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.

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WWW Asian Studies Announcements: late May 1997

30 May 1997

Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
Univ.of Oregon, USA
Site contents: About CEAL; CEAL Membership Directory; Reports & Publications; CEAL Committees (Executive Committee, Chinese Materials, Japanese Materials, Korean Materials, Library Technology, Public Services, Publications, Technical Processing); Information Guides (China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, East Asia WWW Virtual Library); How To Read Internet Information in Chinese, Japanese, Korean; Library resources outside Asia (East Asian Collections/Libraries, CEAL Member Libraries, European Libraries, Australian Libraries, Library Organizations Commercial Information Providers, Publisher Catalogs); Academic Associations; East Asian Programs & Institutes Asian Studies; People & Positions (CEAL Webmasters, Employment Opportunites)
URL http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~felsing/ceal/welcome.html
Information supplied by: Robert Felsing (felsing@oregon.uoregon.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

30 May 1997

PT INTI (Persero)
PT INTI (Persero), Indonesia
"A Manufacture Industry of Telecomunication System"
[Site utilises frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.inti.co.id
Information supplied by: Mr. Ohan Juhana (ohan@inti.co.id)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

30 May 1997

Classical Chinese Furniture
Curtis Evarts, Taiwan
"Information Cybercenter for the Collector and the Scholar: Classical Chinese Furniture embraces the range of artistry and craftsmanship found in the finest traditional Chinese furniture. Curtis Evarts, a leading authority in the field, offers resourceful information and consultation services for Chinese furniture enthusiasts, scholars and collectors within this site." Site contents: Chinese Furniture (Decoration & Style, Materials, Dating, Joinery & Construction, Categories, History) Piece of the Month; Resources (Conservation, Museum Collections, Dealers, Bibliography, Consulting, Links)
[Extensive bibliographic resources. Site under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.chinese-furniture.com
Information supplied by: Curtis Evarts (kedisi@succeed.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

29 May 1997

Palestine WWW Virtual Library
Birzeit Univ., West Bank, Palestine
Complete Annotated Guide to Palestine's Websites. Site contents: Home, Academic & Research, Business & Commerce, Education, Government & Services, Human Rights, Internet Services, Media, Organizations & Associations, Personal Homepages, Tourism & Culture, Websites About Palestine, Internet Search Engines, The Palestine Archive. This Virtual Library is a part of the Asian Studies WWW VL (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html)
URL http://www.birzeit.edu/links/
Information supplied by: Nigel Parry (nparry@admin.birzeit.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

29 May 1997

Friends and Partners China
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
"Friends and Partners, China is designed to explore use of the Internet as a means of promoting understanding and exchange with the culture and people of China. More importantly, we want to introduce opportunities for cooperation and friendship between individuals and organizations in our countries.[..] We will soon be providing a 'mirror' of all services in Beijing, China on a computer at the Institute of High Energy Physics." Site contents: Welcome, Culture, Commerce, Community, Education, Environment, Exchange, Funding, General, Life, News, Services, Science, Travel.
URL http://www.friends-partners.org/fpchina/
Information supplied by: Greg Cole (gcole@utk.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

29 May 1997

Karakorum Highway Rock Carvings, Nth Pakistan
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Germany
Site contents: "Rock Carvings and Inscriptions along the Karakorum Highway" - a brief introduction; Publications related to the Project; Selected Bibliography; Indus Valley Rock Art Gallery; The Research Page; RockArtNet Iconographic Database; Rock Art Links; Staff and Address; Heidelberg Academy homepage.
URL http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/adw/kara/welcome.html
Information supplied by: Martin Bemmann (martin.bemmann@urz.uni-heidelberg.de)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

29 May 1997

British Association Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS)
Univ. of Bradford, UK
"The largest UK organization for those interested in studying the art, culture, economies, history, religions, sociology and/or politics of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Links to the online copies of 'BASAS Bulletin' and a report on the 1997 BASAS Annual Conference."
URL http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/ses/basas1.html
Information supplied by: Apurba Kundu (a.kundu@bradford.ac.uk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

