Center for Asian Democracy (CAD)

http://louisville.edu/asiandemocracy


20 Jun 2008

Political Science Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, US

Self-description:
"The mission of the Center for Asian Democracy, established in 2006, is to promote research and teaching about democracy and the prospects for democratization in Central, South, Southeast and East Asia. Through publications, conferences, workshops, visiting scholars programs, colloquia, and research projects in Asian countries, the Center creates a forum for studying political dynamics in this vital region."

Site contents:
* Speaker Series;
* Conferences (2009 Symposium: China's Rise and Its Impact on Asia, 2008 Islamic Workshop [March 13-14, 2008] with papers in PDF format: Rafis Abazov - "Everyday Islam in Electoral Process In Central Asia", Moataz A. Fattah - "Islam and Democracy: An Examination of Muslims' Political Culture", Mark Gould - "The Sovereignty of God: Constitutional Processes in Islam and Christianity", Felix Heiduk - "Islamism and Democratization in Indonesia", Touqir Hussain - "Islam in Pakistan", Tariq Karim - "Bangladesh: new front-line state in the struggle between aspiring pluralist democracy and expanding political Islam", Omar Khalidi - "Muslims and Indian Democratic Experience", Muqtedar Khan - "Islamic Governance and the Democratic Processes", Ghulam Nadri - "Social tensions and communal relations in India: Muslim communities of Gujarat during the 17th and 18th centuries", Laure Paquette - "Islam and Democracy in Asia: What Can We Learn from Underdog Thinking", Morris Rossabi - "China and Central Asia: Developing Relations and their Impact on Democracy", David Straub - "Islam and the Development of a Democratic Society in Tajikistan", Bridget Welsh - "Contracting Political Space, Widening Political Participation: Islam and Democracy in Post 9/11 Malaysia", Brian Williams - "Tracking Al Qaeda and Taliban Suicide Bombers in Afghanistan: A Field Report on Taliban Radicalization", 2007 KY Asian Studies Association Meeting, 2007 Beijing Workshop, 2006 Korea Workshop, 2006 Conference on China);
* Asia in the Headlines [from the New York Times]; * Center News; * Photo Gallery; * Current Projects (Building Human Rights and Civil Society in Kazakhstan, Democracy from the Margin: China's Local Legislatures in Transition, Skills Development and Capacity Building: Vietnam and Laos) ; * Book Series; * Courses; * Faculty Affiliates; * Staff; * Related Links (Related University of Louisville Programs, Registered Student Organizations, Other Resources); * CAD Blog [http://www.asiandemocracy.blogspot.com/] est. 2006.;

URL http://louisville.edu/asiandemocracy/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://louisville.edu/asiandemocracy/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)

http://www.global.cnki.net/grid20/index.htm


20 Jun 2008

Tsinghua Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.

Self-description:
"China National Knowledge Infrastructure is a key national e-publishing project of China started in 1996. Approved by the Press and Publications Administration of PRC and backed by Tsinghua University, CNKI project started with a e-journal product and later further expand the product line to cover newspapers, dissertations, proceedings, yearbooks and reference works and etc. CNKI is a symbol of Chinese e-publishing industry, which greatly boosted the Chinese library systems to go digital and helped researchers with their work. So far CNKI academic databases have been serving more than 5,500 universities, public and corporate libraries, hospitals and other institutions inside and outside China."

Site contents:
* About CNKI (Introduction, History, Products, Awards, Mission, Overview); * About Us [about Tsinghua Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology Group];

* Products:
# China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJ) [8,460 titles from 1994 onward],
# China Citation Database (CCD) [5 million cited references],
# China Core Newspapers Full-text Database (CCND) [8 million articles from 700 central and local newspapers from 2000 onward],
# China Doctor/Master Dissertation Full-text Database (CDMD) [84,000 doctoral dissertations and 490,000 master dissertations from 1999 onward],
# Century Journals Project Full-text Database (CJP) [6 million articles from 3,901 academic journals since 1915 up till 1993],
# China Proceedings of Conference Full-text Database (CPCD) [938,000 conference papers from 1999 onward],
# China Reference Works Online (CRWO) [8 million entries, 700,000 images from over 1,500 dictionaries, thesauruses, cyclopedias, atlases, illustrated handbooks, and chronicles from 1990 onward],
# China Yearbook Full-text Database (CYFD) [6.1 million entries about 8,000 volumes of 1,582 titles of world, national and provincial-level yearbooks, industry yearbooks, subject yearbooks, school yearbooks, enterprise yearbooks and statistical yearbooks from 1912 onward];

* Help (FAQ, User's Guide - English, User's Guide -Traditional Chinese, CNKI'S Endnote filters, Download - CAJ Viewer, Download - Simplified Chinese Font Pack); * Register for free trial access [for 30 days - ed.] to CNKI Databases; * Contact Us.

