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What's New in WWW Asian Studies Newsletter

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-news.html

This Newsletter is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

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 Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of 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: early October 1997

For earlier materials see the Past Issues - Archive.

15 Oct 1997
3star
Asian Cyberspace: An Initial Measurement
www.ciolek.com, Australia
Supplied note: "The purpose of this study is to provide a first attempt at a census of the Asian Studies and Asia-related networked information." Site contents: Terminology; Sources of Data and Methodological Issues; The Number of Asia-related Online Materials; The Quality, Content, Geographical Focus and Location of Asian Studies Cyberspace; Conclusions; References, 15 tables with descriptive statistics.
[The study is a first report of the newly established Asia Web Watch: a Register of Statistical Data (http://www.ciolek.com/Asia-Web-Watch/main-page.html) - ed.]
URL http://www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/AsianCyberspace-97.html
Link submitted by: T.Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

15 Oct 1997
3star
Dogen's 'Shobogenzo' - Chapter 66
members.tripod.com., Germany
Supplied note: "An ongoing translation of Dogen Zenji's 'Shobogenzo' in German (the parts not yet officially translated)."
[Translation of 'Gyoji - Continuous Practice', a chapter of the 'Shobogenzo' (E. Treasury of the True Dharma Eye), the principal work by the Japanese Zen master Eihei Dogen's (1200-1253) - ed.]
URL http://members.tripod.com/~hotei/index.html
Link submitted by: Guido Keller (fallangdingdong@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

15 Oct 1997
3star
The Britannica Internet Guide
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, USA
Supplied note: "A new Web navigation service designed to steer users past the questionable information on the Internet and straight to the most valuable sources. Consisting of sites chosen, reviewed, and rated by Britannica editors, the guide is the first major Web navigation service to combine an advanced search-and-retrieval system with site selections by highly skilled subject editors. Britannica's editors choose Web sites for the quality and usefulness of their information." Site contents: Art and Literature; Business, Economy and Employment; Computers and the Internet; Education; Health and Medicine; History; Law, Government and Politics; News and Current Events; Philosophy and Religion; Science, Technology and Mathematics; Social Science; Society and Social Issues; Sports and Diversions; World Geography and Culture.
[The preview version of the guide (released 14 Oct 97) covers some 65,000 web sites. It has a small section on Asian Studies, a part of the Area Studies, of the Social Science subdirectory. Its usefulness to research on Asia should steadily improve in the forthcoming months - ed.]
URL http://www.ebig.com
Link submitted by: Chris Gioia (chris@connors.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

14 Oct 1997
5star
Kashmir WWW Virtual Library
University of Florida, USA
Self-description: "This document is part of the the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html). Its function is to provide a current record of electronically distributed sources of information about Kashmir." Site contents: Kashmir as de facto Disputed Territory (Informal Reflections & Interviews on Kashmir, Conflict-Monitoring & Conflict-Resolution Viewpoints, Azad Kashmir & Pakistan-Oriented Viewpoints, Independent Kashmir & India-Oriented Viewpoints), Regional Geography & Travel Information, Philanthropic & Social Organizations, Kashmiri Language, Kashmiri Arts & Crafts, E-Mail Lists & Newsgroups.
[A treasure-trove of extensively researched, filtered and annotated information. The Kashmir WW VL is the newest subsection of South Asia WWW Virtual Library (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai/) - ed.]
URL http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/kashmir/index.htm
Link submitted by: Gene R. Thursby (gthursby@religion.ufl.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

13 Oct 1997
4star
Indonesian Forest Fires in 1997
Ed Colijn, Indonesian Nature Conservation Database, The Netherlands
Supplied note: "An informative and timely site providing information and links to information on the forest fires burning in Indonesia. Better look it up fast, because the onset of the monsoon is quickly making this site redundant."
[The Forest Fires pages are a sub-section of the Indonesian Nature Conservation Database (http://www.noord.bart.nl/~edcolijn/) covering The Fires, News, Sites, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Freshwater Fishes, Web Links, References - ed.]
URL http://www.noord.bart.nl/~edcolijn/fires.html
Link submitted by: Colin Rundle (colinr@defcen.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

