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

Edited by Dr Tim Beal, School of Marketing and International Business, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

[Est.: 24th March 1994. Last updated: 2 March 2009. This facility is provided by Victoria University of Wellington(VUW). Recent additions are marked "***". This page is a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library ]

This document keeps track of leading information facilities pertaining to the whole of the Asian continent. Please mail Tim.Beal@vuw.ac.nz if you know of relevant WWW site not in this list. Your feed-back will be gratefully appreciated.
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Asian Continent Information Resources

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Asian DOC Electronic Newsletter

  [ Asian Database Online Community Electronic Newsletter, the e-newsletter and the mailing list, supports communication among members of the Work Group on Electronic Resource Development (Association for Asian Studies) and of Scholars Engaged in Electronic Resources (International Congress of Asian and North African Studies), as well as other scholars, researchers, and librarians interested in databases for Asian Studies.]

• Asian Geography
  Children's site with games
• Asian Network Directory (ANU,Australia)

  [A list, sorted by surname, of brief biographies of leading Australian National University Asia-area scholars]

• Asia - Abstracts of RAND Reports and Analyses (www.rand.org,USA)

  [Publications produced from 1985 to the present on a wide range of specific topics]

• Asia and Argentina (Asia y Argentine)

  [Website focusing on commercial relations between Argentina and Asia, including Australia; mainly in Spanish]

• Asia Business Law Review

  [Published by Division Business Law, Nanyang Business School, Singapore]

• Asia Data Disk (asiadata.pacificnet.com, Hong Kong)

  [A comprehensive library of published demographic and economic data on fourteen Asian countries from 1970 to 1994. Sources covering local government departments, the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund]

• Asia History Archives (neal.ctstateu.edu,USA)

  [This set of archives is part of World History Archives and is also associated with a set of resources for the study of world history called "Gateway to World History". Coverage: Asia in General, West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia]

• Asia Intelligence Ltd

  [Asia Intelligence Ltd is ..(commercial). online source for economic, political, and strategic intelligence on Asia. ]

• Asia:New Zealand foundation
  Asia New Zealand Foundation (formerly known as Asia 2000 Foundation of New Zealand) was founded in 1994 as a non-profit, apolitical organisation dedicated to building New Zealand's links with Asia. Through its activities in education, business, media,cultural, research and policy studies, Asia:NZ aims to promote initiatives which deepen understanding and relationships between New Zealanders and the peoples of Asia.
• Asia Observer

  [Asia Observer gives links to a wide range of press articles and resources on Asia.]

• Asia on Demand

  [Commercial portal ]

• Asia-Pacific.com

  [ Strategic business information on the Asia-Pacific]

• Asia Pacific Business Review

  [Scholarly journal which aims to draw 'together the lessons of economics, history, politics and culture in order to explore business in the Asia Pacific countries']

• Asia Pacific Management Forum

  ['The APMF is a daily e-zine of topical analysis and on-the-street commentary on Asian business, management, marketing, economics, finance, politics, business culture and management practice with authoritative market intelligence and research background.']

• Asia WWW Infoservers & Libaries Register (AIT,Thailand)

  [China - Hong Kong - India - Japan - Korea - Malaysia - Philippines - Singapore - Thailand]

• Asia Region Documentary Films Register (DER,USA)
• Asia Region Online Inf.Resources[www] (silkroute.com,Singapore)
• Asia Region Online Inf.Resources[www] (www.city.net,USA)

  [Afghanistan - Bangladesh - Bhutan - Brunei - Burma (Myanmar) - Cambodia - China - Christmas Island - Cocos (Keeling) Islands - East Timor - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Japan - Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan - Laos - Macau - Malaysia - Maldives - Mongolia - Nepal - North Korea - Pakistan - Paracel Islands - Philippines - Russia - Singapore - South Korea - Spratly Islands - Sri Lanka - Taiwan - Tajikistan - Thailand - Tibet - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Vietnam]

• Asia Rec.Travel Library (U.Manitoba,Canada)

  [Asia - Bhutan - Cambodia - China - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Maldives - Nepal - Singapore - Sri Lanka - Thailand - Tibet - Uzbekistan - Vietnam]

• Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication

  [' hosted by St. John's University in Bangkok, ARC fosters research in Asia on communication within the Catholic Church, with the larger society and with local religions and cultures.']

• Asia Society

  ['The Asia Society is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering an understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. A nonprofit, nonpartisan educational institution, the Asia Society presents a wide range of programs including major art exhibitions, performances, international corporate conferences and contemporary affairs programs']

• Asia Source

  [AsiaSource is an online resource developed by the Asia Society to meet the need for timely, reliable, unbiased information and assistance regarding the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of Asia.]