[A bi-ligual (CN-simplified, CN-traditional, EN) site. The databases have an English language interface. No access to the information system from Mac computers or SUN workstations - ed.]

URL http://www.global.cnki.net/grid20/index.htm

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.global.cnki.net/grid20/index.htm

Link reported by: Darrell Dorrington (darrell.dorrington--at--anu.edu.au),
forwarded by asia_news--at--anu.edu.au

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Stduy/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic/Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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Nepal Study Center (NCS)

http://nepalstudycenter.unm.edu/


19 Jun 2008

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US.

Self-description:
"The objective of the Nepal Study Center at the University of New Mexico is to provide a platform to bring together scholars from North Americ and the countries in the Himalayan region and elsewhere to share knowledge on policy research issues affecting the Himalayan region and the countries in South Asia. The Center takes a broader focus with an interest on development, health, natural resources, sustainability, empowerment, conflict and the environment. ."

Site contents:
* Objectives; * Research (Consequences of conflict, Poverty mapping, Infrastructure and its effect on landuse pattern, Ecological footprints, Poverty and environmental degradation, Habitat modeling, Remittances, Th Bagmati River conservation, Health inequality mapping, Food security); * Graduate Studies; * Visiting Fellows;
* NSC Working Papers (2005 - Investigating the Impact of Social Networks on Household Forest Conservation Effort in Rural Nepal - Nepal, Mani; Bohara, Alok K.; Berrens, Robert P.; 2005 - Opportunity, Democracy and Political Violence: A Sub-national Analysis of Conflict in Nepal - Bohara, Alok K.; Mitchell, Neil J.; Nepal, Mani; 2007 - ÒRetainerÓ Bureaucracy: An Impediment to the Process of Democratic Governance in Nepal - Pyakuryal, Sucheta; 2007 - A Community Based Micro Hydro: A Promising Technology for Rural Development in Nepal - Koirala, Bishwa; 2007 - An Assessment of the Causes of Conflict in Nepal - Tiwari, Bishwa Nath; 2007 - Community based integrated natural resource management: Policy options and areas of intervention - Thapa, Sabita; Soussan, John; Pant, Dhruba; Parajuli, Umesh Nath; Sharma, Khem Raj; Bhatta, Binod; 2007 - Coping with Unreliable Water Supplies and Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Supplies in Kathmandu, Nepal - Katuwal, Hari; Bohara, Alok; 2007 - Domestic Health Hazard and Indoor Air-Pollution: An Approach to Find Alternative Energy Source for Rural Bangladesh to Minimize the Threat - Ahsan, Reazul S. M.; Afrin, Jinia; 2007 - Economic Inequality in the 'Democratic' Nepal: Dimensions and Implications - Wagle, Udaya R; 2007 - Effects of Deforestation on Tree Diversity and Livelihoods of Local Community A Case Study from Nepal - Karkee, Krishna; 2007 - Identification of natural resources at watershed level: an initial step of mainstreaming of the Federal restructure in Nepal - Koirala, Madan; 2007 - Inequality, Polarization and Violent Conflict: The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal - Nepal, Mani; Bohara, Alok K.; Gawande, Kishore; 2007 - People's Perceptions of Green Space Park in Pokhara, Nepal - Suvedi, Murari; Shrestha, Krishna; Parajuli, Bishwo Kallyan; Giri, Padam; 2007 - Political Participation and Civic Literacy in Bajung: An Empirical Study with Correlation Analysis - K.C., Khadga; 2007 - Political predictions in Nepal - Shrestha, Aditya Man; 2007 - Prioritizing and Estimating Hydropower Project Construction Risks: A Case Study of Nyadi Hydropower Project - Panthi, Kamalesh; 2007 - Pursuing Democracy: Explaining Political Transitions in Nepal - Adhikari, Prakash; Timberlake, James D.; 2007 - Recruiting Rebels: Indoctrination and Political Education in Nepal - Eck, Kristine; 2007 - Rural Vulnerability and Tea Plantation Migration in Eastern Nepal and Darjeeling - Besky, Sarah; 2007 - The Effect of Remittances on Child Labor and Child Education in Nepal - Milligan, Michael; Bohara, Alok; 2007 - The Human Dimensions of Land Change in Lamjung of Nepal - Shrestha, Milan; 2007 - Trade Potentility and Ecological Analysis of NTFPs in Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal - Poudel, Krishna Lal);
* LDN Online Forum; * Collaboration;
* Journals (Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy (HJDD) [ISSN 1940-2821] Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006 - Vol. 2, No. 2, 2007; Liberal Democracy Nepal Bulletin (LDNB) [ISSN 1940-283X] Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005 - Vol. 2, No. 2, 2007);
* Seminars; * Friends of NSC; * Giving; * Announcements; * Feedback;
* Links (Nepal at a Glance, Research and Publications, Economics Links, Academic Institutions & Centers in Nepal, Building Gobal Villages: People Helping People); * Photo Gallery; * Join NSC Mailing List.