13 Oct 1997
3star
Asian Studies Online Bookshops - a Register
www.ciolek.com, Australia
Self-description: "Web links to leading bookshops/publishers with online information about the Asian Studies publications. The register is a subsection of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html)." Site contents: Adyar Bookshop, Al Isra and Mi'Raj Bookshop, Asian Rare Books, Bibliophile Australia, bookSiam, Buddhist Bookshop, Bunsei Shoin Booksellers Co. Ltd., China Books & Periodicals Inc., D.K. Agencies, Dina El Chiati Zouein, DongQuan ShuWu, East View Publications Inc., Eastern Books of London, Eastwind Books & Arts Inc., Fitzwilliam Ltd. Bookshop, Great Wall Books & Arts, Han-Shan Tang Books, Indian Books Centre, K.K.Agencies, Löwendahl Rare Books, Multicultural Media, NIAS Bookshop, Norman Ross Publishing Inc., Oriens Orientalist Bookshop, Pan Asian Publications, Paragon Book Gallery Inc., Rare Oriental Book Co., RSPAS Bookshop On-line, San Min Book Company, Smitskamp Oriental Antiquarium, Snow Lion Web, South Asia Books, Stone Bridge Press, The Old Bookroom, The Singapore Bookshop, Tokyo Antiquarian Booksellers, Trevor Leggett Books, Vedams Books International, Victor Kamkin Inc., Weatherhill Inc., William H. Allen Bookseller, Wisdom Books, World Bookstore, Zita Books.
URL http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/AsiaPages/VLBookshops.html
Link submitted by: Irena M. Goltz (igoltz@dpie.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

13 Oct 1997
3star
"What's New" Mail Service, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Self-description: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Website provides a delivery service of the daily additions to its 'What's New' listing. Now, you can automatically have 'What's New' delivered direct to your desktop. This service is completely free and simple to receive. Please visit the MOFA Website's 'What's New' Mail Service page to register your e-mail address. Please note, for a light data transmission, we will send you only the list of titles and the URLs of the latest articles on the MOFA Website."
URL http://www.mofa.go.jp/mail/index.html
Link submitted by: Akiko Yanagita (yanagita@toc.nttls.co.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

12 Oct 1997
2star
Wenze Hu's China-related Home Page
Ohio State Univ., USA
Self-description: "This page is established as part of joint efforts with East Asian Libraries Co-operative to provide China-related information to people in the field of East Asian Studies. To access most of these materials, you need GB, HZ, or BG5 environment." Site contents: Arts, Business, China Studies, CSSS, General, Individuals, Institutions, Internet, Libraries, Literature, Magazines, Military, News, Net Resources, Software, Features.
[Yet another general purpose catalog of un-annotated links related to China. It treats both PRC and Taiwan as a single entity, but appears to be oblivious to the existence of Hong Kong and Tibet. Created in 1996, last updated in March 1997 - ed.]
URL http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/China/homepage1.html
Link submitted by: Wenze Hu (whu@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

11 Oct 1997
2star
Interpoetics - Poetry of Asia and the Pacific Rim
Interpoetics Journal, US
Self-description: "A triquarterly journal of poetry, translations, research and reviews. The first issue features Iranian American Ali Zarrin's book-length poem Desert and poems by David Jenkins and Lee Christopher. There are excellent translations from Chinese and Japanese: Gregory Lee's translations of the contemporary Chinese poet Duoduo, William Gardner's translations and introduction to the early 20th c. Japanese avant-garde poet Takenaka Iku, and Dean Brink's translations of late 19th century homoerotic narrative poems by Yamada Bimyo. There are also reviews of Ali Zarrin celebratory poem and Myung Mi Kim's highly experimental work. Upcoming issues will have more research articles on poetry and art in China and Japan."
URL http://www.w-link.net/~dean/interpoetics/index.html
Link submitted by: Dean Brink (dean@w-link.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

