Files of the Communist Party of Japan: free online inventory in Comintern online

http://www.idc.nl/catalog/referer.php?c=423


IDC Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands

Supplied note:
"The Files of the Communist Party of Japan (CPJ) cover the period 1919-1941 and include extensive documentation on the relations between the Soviet Communist party and its counterparts in Japan, the Far East, Europe and America. The collection Files of the Communist Party of Japan includes materials on:
* Labor history, trade unions and youth organizations in Japan * Foreign policy of the USSR in the Far East * Japanese military occupation of China * History of the Communist Party of Japan * History of Communist groups in USA and China * Collection of periodicals and newspapers - wl."

Site contents:
Details of files of the Communist Party of Japan (CPJ), The Comintern Archives in the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI), Moscow,* 616 files from Fond 495, Opis' 127, Delo 1-616 * 132 microfilm reels.

URL
http://www.idc.nl/catalog/referer.php?c=423

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.idc.nl/catalog/referer.php?c=423

Link reported by:
Willemijn Lindhout (wlindhout@idc.nl)

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

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

* 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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Albert Herrmann, 1935, Historical and Commercial Atlas of China

http://map.huhai.net/


map.huhai.net, ?China

[The site publishes maps (but not the text, bibliographical references, or index) published in: Albert Herrmann. 1935. Historical and commercial atlas of China. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press - ed.]

Site contents:
Fifty-nine digitised maps [about 170KB each] - * Physical Geography with the Boundaries of Ancient China; * Prehistoric Sites in China; * The Beginnings of Ancient China, 1900-1300 B.C.; * China at the End of the Shang or Yin Dynasty. ca.1110 B.C. (Inset-The Geography of the Yu-kung according to the Confucian Tradition); * Original Centre of Ancient China; * The Chou Dynasty, 11th-9th Centuries B.C.; * Chun-ch'iu Period, 722-482 B.C. (Insets-The Nine Provinces-The Home of Confucius); * The Contending States-Boundaries of 350 B.C.; * The Hsiung-nu or Huns in Central Asia, 176 and 128-36 B.C.; * The Ts'in Dynasty, 255-206 B.C.; * Economic Development under the Earlier Han Dynasty, ca. 100 B.C.; * Lo-yang and Ch'ang-an, Ancient and Modern; * China under the Earlier and Later Han Dynasties, 206 B.C.-220 A.D.; * China in Central Asia, 114 B.C.-127 A.D. (Inset-Ancient Frontier Line near Tun-huang); * The Three Kingdoms, 220-265/280 A.D.; * Asia, ca. 610 A.D.; * The Western Tsin Dynasty, 265-316 A.D. (Insets-The Western Region-The Ruins of Lou-lan); * The Sixteen States and the Empire of ther Eastern Tsin Dynasty, 317-420 A.D.; * Eastern, Central and Southern Asia, ca. 440 A.D.; * The Southern Ch'i and the Northern Wei Dynasties-Boundaries of 500 A.D.; * The Divisions of China, 535-560 A.D.; * Asia, ca. 610 A.D.; * The Sui Dynasty, 581-618 A.D.; * China in Central Asia, 660 A.D. (Inset-The Ruins of Kucha); * Asia, ca. 750 A.D.; * The T'ang Dynasty, 618-906 A.D.-Boundaries of 700 A.D.; * The Five Dynasties, 907-960 A.D.; * The Sung, Liao and Chin Dynasties, 960-1280 A.D. (Inset-The Delta of the Yangtse); * Manchuria and Mongolia under the Liao (Kitan) Dynasty, 937-1125 A.D.; * Foreign Religions in Central Asia and China up to the 14th Century A.D.; * Eastern, Central and Southern Asia, 1141 A.D. (Inset-The Ruins near Turfan-The Ruins of Hui-ning); * K'ai-feng and Hang-chou, Ancient and Modern; * Beginnings of the Mongol Empire-Boundaries of 1234 A.D.; * Asia under the Mongols, 1290 A.D. (Inset-The Ruins of Karakorum-The Ruins of Shang-tu); * The Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty, 1280-1368 A.D.; * Europe in search of new Routes to India and China, 1486-1616 A.D. (Inset-Toscanelli's Map, 1474 A.D.); * Asia during the Ming Dynasty - Boundaries of 1415 A.D. (Inset-The Northwestern Frontier of China); * The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. - Boundaries of 1580 A.D.; * Peking and Nanking, Ancient and Modern; * Eastern, Central and Southern Asia, 1760 A.D. (Inset-The Summer Residence of Jehol); * Chinese Turkistan, 1820 A.D.; * The Manchu Empire and the European Powers, 1644-1912 A.D.; * The Ch'ing (Manchu) Dynasty-Boundaries of 1900 A.D.; * Peiping-Tientsin, Kuan-tung, Wei-hai-wei, Kiaochou, Shanghai, Kuang-Chou-wang, Canton-Macao-Hongkong; * Wu-han, Tientsin, Nanking-Shanghai, the Plain of Ch'eng-tu, Canton or Fan-yu; * The Chinese Republic with Tibet and Mongolia-Political, Racial, and Linguistic (Inset - The Modern Subdivisions of the Mongol Republic); * Modern Northwest China-Political; * Modern Chinese Turkistan (Hsin-chiang)-Political and Economic; * Modern Northeastern China-Political; * Modern Manchuria-Political (Inset-Mukden); * Modern Manchuria and Mongolia-Economic (Inset-Foreign Trade of Manchuria for 1930); * Modern Southeastern China-Political (Inset-Hai-nan); * Modern Tibet (Hsi-K'ang and Hsi-tsang) - Political and Economic (Inset-Lhasa); * Modern Southwestern China-Political; * Modern China-Agriculture and Live Stock; * Modern China-Minerals and Mining; * Modern China-Industries; * Modern China-Traffic and Communications (Inset-Foreign Trade of China proper); * Chinese abroad, ca. 1930 A.D.

