's Readers Guide no. 36 : Pacific Collections is now available online. The guide includes sections on what the library holds; the reference collection; maps; microfilms; newspapers; and Internet sites."
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/1/gencoll/guides/36.html
Information supplied by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Apr 1997

Japan Economy On Line
www2.gol.com, Japan?
"A page by Marco Kamiya, a Peruvian economist living in Tokyo. It introduces japanese institutions, economy, and japanese management resources."
URL http://www2.gol.com/users/mkamiya/mihome/
Information supplied by: Marco Kamiya (mkamiya@gol.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

03 Apr 1997

IndiaLinks
Amritpal Singh Notta, UK
"A 'Yahoo'-style searchable database of Indian sites which can also be accessed by broad subject heading."
URL http://members.aol.com/indialinks/search/index.htm
Information supplied by: Mark Nearhos (mnearhos@mail.usyd.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

02 Apr 1997

Cultural Bridge Productions
www.CulturalBridge.com, USA
"A point of departure to explore some of the world's cultures through provocative, opinionated travelogues and interviews."
URL http://www.CulturalBridge.com
Information supplied by: John O'Donnell (John@CulturalBridge.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

02 Apr 1997

15th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies
Charles Univ., Czech Republic
Details of the 15th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 8-12 September 1998.
URL http://www.ruk.cuni.cz/~dvorakj/southasia.html
Information supplied by: Jan Dvorak (southasia@cuni.cz)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Apr 1997

Australian Studies Network
Australian Studies Network, USA
"Non-profit organization devoted to all aspects of Australian Studies. Emphasis on off-shore academic associations and centers. Extensive links and original material."
URL http://austudies.org
Information supplied by: Frank Poyas (info@austudies.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

02 Apr 1997

South Asian Literary Association (SALA)
SALA, USA
"A non-profitable academic studies division, which sponsors sessions at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America. We publish the review South Asian Review. For more information, check out our website, or e-mail me at zthundy@nmu.edu."
URL http://www.nmu.edu/staff/zthundy/salaindex.html
Information supplied by: Zacharias P. Thundy (zthundy@nmu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

01 Apr 1997

American Covert Operations in Tibet
Univ. of Michigan, USA
An undergraduate political science paper on CIA support (1955-1973) for Tibetan resistance.
URL http://www.umich.edu/~mjanson/tibet.html
Information supplied by: Michael Janson (mjanson@umich.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Apr 1997

SAIR [South Asian Internet Resources]
South Asian Milan, Canada
"SAIR is the largest and most complete collection of South Asian Resorces, countries included are: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and others to come."
[A 'Yahoo'-style catalog of online resources covering Arts, Business, Classifieds, Education, Entertainment, Food, General, Government, Groups, Languages, History, News, People, Regional, Religion, Science, Travel, WWW - ed.]
URL http://www.samilan.com
Information supplied by: Salma Jiwani (webmaster@samilan.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

01 Apr 1997

PATAnet
Pacific Asia Travel Association, United States
"PATA is a not-for-profit travel industry association which promotes the Pacific Asia area's travel and tourism destinations, products and services. PATA also serves as a central resource for information and research, travel industry education and training and quality product development with sensitivity for culture, heritage and environment."
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.pata.org
Information supplied by: Morris Dye (morris@idiom.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Apr 1997

Department of Political Science, Lund Univ.
Lund Univ., Sweden
"Individual research efforts on Post-Soviet Central Asia and Russian influence in region. Budding project also on conflict and co-operation among the littoral states of the Caspian Sea, as well as on the attraction Southeast Asian models of soft authoritarianism may hold for Russia and the post-Soviet states of Central Asia."
URL http://www/svet.lu.se
Information supplied by: Bo Petersson (bo.petersson@svet.lu.se)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Apr 1997

Center for Democratization and Economic Development (CDED)
Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
"This interdisciplinary center is dedicated to bringing the Pacific Rim into the mainstream of academic and public discourse concerning the relationship between political and economic change. Its Director is Germaine A. Hoston, a specialist in the political and economic development of China and Japan; and its Associate Director is Richard Madsen, a socio- logist who specializes on China."
URL http://weber.ucsd.edu/~ghoston/cdedhome.html
Information supplied by: Germaine A. Hoston, Ph.D. (ghoston@ucsd.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Apr 1997