10 Oct 1997
5star
Ecola Newstand: Searchable US Newspaper Archives
Ecola Newstand, USA
"An organized listing of newspapers providing free access to archives online. Direct links take the user to the search page of each publisher." Site contents: ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS (American City Business Journals New Century Network Newspapers) * U.S. DAILY PAPERS (San Francisco Chronicle / San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco, Orange County Register - Santa Ana, Daily Journal of Commerce - Seattle, Seattle Times - Seattle, The News Tribune - Tacoma, Denver Post - Denver, Detroit Free Press - Detroit, Detroit News - Detroit, The Star Tribune - Minneapolis, St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul, Kansas City Star - Kansas City, St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis, Abilene Reporter-News - Abilene, Houston Chronicle - Houston, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee, Hartford Courant - Hartford, Washington Post - Washington, St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, Boston Globe - Boston, Christian Science Monitor - Boston, New York Daily News - New York, The Charlotte Observer - Charlotte, The Morning Call - Allentown, Philadelphia Inquirer / Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia, USA Today - Arlington, Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk) * LIMITED SEARCH RESULTS (Summaries Only): Archive Collections (InfiNet Affiliate Newspapers); Daily Papers (Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, Chicago Tribune - Chicago)
URL http://www.ecola.com/archive/press/
Link submitted by: (web@ecola.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

10 Oct 1997
3star
China Securities Market Weekly
Xindeco Business Information Co., Ltd., China
"Each Monday we bring you a complete analysis of the previous week's happenings in the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets, with recommendations for hot stocks and warnings about poor performers. A new service from China Business Vista."
URL http://www.chinavista.com/business/stock/home.html
Link submitted by: Steven Lee (sunlee@chinavista.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

10 Oct 1997
4star
The Koan Study Pages
www.ciolek.com, Australia
"Factual and bibliographic information about koans (J.) [kung-ans (C.), kong-ans (K.), cong-an (Viet.), hua-t'ou (C.), hwadu (K.), wato (J.)] as used in the Zen Buddhism training. Contents: Wu-Men Kuan (J.Mumonkan, E. Gateless Gate) koans; Pi-yen-lu (J.Hekiganroku, E. Blue Cliff Record) koans; Tsung-jung-lu (J. Shoyoroku, E. Book of Serenity) koans; Denkoroku (J.) (E. Transmission of Light) koans; Go-i (E.Five Degrees of Tung-shan Liang-chieh (J.Tozan Ryokai)) koans; The Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts koans. The pages are a part of the Zen Buddhism WWW Virtual Library (http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Zen.html)."
[Technical material, largely unsuitable for spiritual quests or acrobatics - ed.]
URL http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/BuddhPages/KoanStudy.html
Link submitted by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

10 Oct 1997
2star
Increasing Access to SE Asian Research Resources
National Library of Australia (NLA), Australia
"A report prepared by Marie Sexton, Principal Librarian, Asian Collections, NLA on the 'International Planning Meeting: Increasing Access to Southeast Asian Research Resources' held in Kuala Lumpur, 18-20 May 1996 prior to CONSAL X. The report covers discussion on areas including new technology, materials acquisition and preservation, and lists the resolutions of the meeting."
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/corm.html
Link submitted by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

10 Oct 1997
rating not available
AFX-Asia - Financial and Industry News
IndoExchange, Indonesia
"AFX-Asia, established by leading financial news providers Financial Times Group, AFP, Nikkei, and Australian Association Press, brings you their comprehensive financial and business news service covering all of Asia from India to Japan. Approximately 400 stories daily, organized in a user-friendly format."
[First time readers need to register (= provide a detailed user profile). The use of frames technology destroys the navigation across the site - ed.]
URL http://www.indoexchange.com/afx
Link submitted by: (hotnews@indoexchange.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

10 Oct 1997
rating not available
China Telecom and Information News Summaries
US-China Telecom and Information Research, US
"Two biweekly online newsletters on latest China telecom and information industries and markets have been published by US-China Telecom and Information Research (UCTIR). Free samples available by sending e-mail to: HFXu8@aol.com. UCTIR is a NJ-based online market research, publications and management consulting firm specialized in US-China telecom and information sectors."
[An advertisement of commercial services. The (pricey) information on sale looks interesting, alas, its sources, integrity and usefulness cannot be ascertained from the online blurb - ed.]
URL http://members.aol.com/HFXu8
Link submitted by: Huafeng Xu (HFXu8@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

09 Oct 1997
5star
Japanese Studies Resources
Duke Univ., USA
"The pages cover both Western and Japanese language sources available at Duke and through the internet; separate pages cover encyclopedias, general bibliographies, subject bibliographies, word and name dictionaries, serial indexes, serial holdings, www sites, library and book catalogs, East Asian collections in the United States, cooperative collection development agreements, and Japan related listservs with addresses and subscription procedures. The subject-based pages combine bibliographies of reference works, basic compendia and serials with links to relevant materials on the web."
[An exemplary research site. Constructed by a scholar who knows her Asian Studies and Internet craft - ed.]
URL http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/japanesestudies.html
Link submitted by: Kristina K. Troost (kktroost@acpub.duke.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