URL
http://map.huhai.net/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://map.huhai.net/

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/museum - NGO - other]:
Other

* 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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Bernard Lewis Links

http://www.zionist.org/archives/000017.shtml


www.zionist.org, Los Angeles, CA, US

Self-description:
"Bernard Lewis Links, By Alan D. Miller, Posted on February 9, 2004 I haven't seen a good collection of links to internet-available articles by Middle East Historian Bernard Lewis [Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University, www.princeton.edu/~nes/profiles/Lewis.htm - ed.]. So I'm going to try to start listing some here. Hopefully I will have time to update this more in the future [...] Please let me know (questions@zionist.org) if you find any articles that I have missed. (I'm sure that there are quite a few.) -adm."

Site contents:
Hyperlinks to * Islamic Revolution, The New York Review of Books, Jan 21, 1988; * Islamic Revolution: An Exchange, The New York Review of Books, Apr 28, 1988; * The Roots of Muslim Rage, The Atlantic Monthly, Sep 1990; * The Vanished Library, The New York Review of Books, Sep 27, 1990; * Khomeini's Forerunners, The New York Review of Books, Jun 25, 1992; * Islam and Liberal Democracy, The Atlantic Monthly, Feb 1993; * The Enemies of God, The New York Review of Books, Mar 25, 1993; * Why Turkey Is the only Muslim Democracy, The Middle East Quarterly, Mar 1994; * The Middle East, Westernized Despite Itself, The Middle East Quarterly, Mar 1996; * What does it mean to be haunted by one's past?, MEF Wire, Oct 1, 1996; * Islam and Liberal Democracy: A Historical Overview, Journal of Democracy 7.2 (1996) 52-63 ; * The West and the Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Jan 1997; * Muslim Anti-Semitism, The Middle East Quarterly, Jun 1998; * The Multiple Identities of the Middle East, MEF Wire, Nov 16, 1999; * Iran in History, Middle Eastern Lectures, 2001; * Jihad vs. Crusade, The Wall Street Journal, Sep 27, 2001; * The Revolt of Islam, The New Yorker, Nov 19, 2001; * What Went Wrong?, The Atlantic Monthly, Jan 2002; * A War of Resolve, The Wall Street Journal, Apr 26, 2002 ; * Deconstructing Osama, The Wall Street Journal, Aug 23, 2002 ; * Targeted by a History of Hatred, The Washington Post, Sep 10, 2002; * Time for Toppling, The Wall Street Journal, Sep 28, 2002 ; * A Question, and Answers, The Wall Street Journal, Apr 6, 2003; * I'm Right, You're Wrong, Go To Hell, The Atlantic Monthly, May 2003; * Put the Iraqis in Charge, The Wall Street Journal, Aug 29, 2003; * King and Country, The Wall Street Journal, Oct 29, 2003 (with R. James Woolsey); * Democracy and the Enemies Of Freedom, The Wall Street Journal, Dec 28, 2003; * Excerpt from Race and Slavery in the Middle East, Oxford University Press, 1994.