• Asia Times Online

  [Based in Bangkok, gives synopses with links to full text articles from papers around the region]

• Asia Travel Resources By Country (silkroute.com,TravelASIA)

  [Australia - Bangladesh - China - Hong Kong - India -Indonesia - Japan - Malaysia - Nepal - Pakistan - Singapore - South Korea - Sri Lanka - Taiwan - Thailand ]

• AsiaWeb (Columbia Journal of Asian Law)

  [ the goal of AsiaWeb is to serve as a source for articles, abstracts, laws, regulations and other materials from legal journals and centers with an emphasis on Asia and/or Asian countries. In addition, AsiaWeb will provide materials, course offerings, and event information for the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Legal Studies Centers at Columbia Law School]

• Asian Arts Server (Asian Arts,USA)

  [The best online resource available for the topic of Asian arts]

• Asian Art, Culture, and Area Studies Book Catalogue (Han-Shan Tang Books,UK)
• Asie (www.ina.fr,France)

  [Articles from the French newspaper "Le Monde Diplomatique"
  Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting (Dec 96) - ed.]

• Asian American resources (AAR) (MIT,USA)

  [Clubs/Organizations (Universities/Fraternities, Non Commercial Organizations, Commercial Organizations); Media (Art, Bands, Literature and Magazines, Music, Theater, Video/Film, Miscellaneous); Asian American Individual Home Pages; Info/FAQs; Events]
  Contents' rating [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful (Dec 96) - ed.]

• Asian Economies - Electronic Sources (U.Melbourne, Australia)

  [Coverage: China, Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Macau, Japan, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Taiwan, General]

• Asian Reflection ***

  [Asian spirituality and its impact on our world]

• Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

  ['The Department of Asian Studies and Center for Asian Studies ... are the major facilities for the study of South and East Asia in the southern and southwestern United States'. Languages: classical and modern Chinese and Japanese, Sanskrit, Hindi/Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Classical Tibetan, Telegu, Tamil, Kannada, Korean]

• Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN) (Griffith U, Australia)

  [ ACASIAN is an academic and applied research centre established to produce GIS databases for Asia - especially China, the ASEAN countries, and the former Soviet Union.]

• Australian Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee

  [Website of the Australian committee of PECC]

C

• Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations (Griffith U,Australia)

  [Research on Australia's political, economic & strategic relations with Asia from both an historical & contemporary perspective - Conferences & workshops on contemporary issues - Publications on Australia-Asia relations - The Asia-Pacific business training program]

• CIA World Factbook 1996 (www.odci.gov,USA)
• The Commonwealth Nations (www.tbc.gov.bc.ca,Canada)

  [Basic facts and statistical information]

• The Commonwealth of Learning - Asia Region Page (www.col.org)
• Country Studies/Area Handbooks (LOC,USA)

  [includes: - Indonesia - Israel - Japan - Philippines - Singapore - South Korea]

D-E-F-G-H-I

• Department of State Foreign Affairs Network (DOSFAN) [gopher] (dosfan.lib,USA)

  [ about the state department - public affairs - publications: major reports - geographic bureaus - global affairs - economic and trade issues - treaties and legal issues - consular and travel info - foreign policy - contacts and phone numbers - historic: declassified docs - business affairs]

• Education about Asia

  ['Education About Asia is designed to be a tool for K-16 teachers who wish to bring information on Asia to their classrooms.']

• European Commission Delegation, Bangkok

  [Website of the European Commission to Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand]

• Foreign Languages & Cultures Register (U.Washington,USA)

  [includes: - general foreign stuff - China - East European - Hebrew - Indonesian - Japanese - Korean - Malaysia - Russian - Tamil - Turkish]

• Geographic Archive Gopher - Asia (csf.colorado.edu,USA)

  [includes materials on: About-This-Archive, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, alerts, asian-environment, bibliographies, burma, cairo_conference, cambodia, indigenous-issues, indonesia, korea-crisis, philippines, thailand, vietnam, women]

• Hot Asia - Directory of Asian local web sites (www.eccosys.com,Shima Media Network)

  [includes: Australia - China - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Japan - Korea - Macau - Malaysia - New Zealand - Philippines - Singapore - Taiwan - Thailand]

• Institute for International Economics

  [Washington thinktank which publishes on a wide range of economic issues including those relating to Asia and specific countries]

• Indigenous Peoples' Documents from Europe & Asia (FWDP,USA)
• International Institute for Asian Studies [gopher] (IIAS,Leiden U,Netherlands)
• International Institute for Asian Studies [Web] (IIAS,Leiden U,Netherlands)

M-N-O

• Map Viewer [interactive] (Xerox,USA)
• Maps of the Asia [detailed & colour] (CIA & U.Texas,USA)