08 Oct 1997
1star
Dutch Foundation for Tibetan Medicine
Nederlandse Stichting ter bevordering van de Tibetaanse Geneeskunde, The Netherlands
Site contents: Newsletter (in Dutch), WWW-Links, Appointments, Bookshop.
[A bi-lingual corporate site under construction. The bookshop's page is a mammoth (223 Kb) and impossible to download document - ed.]
URL http://home.wxs.nl/~nstg/home.html
Link submitted by: Marc Breukhoven (m.h.breukhoven@PObox.ruu.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

08 Oct 1997
2star
IndiaWeb Post: Connecting India's Diaspora
Fremont, Ca, USA
A "site tailored to the Indian-American community". Contents: Business News, Community, Horoscope, Hospitality, Manoranjan/Entertainment, Matrimonial, New Delhi Notebook, News Room, Pundits Parlor, Sports Desk.
URL http://www.indiawebpost.com
Link submitted by: Kamla Bhatt (laiptv@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

07 Oct 1997
4star
Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection
Kagawa Junior College, Japan
"Links to about 40 publications available online by Japanologist/EFL Professor Steve McCarty in Japan. Links also to a Japanese language version of the same, and to some of the academic organizations involved. Includes studies on Japan from original sources, Japanese-English bilingualism, intercultural communication, and on efforts to indigenize the English language teaching profession in Japan. This Website also introduces the Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism, plus hi-tech approaches to trans-Pacific networking, viz. entirely online academic conferences, a Webbed MOO, an Asia-Pacific electronic journal and the East-West Discourse List."
URL http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
Link submitted by: Steve McCarty (steve_mc@ws0.kagawa-jc.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful

07 Oct 1997
3star
Institute for Political & International Studies (IPIS), Iran
IPIS, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
"IPIS is devoted to the study of international relations and Iran's foreign policy." Site contents: Organization, Events & Conferences, Publications, Iran Yearbook, Other Links (Iran Embassy in Canada; Iran Embassy in Armenia; Iranian Interest Section - US; Iran Commerce), Official Foreign Policy Positions of the I.R. of Iran.
[The Institute is headed by the Deputy Minister for Research and Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the I.R. of Iran - ed.]
URL http://www.ipis.org/
Link submitted by: Institute for Political & Intl. Studies (ipis@neda.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.e
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

04 Oct 1997
5star
The Oriental Institute, The Univ. of Chicago
The Oriental Institute, USA
"The Oriental Institute is a museum and research organization devoted to the study of the ancient Near East. Founded in 1919 by James Henry Breasted, the Institute, a part of the University of Chicago, is an internationally recognized pioneer in the archaeology, philology, and history of early Near Eastern civilizations. The Institute has undertaken projects in every part of the ancient Near East, including the Nile Valley, Mesopotamia, Persia, parts of the Ottoman Empire, and the lands of the Bible. Institute scholars also maintain research projects in Chicago, such as dictionaries and lexicons of ancient Akkadian, Hittite, Demotic, Egyptian, and Sumerian."
URL http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html
Link submitted by: John C. Sanders (jc-sanders@uchicago.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential

02 Oct 1997
3star
Sabah State Library, Malaysia
Sabah State Library, Malaysia
"Information about the Sabah State Library and some interesting links like the Sabah Government Homepage, the National Library of Malaysia, Malaysia Homepage and so on."
[A bi-lingual (English, Malysian) corporate information site. The use of coloured fonts and backgrounds renders some pages illegible - ed.]
URL http://sbh.lib.edu.my/
Link submitted by: Joyce A. Tuining (joyce@sbh.lib.edu.my)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Oct 1997
rating not available
Academia Sinica Information Resources
Academia Sinica (AS), Taipei, Taiwan
A subsection of the Academia Sinica (http://www.sinica.edu.tw/index.htpl) information system. Site contents: Databases (in Chinese) [Chinese Text Retrieval System (incl. New Qing History), Herbarium - Institute of Botany, Taiwan Studies on the Internet, Survey Research Data Archive] AS Weekly & AS Newsletter (in Chinese)]; Conferences, Symposia and Workshops; Other Resources [AS Research, AS Library Service, AS Gopher, AS News - USENET News (in Chinese), About Taiwan (Introduction, Maps, Travel, Trade), Nation-Wide Health Insurance (DOH) (in Chinese), Academia Sinica Pavilion - Internet Expo'96]; SAS/Economic/Statistic Links & Information.
[Useful English language information. Rating for Chinese language information is not available. The pages in question as well as the AS web server are undecided about their raison d'etre (publishing specialist AS data vs. general Taiwan-related data) - ed.]
URL http://www.sinica.edu.tw/info/index.html
Link submitted by: Lan You (o47xs@unb.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available