29 May 1997

Asia-Pacific Bridge
Univ. of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
"Information for international students considering or attending UVic. Listings of Asia-Pacific related faculty, exchanges, courses, resources for students/instructors/researchers in Asia-Pacific related studies."
URL http://AsiaPacific.uvic.ca
Information supplied by: Jonathan Lathigee (jlathige@uvic.ca)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

28 May 1997

Graduate Programs in Asian Philosophy & Religion
Toyo Gakuen Univ, Japan
"A list of campuses around the world which offer Graduate Studies Programs in Asian Philosophy and Religion. Information includes departmental addresses, program names, primary faculty and Web addresses. Over 30 institutions currently listed."
URL http://www2.gol.com/users/acmuller/GradStudies.htm
Information supplied by: Charles Muller (acmuller@gol.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

28 May 1997

Tibetan Cultural & Community Service Center of Southern California (TCCSC)
TCCSC, USA
Site contents: About the Center; About Tibet; About Human Rights; Online videos [Windows.avi and Apple.mov formats]: (1) "Who is H.H. Dalai Lama"; (2) "Heinrich Harrer & H.H. Dalai Lama"; (3) "Human Rights Violations in Tibet"; (4) "H.H. Dalai Lama on Happiness & Compassion"; Photos: (1)1992 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum (2) March 10 Day for Tibet in Dharamsala, India.
URL http://members.aol.com/tccsc/index.html
Information supplied by: Robert Dhondrup (hermit001@aol.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 May 1997

The Nepal Digest Archive
Washington Univ. St. Louis, USA
An online archive of over 280 of weekly (usually) issues (since Oct 1993). Published by The Nepal Digest (TND) Foundation (http://www.nepal.org). "TND Foundation is a global non-profit information and resource center committed to promoting issues concerning Nepal, Nepalis and Friends of Nepal."
URL http://library.wustl.edu/~listmgr/tnd/
Information supplied by: Bob Pyke Jr (repyke@akron.infi.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

27 May 1997

China Trade Center
2F Xindeco Building, Huli, Xiamen, China
"China Trade Center, produced by China Business Vista, features online trading services, China trade news, import-export databases, trade company introductions, and full-text laws and regulations."
URL http://www.chinavista.com/business/trade.html
Information supplied by: Steven Lee (sunlee@chinavista.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

26 May 1997

Hindu Anglo-Vedic Yearly Calendar
Internetindia, India
"A complete Hindu Anglo-Vedic yearly calendar, with an introduction to the Panchaang, and a listing of important fasts and festivals with descriptions."
URL http://www.internetindia.com/calendar
Information supplied by: Divya Bhatia (divyab@internetindia.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

26 May 1997

Photos of Tibet (1994)
www.dilithium.org, USA
"This URL contains about 100 recent photographs of Tibet taken in September 1994, along with some narration. It may be of interest to persons with casual intersst or curiosity. In addition there are some nice photos of 15th c wall paintings in the Gynatse Kumbum as well as in Shalu monastery." Site contents: Introduction, Lhasa, People, Places, Monasteries, The Karmapa, Fauna, Our Party, Tibet Photo Sites.
[Site utilizes frames technology - ed.]
URL http://www.dilithium.org/tibet/mainphotos.html
Information supplied by: Allan S. Pollock, M.D. (ap@dilithium.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

24 May 1997

CJK texts of the Yijing, Daodejing and Mengzi in S-JIS
Toyo Gakuen Univ., Japan
"Three newly scanned and OCR'ed classical texts available in Shift-JIS electronic format. Not proofed, so only about 90% accuracy; nonetheless, still quite useful for text searches." The documents are a part of the steadily growing East Asian Philosophy and Religion (http://www2.gol.com/users/acmuller/index.html) research site.
URL http://www2.gol.com/users/acmuller/mullertext.htm
Information supplied by: Charles Muller (acmuller@gol.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 May 1997

Indian Music - Dr. Sirkali Govindarajan Page
w3.icdc.com, India (?)
"We invite you to the long awaited website we have created for,'Padmashri', 'Kalaimamani' Dr. Sirkali Govindarajan (1933-1988), a great musician who was famous for his classical, devotional and film music. We would appreciate if you could kindly link our website to your collection of [South Asian - ed.] entertainment/music related web sites."
URL http://w3.icdc.com/~sirkali
Information supplied by: Dr. Mali Pratap (gnanipratap@icdc.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