URL
http://www.zionist.org/archives/000017.shtml

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.zionist.org/archives/000017.shtml

Link reported by:
Martin Kramer (contact via http://www.martinkramer.org)

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

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

* 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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Das Tao Te King von Lao Tse (The Laozi Daodejing)

http://www.geocities.com/onkellotus/


www.geocities.com, Germany

Self-description:
"This website is a collection. It does not represent anything, but the pure text of the Tao Te King. The only 'statement' of this website is the great variety of perspectives. Any version will be integrated, no matter what quality or interpretation."

["This website is a collection of various Daodejing versions, including those found in Mawangdui, and its translations as far as they where/are available to the maintainer of the site (83 in March 2004). To allow comparison it is possible to split the screen and simltaneously view up to four different versions of the text." - h. lecher.]

Site contents:
(1) Links; (2) Update; (3) Search; (4) Explanations; (5) Thanks; (6) Tao Te King-Versions (complete index); (7) Comparison (Compare two versions; Compare four versions); (8) Short texts (by Chuang Tzu; by other chinese authors; Brecht about Lao Tse); (9) Other complete texts (The Hua Hu Ching [related to Lao Tse]; The Chuang Tzu [by Chuang Tzu]; The Art of War [by Sun Tzu]; The I Ging [translated by Richard Wilhelm]; The Analects [by Konfuzius]; Der Prediger Salomo [from the Bible]).

URL
http://www.geocities.com/onkellotus/

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

Link reported by:
Joachim Gentz, University of Goettingen, Germany, forwarded by Hanno E. Lecher (contact via http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)

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

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

* 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 100

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H-Asia Discussion List - 10th Anniversary

http://www.h-net.org/~asia/


H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University, US

Self-description:
"H-Asia, [is] a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine [= an international consortium of scholars and teachers which sponsors over 100 free electronic, interactive newsletters ('lists') edited by scholars in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific - ed.]. The primary purpose of H-ASIA is to enable historians and other Asia scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching. H-Asia is especially committed to discussing region wide, comparative and professional issues important to scholars of Asia."

Site contents:
* General Information: (Subscribe!, Manage Subscription, Subscription Help, About H-Asia, Welcome Message Editors & Board); * H-Asia Resources (Discussion Logs, Discussion Threads, Resources, Links, Electronic Journals, KIAPS); * Related Lists: (H-Japan, H-USJapan, H-ANZAU, H-SEASIA); * Search H-Asia Logs; *Search all H-Net Logs; * Recent Book Reviews published by H-Asia; * Recent messages posted by H-Asia.

[The list, initially addressing no more than 12 readers, was first conceived and created by Steven A. Leibo of the Sage Colleges & Suny-Albany and Frank F. Conlon of the University of Washington. (See also "Asian Studies Online: a Timeline of Major Developments", coombs.anu.edu.au/asian-studies-timeline.html) The fledgeling H-Asia underwent a series of tests from the 15th of March 1994 onwards, and it went fully public on the 31st March of that year. During the 10 years of its exemplary operations the H-Asia list has disseminated over 22,000 posts, and now connects over 3500 subscribers. There is no doubt that H-Asia constitues the single most valuable, most useful and most seminal Asian Studies' resource available on the Net.
On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of H-Asia, "The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" salutes and congratulates the H-Asia's editors - Frank Conlon, University of Washington (List Editor); Linda Dwyer, independent scholar (List Editor); Robert Entenmann, St. Olaf College (Review Editor); Sumit Guha, Brown University (Review Editor); Steven Leibo, The Sage Colleges & Suny-Albany (Web Editor, List Editor); Marilyn Levine, Lewis-Clark State College (List Editor); Ming-te Pan, SUNY Oswego (List Editor) as well as the members of H-Asia Advisory Board - Philip Brown of the Ohio State University and Yone Sugita of the Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
Splendidly done, dear Colleagues! Congratulations! All of you are a living legend! - tmciolek]

