* tmc * in patientia vestra habetis animam vestram * tmc *

Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.


27 January 2004

Mongolian History Resources

http://www.MongolianCulture.com/

4star
The Indo-Mongolian Society of New York, New York City, NY, US

Supplied note:
"The Mongolian History Resources compilation of the Indo-Mongolian Society of New York now available on this website provides one of the largest online resources listings about Mongol Empire History, Art, Timelines, Maps, Central Asian Tribal History, Mongolian - Silk Road Nomadism, Indian Cultural Influence on Central Asia, Period Photos of Mongol - Central Asian subjects as well as a great number of related subject websites. - lk."

URL
http://www.MongolianCulture.com/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.MongolianCulture.com/

Link reported by:
Lyle Krahl (Mongcult@yahoo.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO

* 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

Please note that the above details were correct on 17 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

06 January 2004

E-Tutor for the Sanskrit

http://www.sanskrit-lamp.org

4star
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Supplied note:
"I am writing to draw your attention to a tutor for the Sanskrit Language that a student of mine and I have created. The software is freely downloadable from our website [see below - ed.].
The version which is presented at this time is intended for IBM PCs under Windows; but since the package has been created in Java - a platform-neutral programming language - a little modification will enable it to be run on any type of computer that can be used to surf the web. (The only reason why I cannot at this time provide a version for the Apple, or other type of computer, is because I don't have access to any but IBM PCs.)
The package is not quite complete, yet. At this time we are offering four Chapters and a section on diacritics; but more will shortly be added. (Even this means 1.5 million lines of code, however!) I will be grateful if you can visit the website, download the tutor, and give me the benefit of your opinion. - sk."

Site contents:
About; Chapter Previews; Introduction; Vowels; Consonants; Conjuncts; Word Building; Sandhi; The Sanskrit; Verbs; Declensions; Special Cases; Simple Sentences; Credits; Download the Software
[A specialist web site with a freely downloadable software - ed.]

URL
http://www.sanskrit-lamp.org

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sanskrit-lamp.org

Link reported by:
Dr. Sudhir Kaicker (sudhir_kaicker@hotmail.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Resource

* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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

Please note that the above details were correct on 16 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

Out of the Ashes: Destruction and Reconstruction of East Timor

http://epress.anu.edu.au/oota/frames.php

5star
The ANU E Press, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Self-description:
"James J. Fox and Dionisio Babo Soares (eds) 2003. Out of the Ashes: Destruction and Reconstruction of East Timor. Published by the ANU E Press. The Australian National University. Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: anuepress@anu.edu.au. Web: http://epress.anu.edu.au. Previously published by Crawford House Publishing Pty Ltd. Bathurst 2795 New South Wales, Australia.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry. Out of the Ashes: The Destruction and Reconstruction of East Timor. New ed. ISBN 0 9751229 1 6 ISBN 0 9751229 0 8 (Online document). 1. East Timor - Politics and government. I. Fox, James J., 1940- . II. Soares, Dionisio Babo. 320.95986.
All rights reserved. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. "
* Contents. Foreword by Xanana Gusmao vii; Preface ix; Preface to the ANU E Press publication xi; Contributors xiii; Abbreviations and acronyms xvii; Map of Timor xxii; Map of East Timor xxiii;
* Background. 1. Tracing the path, recounting the past: historical perspectives on Timor - James J. Fox 1; 2. From province to nation: the demographic revolution of a people - Terence H. Hull 28; 3. East Timor: education and human resource development - Gavin W. Jones 41; 4. Political developments leading to the referendum - Dionisio Babo Soares 53; 5. The diplomacy on East Timor: Indonesia, the United Nations and the international community - Grayson J. Lloyd 74; 6. The CNRT campaign for independence - Fernando de Araujo 99; 7. Experiences of a district electoral officer in - Suai Catharina Williams 117;
* Assessment. 8. The popular consultation and the United Nations mission in East Timor - first reflections - Ian Martin 126; 9. The TNI and East Timor policy Harold Crouch 141; 10. East Timor: The misuse of military power and misplaced military pride - John B. Haseman 168; 11. The strategic implications of an independent East Timor - Alan Dupont 179; 12. East Timorese refugees in West Timor - Januar Achmad 190;
* Reconstruction. 13. Reconciling worlds: the cultural repositioning of East Timorese youth in the diaspora - Fiona Crockford 207; 14. An international strategy for the new East Timor: some preliminary thoughts - Andrew MacIntyre 218; 15. Questions for the United Nations team managing East Timor - C. Peter Timmer 228; 16. The Joint Assessment Mission and reconstruction in East Timor - Sarah Cliffe 234; 17. Fiscal issues for a small war-torn Timor Loro Sa'e - Joao Mariana Saldanha 243; 18. Challenges for the future - Dionisio Babo Soares 262.

[An e-book - ed.]

URL
http://epress.anu.edu.au/oota/frames.php

Internet Archive (www.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]

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

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study

* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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 30

Please note that the above details were correct on 16 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

03 January 2004

Korean Integrated News Database System (KINDS)

http://www.kinds.or.kr/

4star
Korea Press Foundation, Seoul, South Korea

Self-description:
"KINDS provides full texts of ten major national dailies; the Kyunghyang Shinmun, the Kukmin Daily, the Korea Daily News, the Dong-A Ilbo, the Munhwa Ilbo, the Segye Ilbo, the Chosun Ilbo, the Joongang Ilbo, the Hankyoreh, and the Hankook Ilbo. Articles of January 1, 1990 and after are available. KINDS also provides articles of economic daily newspapers, such as the Maeil Business Newspaper, the Seoul Kyungje Shinmun, the Korea Economic Daily, the Naewoe Economic Daily, the Jeil Economic Daily, the Money Today, and the Financial News. It delivers essential financial and business information for the most selective consumer. [... In sum,]. KINDS has more than 5 million articles from national dailies, economic dailies, TV news programs, English language dailies, local dailies, professional newspapers, and news magazines."

[A site in Korean. A free-of-charge service, accessible worldwide via a subscription - ed.]

URL
http://www.kinds.or.kr/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.kinds.or.kr

Link reported by:
Moo-Young Han (myhan@phy.duke.edu)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News

* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
NGO

* 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 3,000

Please note that the above details were correct on 16 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com