02 Oct 1997
3star
CREECA Web - Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Corporate pages of CREECA, "a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center. It was est. in 1993 to unite the efforts of two longstanding University programs--Russian and East European Studies (REES), and Central Asian Studies. CREECA consists of roughly 100 members, about a third of whom are UW-Madison faculty who focus full-time on these regions." Site contents: Academics; Faculty; Outreach activities; Lending Library; Study abroad; Link library [Regional interest (with context-sensitive maps): Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Russian Federation]; Other area programs (Central Asian Studies, Russian and East European Studies); Special interest (Area women's studies, Central European Studies, Foreign embassies).
[CREECA is a co-convenor of the 2nd annual Workshop on Central Asian Studies on October 9-12, 1997 - ed.]
URL http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/creeca/
Link submitted by: Uli Schamiloglu (uschamil@vms2.macc.wisc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful

02 Oct 1997
2star
HABARLAR-L Azerbaijan News Listserver
Univ. of Southern California, USA
"An educational list [moderated - ed.] at the USC, has been established in Oct 1996. It has become the first and only listserver dedicated to news on and around Azerbaijan. HABARLAR-L offers nearly all news sources covering the area. Some of the news are from popular sources such as RFE/RL, VOA, REUTERS. Meanwhile, a good portion of the remaining news are from rare, sometimes exclusive sources, such as local Azerbaijani and international press and magazines. The three official languages of the list are English, Russian and Azerbaijani. However, absolute majority of the news traffic is in English."
[The list is co-owned by the Editor of the excellent Azerbaijan WWW Virtual Library (http://www-scf.usc.edu/~baguirov/azerbaijan.html). Rating below applies to the information published online, not to the listserv itself - ed.]
URL http://scf.usc.edu/~baguirov/azeri/habarlar-l.htm
Link submitted by: Adil T. Baguirov (baguirov@scf-fs.usc.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting

02 Oct 1997
1star
Orientalia Journal
Orientalia Journal & Sandra Andacht Inc., USA
"The Journal covers all aspects of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and SE Asian art/antiques. Also available Collector's Guide to Oriental Decorative Arts."
[Details of a paper-based publication now in its 18th year. Rating below applies to the information published online, not to the Journal itself - ed.]
URL http://members.aol.com/Orientalia/index.html
Link submitted by: Prof. Sandra Andacht (Orientalia@aol.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Marginal

01 Oct 1997
4star
Rajah Brooke & 19thC Sarawak
web.chem.ucla.edu, USA
"The site devoted to the study of Sir James Brooke (1803-1868), Rajah of Sarawak; 19th Century Sarawak; and related subjects such as the Brooke family and the history of Malaysia and Borneo. Site Contents: Bibliography (Anthropology: Historical, Anthropology: Modern, Anthropology: Other, Biography: Brooke family, Biography: Other, Chinese in South-East Asia Drawings and Photographs, Fiction, History: British, History: Brunei, History: Children's, History: Colonial, History: Malaysia/Malaya, History: Sarawak, History: Singapore, History: South East Asia, Journals, Personal Narratives: Brooke family, Personal Narratives: Other, Raffles, Reference, Travel: Historical, Travel: Modern, Travel: Other); Related Web Sites: (Malaysia's Home Page, Brunei: History, Paul Remek's Home Pages, Sarawak Reading List, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia: National Library OPAC database).
This site is run by a private researcher."
URL http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~scw/james/index.html
Link submitted by: J.E. Ashcroft (scw@chem.ucla.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Research usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
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