23 May 1997

Japanese Search Engines - A Listing
LawResearch, USA
Contents: Japan Search Engine; All-in-One Search-Engines Japanl; Welcome to CyberSpace Japan (CSJ); Honda Easy Search; Hole-in-one; InfoNavigator; Japanese Search Engine - English-; Netplaza; Nippon Search Engine/dive; NTT Directory (English); Open Documentary Information Navigator; Kyoto Univ. Mondou search; Titan; Osaka Regional Information; InfoPlaza; Sony WAVESearch; Webdew; Impress WWW; Computing Japan; Shaun Lawson Public Relations; Senrigan search; WWW Server Directories in Japan; Gopher Servers in Japan; Veronica & Archie searches; WWW related Mailing-Lists in Japan(ese); Internet Service Providers in Japan.
[Unannotated, uncatalogued collection of links - ed.]
URL http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/Cejapan.htm
Information supplied by: (cosmo@lawresearch.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

23 May 1997

India and Bangladesh, Librarians' Field Trip, Feb 1997
National Library of Australia, Australia
"As part of the South Asia: Renovating the National Collection Project (http://www.une.edu.au/~arts/SouthAsiaNet/saru.htm), a group of 9 Australian librarians visited a range of institutions in India and Bangladesh during February 1997."
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/southasia/index.html
Information supplied by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

23 May 1997

Japanese Information in Science, Technology & Commerce - Conference
Library of Congress & Department of Commerce, USA
Fifth International Conference on Japanese Information in Science, Technology and Commerce, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Jul 30 - Aug 1, 1997. "Presentations will feature leading Japanese, European, and American information specialists, policymakers, scholars, technology managers, translators, industry analysts, and business executives with expertise on Japan's science, technology, industry, and information policies. Information sources, information technologies, techniques for information access, government policies, and comparative information cultures are to be discussed."
URL http://www.ta.doc.gov/asiapac/joho.htm
Information supplied by: Ichiko Morita (imor@loc.gov)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

22 May 1997

Asian Studies Research Library (ASRL), Monash University
Monash Univ., Melbourne, Australia
"A specialist collection holding materials in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Malay, Thai and Vietnamese. Contents of the ASRL Homepage: Location, opening hours, staff information, collections, guides, selected key Internet resources. Updated monthly."
URL http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/hss/asrl/asrlhome.htm
Information supplied by: Helen Soemardjo (helen.soemardjo@lib.monash.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

22 May 1997

China Books & Periodicals, Inc.
China Books & Periodicals, San Francisco, USA
An importer and distributor of books and magazines from China for 36 years. The site offers on-line catalog of books, periodicals, videotapes, software and other items, as well as "an ever-changing variety of useful tools for travelers, scholars and others interested in China and Chinese culture."
URL http://www.chinabooks.com/
Information supplied by: Raymond Lum (rlum@husc.harvard.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

22 May 1997

San Min Book Company
San Min Book Company, Taipei, Taiwan
San Min (est. in 1953), is "one of the largest publishing companies in Taiwan. San Min has published more than 4000 titles of books and has earned its reputation and many rewards in the fields of laws, business, literature, science, technology, philosophy, religion, music, art and many others."
[Site utilises Big-5 Chinese. Navigation through the graphics, not for those with a slow modem - ed.]
URL http://sanmin.com.tw/
Information supplied by: Raymond Lum (rlum@husc.harvard.edu) & Jerry Liu (honya@tpts1.seed.net.tw)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

22 May 1997

Korea in American Textbooks & Reference Works - An Evaluation
Brigham Young Univ., USA
"Purpose of our research was to determine how Korea is treated in various world history, world geography, world culture, and American history textbooks written for the secondary schools in the United States. The research focused on both the extent and depth of coverage. We also looked for errors, and biases; we evaluated indexes; and we counted visuals (charts, graphs, maps, and photographs) that featured Korea. On the weighted point scale the best book had a score of 1742. The worst overall text had only 4 points. We also did a similar survey of the coverage given Korea in encyclopedia and other printed works as well as CD-ROM reference works."
[Site under construction. It describes a methodology applicable to evaluation of online resources - ed.]
URL http://www.byu.edu/kennedy/koreatext/
Information supplied by: Mark Peterson (mark_peterson@byu.edu) & Janet Davis (korea_research@byu.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