URL http://nepalstudycenter.unm.edu/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nepalstudycenter.unm.edu/

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300

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Institute of Oriental Culture (IOC), Tokyo

http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng/front.shtml


17 Jun 2008

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Self-description:
"The mission of the Institute of Oriental Culture is to conduct research on Asia through a synthesis of our broad expertise in the humanities and social sciences. The region covered by our studies extends from East Asia to the Middle East, which we consider naturally to include Egypt and North Africa. Unlike studies bound by government and political issues, ours do not have specific jurisdictional borders determined by a map. We study the world with a focus on Asia."

Site contents:
* Introduction; * Events (Latest News, Calendar, Search); * Staff; * Access; * Links [under construction];
* Research Projects A: Programs for Asian Studies for the 21st Century (De-colonization and Restructuring of Traditional Industries in Asia, Cross-disciplinary Study in Perceptions and Theories of Happiness, Construction of Asian Beauty, Working Towards Multidirectional Usage for the Electronic Library of Asian Books) B: Deptal and Individual Research Themes (Dept of Pan Asian Studies, Dept of East Asian Studies, Dept of South Asian Studies Dept of West Asian Studies) C: Regular Research Projects, D: Research Projects Sponsored by the Japanese Government and Various Grants (Sponsored by the Japanese Government, Other Grants and Fellowships); * Researchers; * Home Pages of Laboratories; * Publications;

* Databases (IOC Catalogue of Classical and Modern Chinese Books, Chinese Rare Books, Korean Genealogy Collection [552 Korean genealogies in around 3,000 volumes - ed.], Materials Related to the Edo and Ming Periods and the Studies in Japan of Ancient China, Journal Articles on Modern Chinese Literature, Catalogue of Chinese Magazines Belonging to the Institute, Books and Magazines on Modern Korea, Digital Archive Project for Chinese Painting, South Asian Documentary Materials, E-Dic Tibetan-Sanskrit search to the Saddharmapu.n.dariika, Islamic Monuments in India [photographs and site plans from: Agra, Ahmadabad, Ajmer, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Bidar, Bijapur, Daulatabad, Delhi, Dhar, Fathepursikri, Gaur, Golconda, Gulbarga, Hyderabad, Jaunpur, Mandu, Pandua, Sasaram, Varanasi - ed.]. , IOS Library collection of Thai books, 'Islam Jiten' Encyclopaedia of Islam Database, The New Edition of Geographical Description of Egypt, Parliamentary Records in Monarchical Egypt, Daiber [Arabic manuscripts] Collection Database, Japan and the World Database);

* Past seminars & events; * RICAS Research Information Center for Asian Studies (RICAS); * (Gateway to Asian Studies in Japan (ASJ); * Asian Studies Network (ASNET); * Asia Barometer [the largest ever, comparative survey in Asia, covering East, Southeast, South and Central Asia - ed.] (Profile, Surveys [2003-2006], Data, Findings, Publications, Symposia, Network); * International Journal of Asian Studies (Editors and Editorial Board, Submission of Articles, TOCS of Vol.1 No.1 Jan 2004, Vol.1 No.2 Jul 2004, Vol.2 No.1 Jan 2005, Vol.2 No.2 Jul 2005, Vol.3 No.1 Jan 2006, Vol.3 No.2 Jul 2006).

[A tri-lingual (JP, CN, EN) site - ed.]

URL http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng/front.shtml

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng/front.shtml

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./Study/Documents/
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000 (in fact, 2,530 links)

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