URL
http://www.h-net.org/~asia/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.h-net.org/~asia/

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

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

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

* 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

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The Nianhua Gallery - woodblock prints of pre-modern rural China

http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/history/nianhua/


Department of History, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Self-description:
"Most of the prints found on this site are reprints - meaning that they were printed in modern times from wooden printing blocks that were in use during the early part of the 20th century. The prints, therefore, date from the 1980s and 90s, but they do accurately reflect much older designs and themes. The prints originate with the traditional nianhua [New Year woodblock prints - ed.] printing centres of Yangjiabu in Shandong province, Zhuxianzhen in Henan, Fengxiang in Shaanxi and Mianzhu in Sichuan."

Site contents:
(1) Stove Gods; (2) Door Gods; (3) Honour, Wealth & Glory; (4) Theatre & History; (5) Customs, Folklore & Social Values; (6) Auspicious Images; (7) New Nianhua; (8) Bibliography; (9) Links.

URL
http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/history/nianhua/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/history/nianhua/

Link reported by:
Matthias Arnold, forwarded by Hanno E. Lecher (contact via http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)

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

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Chinese Archery Archive

http://www.atarn.org/chinese/cn_arc_indx.htm


Asian Traditional Archery Research Network, Hong Kong, China

Self-description:
"The Asian Traditional Archery Research Network provides for mutual friendly exchange and support among the different archery traditions of Asia, and to widen appreciation worldwide of the different archery traditions of Asia. The archery traditions of Asia (for example those of Mongolia, China, Korea, Tibet and Japan) have at one time or another enjoyed cross-fertilization and exchange of techniques (albeit sometimes on the battlefield.) Now some of these great traditions have disappeared, while others flourish, but in isolation. The archery traditions of Asia are rich in folklore, history, artistic expression, philosophy, technique, science and technology. Some, however, are in danger. In some Asian regions, the influence of western materialistic culture threatens to cause a loss of interest among potential new exponents. Sometimes, it is the craft of the bow and arrow makers which is under threat because of the dying-out of skills or the disappearance of sources of traditional materials."

"The Chinese Archery Archive page is a sub-site of 'ATARN, the Asian Traditional Archery Research Network [www.atarn.org]', covering much more than only China [ATARNet Discussion Forum; Bibliography; Picture Archive; Folklore; Mongolia/Khitan; Korea; Magyar; China; India & Sri Lanka; Islamic/Middle East; Tibet/Bhutan; Japan/Kyudo; Manchu/Sibo - ed.] There is also a very active forum. The entries differ very much from each other, there are reprinted articles, translations, excerpts from personal communication, richly illustrated texts on mechanisms (like the crossbow or the archer's rings). Although the last update was 24 January, 2002, the highly specialized content of the site is very interesting, not only to archery freaks. - hl."

Site contents:
Qi Ji Guang's Archery Method (Ming), Wu Bei Yao Lue (Ming), Zheng Nan She Fa (Ming/Qing), Guan Shi Xin Zhuan (Qing), She Lue (Qing), Cross-sections of an Old Chinese Bow, Letter from Peking, Beijing Wanbao, Perfecting the Mind and Body, Makiwara Madness, Whistling arrows, The History of Ju Yuan Hao, The Crossbows of South-West China, Repeating Crossbows, Interview with Wu Yonghua, Chengdu Bowyer, Thingies Up-close and personal, Interesting Bow, Quivers and holsters, Shandong Crossbow Mechanism, Horseback archery, Early Archers' Rings.