21 May 1997

Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
www.ciolek.com, Australia
The Internet Guide to Buddhism and Buddhist Studies. Site contents: Buddhism Online Resources: Meta-Register; Buddhism Major WWW Sites (Ambedkar, Chinese, Early B., Korean, Nichiren, Pure Land, Shingon, Tendai, Theravada, Western, Vajrayana, Vietnamese, Yogacara, Zen); Buddhist Texts Input/Translations Projects; Gopher, FTP, Mailing Lists & Chat-Rooms Resources; Databases; Electronic Newsletters & Journals; Organisations; Art; Other Religions' Networked Resources.
[please note the new URL - ed.]
URL http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

21 May 1997

Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library
www.ciolek.com, Australia
The Internet Guide to Tibetan Studies. Site contents: Tibet - General Information; Politics; News & Electronic Newsletters; Databases; Art; Theatre & Music; Human Rights Issues; Electronic Forums; Religion; Language & Literature; Travel & Tourism; Religious & Cultural Centers; Medicine; Miscellaneous Materials.
[please note the new URL - ed.]
URL http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

21 May 1997

Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)
The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), USA
"You can search the ENTRI relational database via a set of basic questions pertaining to international environmental agreements. (e.g.: When did a treaty enter into force? Which treaties are in force for a given state? Which states are party to a given treaty?)
You can also perform free text searches across the collections of treaty information residing at CIESIN: a free text index of the complete treaty texts; a searchable index of the treaty summary files."
URL http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri
Information supplied by: (announce@ciesin.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

21 May 1997

Guangdong Economic & Business Newsletter
Asian American Publishing Group, Ltd, USA
"Free English text news from China PRC. Web Site access and email newsletter available."
URL http://www.chinanews-aapg.com
Information supplied by: Virginia Ikeda (editor@chinanews-aapg.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

20 May 1997

Indonesian Business Directory
www.cyberdia.com, Indonesia
An annotated catalog: Art, Automotive, Books, Computer, Flower, Food, Hotel, Photography, Real Estate, Shoes, Telecommunication, Textile, Tours & Travel, Upholstery, Wedding Preparation.
URL http://www.cyberdia.com
Information supplied by: Sistelindo Mitralintas (internet@ibm.net)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

20 May 1997

Asia in Helsinki - Dramatic Arts Festival
Alexander Theatre, Helsinki, Finland
"A new annual festival which will be organized each May starting in 1997, and whose 'home stage' is the long-established Alexander Theatre in Helsinki. The 1997 guest performers are a Chinese Kun Opera troupe, a Japanese buto dancer and an Indonesian solo dancer. For 1998 we have planned a Chinese Yue opera (solely performed by women) and Vietnamese artists. The theme in 1999 will be India. WWW pages will be added every year but even now there is interesting material on Kun-opera (including a video clip & sound excerpt), Indonesian Topeng dance (a sound clip). The site is available in Finnish, as well as in English and few words in Indonesian, Japanese & Chinese."
[Lots of ornamental graphics, not for those with a slow modem - ed.]
URL http://kulttuuri.hel.fi/aasia/engl/
Information supplied by: Erkki Tolonen (ertuto@kulttuuri.hel.fi)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

19 May 1997

Great Mongol Home Page
Personal pages, USA
Site contents: Greetings from Oyunbilig; Genghis Khan; Great Mongol page; Inner Mongolian People's Party (IMPP); Free Inner Mongolia page; Mongol language and script page; Lifestyle of the Mongols page; Books about the Mongols; Mongol and Mongol-related Movie/Video and CD; Web sites about the Mongols; About myself
[An amateurish collection of useful links to Inner Mongolia resources - ed.]
URL http://members.aol.com/yikhmongol/index.htm
Information supplied by: Dennis Kishere (dennis.kishere@lib.monash.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

19 May 1997

National Library Catalogues Worldwide
Univ. of Queensland Library, Australia
A guide prepared and maintained by John W. East (j.east@library.uq.edu.au). "Pointers and login instructions to national library catalogs in 38 countries. As the national library catalog is the 'best guide to publications issued in the country in question,' this site is a very useful pointer for researchers."
[Asian libraries covered, so far, include: Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey - ed.]
URL http://www.uq.edu.au/~mljeast/
Information supplied by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