  [Asia - Brunei - Burma - Cambodia - China - Hong Kong & Macau - India - Indonesia - Japan - Korean Peninsula - Laos - Macau - Malaysia - Mongolia - Nepal - North Korea - Pakistan - Singapore - South Korea - Southeast Asia - Taiwan - Thailand - Vietnam]

• Michigan State University-MSU Global Access- Asia and Oceania

  [Links for students and staff at NSU]

• National Bureau of Asian Research

  ['The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that conducts advanced research on policy-relevant issues in Asia. It also serves as the global clearinghouse for Asia research conducted by specialists and institutions worldwide. Through these activities NBR is uniquely positioned to promote informed and effective U.S. policy toward the region.']

• National Library of Australian - Asian Collections

  [ Comprises 'Asian collections in the National Library'; link to ASVL, 'cooperative activities in Asia'; 'Selected Asia Internet resources (at 30 March 2001 Indonesia, China and Japan) ]

• New Zealand Asian Studies Society

  [ The New Zealand Asian Studies Society is a wholly independent body that since its establishment in 1974 has sought to encourage the spread of knowledge about Asia, its history, its culture and its role in international affairs.]

• New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies

  [ The journal of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society. First issue July 1999 succeeded the NZ Journal of East Asian Studies]

• Non European Lang. & Cultures Register [German sites] (U.Karlsruhe,Germany)

  [Aussereuropaeische Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften, U.Heidelberg - Institut fuer Indologie & Tamilistik (IITS), U.Koeln - European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL), U.Heidelberg]

• Oriental History Inf.Resources (EINet,USA)

P

• Pacific Internet Sites page (National Library of Australia, Australia)

  [The page provides a list of assessed subject sites on the Internet for researchers. The major headings are : Reference Material, Current Events, News Sources, Pacific Law Sites, Pacific History, Electronic Journals, Booksellers/Publishers, and Collecting Institutions]

• Pacific Studies Course (Open University, UK)

  [Outline of a new distance-learning multimedia undergraduate course in Pacific Studies now in preparation; to be presented for the first time in 1998]

• PanAsia Networking (IDRC, Singapore)

  [An initiative of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada to help researchers and communities in the developing world find solutions to their social, economic, and environmental problems.]

• PRNewsAsia (Singapore)

  ["PRNewsAsia is the most comprehensive real-time news provider of Asian corporate and financial information on the Internet. The Company also functions as a platform for press releases and corporate information targeting the Asian marketplace."]

R

• Regional Security Dialogue: A Calendar of Asia Pacific Events (ANU,Australia)
• Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (Australian National University)

  ['The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) is Australia's pre-eminent centre for research and postgraduate training on the Asia-Pacific region.']

• Rec.Travel Library - Asia (www.digimark.net)

  [travel info.on Afghanistan - Bangladesh - Bhutan - Burma - Cambodia - China - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Japan - Laos - Malaysia - Maldives - Nepal - Pakistan - Singapore - South Korea - Sri Lanka - Taiwan - Thailand - Tibet - Uzbekistan - Vietnam]

T-U-W

• Third National Round Table on Libraries and Asia - Feb95 (National Library of Australia,Australia)
• US State Department Travel Advisories (Drexel U,USA)

  [travel info.on countries of the world (Afghanistan to Barbados - Belarus to Burundi - Byelarus to Cyprus - Czechoslovakia to French West Indies - Gabon to Hungary - Iceland to Kyrgyzstan - Laos to Mauritania - Mauritius to Norway - Oman to Senegal - Serbia to Syria - Taiwan to Ukraine - United Arab Emirates to Zimbabwe), prepared for US citizens]

• World Travel Watch - Asia [updated weekly] (GNN,USA)
• World Travel Watch - South East Asia [updated weekly] (GNN,USA)