Rabten Choeling, Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies
Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies, Switzerland
"Rabten Choeling was founded by the Venerable Geshe Rabten in 1977 with the intention to establish an institute for Tibetan studies as well as an authentic Tibetan-Buddhist monastery for Tibetan and Western monks, nuns and lay people. It offers a seven-year-term of studies in philosophy, logic, debate, psychology, meditation and classical as well as modern Tibetan. Weekend courses, public lectures and meditation weeks are held throughout the year by the resident teachers."
URL http://www.Rabten.ch
Information supplied by: Oliver Osswald (osswald@deos.ch)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Apr 1997

Courrier International
Courrier International, France
"Courrier International is a French weekly magazine which publishes since 1990 each week translations of articles taken from international newspapers from New York Times to Asahi Shimbun through Dong-A Ilbo."
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.courrierint.com
Information supplied by: Claude Leblanc (courrier@iway.fr)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Apr 1997

Philippine Bahay Kubo in America
Jersey City, USA
"History and Story of Filipinos Coming to America. From the ancient Malay Seafarers to the current oversea workers."
URL http://pages.prodigy.com/NJ/pilipino/
Information supplied by: Nestor Palugod Enriquez (dntg66a@prodigy.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Apr 1997

The Lao She Modern Chinese Literature Collection
The Tao Foundation, USA
"Towery Front Gate opens up world of modern Chinese literature in translation through works of Lao She (1899-1966) China's greatest 20th century writer. Plus Mission Forum for friends of the churches of Asia."
URL http://www.eramp.net/~britt/
Information supplied by: Britt Towery (britt@eramp.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Apr 1997

Tieng Hat Khanh Ha
www.geocities.com, USA
"A page dedicated to what many people believe as the best Vietnamese singer: Khanh Ha."
URL http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6159/khanh_ha.html
Information supplied by: G.T.Nguyen (gnguyen@hotmail.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Apr 1997

On Reading Burch: Japanese Film as Ironic Commentary on Hollywood
Univ. of Florida, USA
"This site is designed to illustrate for the undergraduate student of Japanese film a small number of rigorously used terms and techniques over which Noel Burch plays out his argument in the seminal work "To the Distant Observer." The presentation is offered in both text-only and text-with-graphics versions. It is scheduled to be cross-listed in the "Kinema Club" site on Japanese film."
URL http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/jmurphy/Burchmaster.html
Information supplied by: Joseph A. Murphy (jmurphy@aall.ufl.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Apr 1997

World Area Studies Internet Resources (WCSU List)
Western Connecticut State Univ., USA
"Resource list for world cultural regions is maintained by the Department of Social Sciences at Western Connecticut State University."
URL http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/socialsci/area.html
Information supplied by: J. Bannister (bannister@wcsu.ctstateu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

01 Apr 1997

Books on Sikhism, Punjab, and Punjabi
Nahal Global Trading Co., USA
"Nahal Global Trading Company is the largest mail-order book company in USA that specializes in books on Sikhism, Punjab, and Punjabi. We also have many titles on Pakistan and India.
Nahal Global Trading Co. P.O. Box 21949 San Jose, California, USA 95151-1949 E-mail: nahal@ix.netcom.com Ph (408) 972-2476"
URL http://roscoe.bu.edu/~rajwi/sikhism/nahal/nahal.html
Information supplied by: Tarlochan Singh (nahal@ix.netcom.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

01 Apr 1997

Teaching English in Vietnam
Geocities, USA
"Information on ESL issues in Vietnam for aspiring teachers"
URL http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3329/teachinvn.htm
Information supplied by: Martin Landauer (landauer@hotmail.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

01 Apr 1997

Speleology In Indonesia
eSPeeL Klub Speleology, INDONESIA
"About speleology and caving activities in Indonesia. Club and members, link to other speleology web sites."
URL http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1952
Information supplied by: Salahuddien (salahuddien@geocities.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

01 Apr 1997

Pohaci - Rice Goddess
Personal, Indonesia
"A site of Herry Dim's works on Art"
[Herry Dim, painter and stage designer was born in Bandung, in 1955 - ed.]
URL http://www.melsa.net.id/~hdim
Information supplied by: Herry Dim (hdim@melsa.net.id)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

Copyright © 1997 by Coombs Computing Unit, ANU. This Web page may be linked to any other Web pages. Contents may not be altered. The Coombs Computing Unit does not control or endorse the content of third party Web Sites.

URL: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/WhatsNewWWW/asian-www-news.html

[Asian Studies WWW VL] [Coombsweb] [Soc. Sciences WWW VL