19 May 1997

INCORE Guides to Internet Sources on Conflict & Ethnicity in Asia
The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE), Univ. of Ulster and the United Nations Univ., UK
"The INCORE Internet Service is intended to act as a central resource on the internet for those in the area of conflict resolution and ethnic conflict. It is intended to serve not only academic researchers but also policy-makers and practitioners in mediation." Guides currently available: Sri Lanka (2nd edn.), Zaire (2nd edn.), Albania, Russia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
[The site offers a wealth of other materials (both on- and off-line) on conflict and peace studies - ed.]
URL http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk
Information supplied by: Niall O Dochartaigh (conflict@incore.ulst.ac.uk)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

18 May 1997

History of Science & Technology in China
Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark
"List of publications (books, articles, reviews and short notices) by Donald B. Wagner, with links to web versions of several of the publications. Most of the publications concern aspects of Chinese archaeology or the history of science and technology (esp. metallurgy) in China."
[An impressive example of an extensive scholarly web site - ed.]
URL http://coco.ihi.ku.dk/~dbwagner/
Information supplied by: Donald B. Wagner (dwag@compuserve.com)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

17 May 1997

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National Univ.
A collaborative [currently 28 editors] expert guide (est. Mar 1994) to networked scholarly documents and resources of relevance to research and teaching on Asia's peoples, economies, history, politics, languages, ideologies and cultures. All links are inspected, evaluated and extensively annotated prior to listing with this online research tool.
Site contents: Asian Continent, Caucasus, Central Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Pacific Ocean, South Asia, South East Asia, What's New in WWW Asian Studies Newsletter, Meta-Resources, Daily Top News from Asia, Bibliographies, Online Bookshops, E-Lists, E-Journals, Databases, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Chechnya, China, Eastern Turkistan, East Timor, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nth Korea, Oman, Pacific Islands, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Far East & Siberia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sth Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
Information supplied by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

16 May 1997

Gateway Japan
Research Institute of Marketing Strategy, Japan
"Gateway Japan offer a super-easy way to find important Japanese business and cultural information quickly. Gateway Japan is an English-language home page dedicated to accessing the heart of contemporary Japan."
[An elegant site aimed at a general, non-specialist audience - ed.]

[A note from: Lawrence Garfield (lgarfiel@gwjapan.com), Systems Administrator Gateway Japan, 20 May 97. "With reference to the post of May 16: This is to clarify that gateway-japan.org is not related to the well-known Gateway Japan of the Washington, DC area, which was established in 1992 under a multi-year grant from the Center for Global Partnership. The original Gateway Japan has been on the WWW since Dec 1995 and is still accessible at http://www.gwjapan.com/" ]

URL http://www.gateway-japan.org
Information supplied by: Tadao Mochizuki (webmaster@gateway-japan.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 May 1997

Nepal: The Rough Guide
Rough Guides, UK
"Extensive pre-departure information, background information and features from the guidebook of the same name, plus an up-to-the-minute update section maintained by the author."
URL http://roughguides.com/RG_WWW/books/tbk_nep.html
Information supplied by: David Reed (dreed@rmi.org)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

16 May 1997

Vietnam Health Care
Vietnamese in Public Health (JHU-SPHH), USA
"Vietnamese public health students and professionals at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health & Hygiene. Our group was created of the need for having a central clearing house for the flow and exchange of information for the Vietnamese community in the United States and abroad in the area of health care systems, access, and delivery." Links to resources on the state of health care in Vietnam today: Country Information - Vietnam; Vietnamese Cultural Profile; World Bank Projects in Vietnam; World Bank Loans & Health Sector in Vietnam; USAID Assistance for Vietnam; Description of the Vietnam Medical Mission; Tobacco Companies in Vietnam; Journal of Health Care; Utopia: Southeast Asia AIDS/HIV Information; APIA Health Links.
URL http://www.uc.edu/~lepn/JHU-VIPH.htm
Information supplied by: Phuong N. Le, MD (lepn@uc.edu)
* Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

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