Other Resources Useful to Asian Studies Research

1. Online Companion to "Understanding Japanese Information Processing" [113Kb,text file] (ftp.ora.com,USA)
2. About CJK and East Asian Issues (www.stonehand.com,USA)
3. Introduction to Accessing CJK Materials On The Internet (CEAL,U.Oregon,USA)
   • Accessing Chinese Language Information on The Internet (CEAL,U.Oregon,USA)
   • Accessing Internet Information in Japanese (CEAL,U.Oregon,USA)
   • Accessing Korean Materials on The Internet (CEAL,U.Oregon,USA)
4. AAASHRAN - Amer.Assoc. for the Advancement of Science Human Rights Action Network (Essesx U,UK)
5. ACCESS - Asia's Newspaper on Electronic Information Products & Services (sunsite.nus.sg,Singapore)
6. Archive of Foreign Language Macintosh Fonts (U.Oregon,USA)
7. Asia - Money FAQ (Carnegie Mellon U,USA)
8. Asian Astrology & Divination Page [China,Tibet,Vietnam] (www.deltanet.com,USA)
9. The Asian Development Bank (www.asiandevbank.org)
10. Audio-Visual Materials on Asia from the Outreach Service (U.Texas,Austin,USA)
11. Business Inf. Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS), (www.itaiep.doc.gov,USA)
12. Bookstores in Various Asian Cities List (rec.arts.books) (FAQ) (Ohio St.U,USA)
13. Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library (ANU,Australia)
14. Censorship in Asian Countries (U.Illinois,Chicago,USA)
15. Central Asia 'Great Game' Page (www.deltanet.com,USA)
16. Chinese Historiography Bibliography (Wesleyan U, USA)

    [An up-to-date listing of resources related to research in Chinese history. It covers all periods, with special emphasis on the the Ming and Qing dynasties and on the examination system]

17. Clearinghouse for Social Sciences Subject-Oriented Bibliographies (ANU,Australia)
18. Coombsweb - ANU Social Sciences WWW Server (ANU,Australia)
19. Country Reports-Economic Policy & Trade Practices [gopher] (NTDB,U.Missouri,USA)

    [includes: Australia - Bahrain - Bangladesh - China - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Japan - Jordan - Korea - Kuwait - Malaysia - New Zealand - Oman - Pakistan - Philippines - Saudi Arabia - Singapore - Syria - Taiwan - Thailand - Turkey - United Arab Emirates - Soviet Union (Former)]

20. Cybermuslim: The Guide to Islamic Resources on the Internet [gopher] (U.Michigan,USA)
21. CyberMuslim Information Collective (www.uoknor.edu,USA)
22. Demography and Population Studies
23. Electronic Dictionary of Classical Chinese Characters (Toyo Gakuen U,Japan)

    [An online dictionary of Classical Chinese characters. This is a sister project to a dictionary of Buddhist Classical Chinese Terms]

24. Ethnologue - Catalogue of World's Languages [gopher,11th edition, 1988] (SIL,USA)
25. Geography WWW Virtual Library (hpb1.hwc.ca,Canada)
26. Intelligence & Cross-Cultural Policing Studies - W.L.R.Cassidy & Associates (www.deltanet.com,USA)
27. Intl.Development Research Center - Asia Program (IDRC,Singapore)
28. Intl.Service Agencies (www.charity.org,USA)
29. Islamic Resources Page [aka Ibrahim Shafi's Page on Islam] (U.Maryland,USA)
30. Less Commonly Taught Languages Gopher (U.Minnesota,USA)
31. Libraries Register (Oklahoma U,USA)
32. Regional Security Dialogue: A Calendar of Asia Pacific Events (ANU,Australia)

    [This calendar (ISSN 1322-7572) has been prepared jointly by the Regional Security Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU]

33. Soc.Sci.Inf. Resources - Guides & Query Systems (ANU,Australia)
34. Statistical Data Locator (www.ntu.ac.sg, Singapore)

    [Links to sources of statistics available on the Internet - economic & trade, demographic etc.). Categories: Asia (Burma (Myanmar), China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand), Oceania (Australia, NZ), USA, Europe, Africa and World meta-sources]

35. TWAS - Third World Academy of Sciences (U.Trieste,Italy)
36. United Nations Information Services - WWW VL (www.undcp.or.at, Austria)
37. US Information Service (US Information Agency,USA)
38. US State Department - 1994 Country Reports on Human Rights (www.gdn.org)
39. United Nations Web & Gopher Servers (www.who.ch,Switzerland)
40. Viewing & Listening to Chinese on the WWW ( www.c3.lanl.gov,USA)

    [How to view Chinese text using your WWW browser, and where to get Chinese audio you can listen to]

41. The World Bank Server (www.worldbank.org,USA)

    [News, Publications, Topics in Development, Countries and Regions, Doing Business with the Bank, About the World Bank Group, What's New, Site Contents, Feedback, Search, IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, ICSID]

42. World Constitutions [gopher] (wiretap.spies.com,USA)

    [Australia (1900), Canada(1867), China (1982), Chinese Declaration of Human Rights (1992), English Bill of Rights (1689), English Magna Carta, Estonian Republic (1992), Germany (1949), Hamas Covenant (Islamic Resistance) (1988), Hong Kong (1990, 1991), Hungary, Iroquois Nations, Italy, Japan (1946), Macedonia (in former Yugoslavia), Malawi, Mexico (1836, 1857), Peru, Romania (1991), Slovak Republic (1991), USA (1781,1789), USSR (1977)]

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