URL
http://www.atarn.org/chinese/cn_arc_indx.htm

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.atarn.org/chinese/cn_arc_indx.htm

Link reported by:
Matthias Arnold, forwarded by Hanno E. Lecher (contact via http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)

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

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

* 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

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Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Project - 10th Anniversary

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html


Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Supplied note:"The project, initiated by T. Matthew Ciolek, was launched on the 24th March 1994 to provide expert and trustworthy information about online resources in the field of Asian Studies. In course of the ten years of its uninterrupted online operations, the project has evolved into a world-wide collaborative network of individuals, teams and institutions. In the early 2004 it comprised 42 volunteer editors maintaining a regularly updated, large-scale archipelago of 79 online information modules, so-called 'virtual libraries', specializing in keeping track of online information about a distinct geographical area, or a topic.

[For information about the parallel online Asian Studies' developments in the early 1990s see http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asian-studies-timeline.html - ed.]

The current (March 2004) editors of the Asian Studies WWW VL Project are: * Ann Andrews, RSPAS, The Australian National University, Australia * David Arnott, Online Burma/Myanmar Library, Switzerland * Adil T. Baguirov, University of Southern California, USA * John Ballard, The Australian National University, Australia * Eva Baloch-Kaloianov, Department of Chinese Studies, Vienna University, Austria * Ilko Batakliev, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Netherlands * Dr Tim Beal, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand * Dr Anthony Bichel, Interactive Central Asia Resource Project (ICARP), USA * Dr John Burton, Independent Scholar, Canberra, Australia * Dr T. Matthew Ciolek, RSPAS, The Australian National University, Australia * Eduardo Contreras, University of Texas, Austin, USA * Michael Cookson, The Australian National University, Australia * Nixi Cura, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, USA * Dr Richard B. Dasher, Stanford University, USA * Robert Y. Eng, University of Redlands, CA, USA * Martin Gieselmann, University of Heidelberg, Germany * Professor John Goulde, Asian Studies Program, Sweet Briar College, USA * Irena M. Goltz, Canberra, Australia. * Dr Rohan Hettiarachchi, University Hospital of Amsterdam (AMC), Netherlands * Maj. Brian Hobbs, www.fivedeck.com, USA/S. Korea * Matthias Kaun, PK. Staatsbliothek zu Berlin, Germany * Hanno Lecher, Leiden University, The Netherlands * Eleanor Lisney, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA * Susan MacDougall, ALIA, Canberra, Australia. * Dr David Magier, Columbia University, USA * Dr Rita Merkle, University of Heidelberg, Germany * George Miller, RSPAS, The Australian National University, Australia * Professor Moo-Young Han, Duke University, USA * Prof. Lynn H. Nelson, Dept. of Medieval History, Kansas University, USA * Len Nadybal, Independent scholar, New York, USA * Sergio A. Paoli, Universidad National de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina * Dr Vincent K Pollard, Asian Studies Program, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawaii, USA * Dr Frank Poyas, Australian Studies Network, USA & Australia * Mitch Rice, Mongolia Society, USA * Kevin M. Roddy, Edwin H. Mookini Library, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, USA * Prof. David Rosenberg, Middlebury College, USA * Pao Saykao, Vicnet, Australia * Mahendra B. Shrestha, AMAA Network Consultant, USA * Dr Siu-Leung Lee, InTechTra/Asiawind, USA * Dr Gene R. Thursby, University of Florida, USA * Frank Unlandherm, Columbia University, USA * Nelson Wong, Malaysia
Also, in the past, various sections and sub-sections of the AS WWW VL were edited and developed by: * R Chiang, Tung Nan Junior College of Technology (TNJC), Taiwan * Dr Kamal R. Adhikary, University of Texas, Austin, USA * Abdulrakhim Aitbayev, Colorado School of Mines, USA * Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho, University of Coimbra, Portugal * Dr Afelonne Doek, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands * Tobias Grote-Beverborg, University of Cologne, Germany * Adam Hanieh, Birzeit University, West Bank, Israel * Joe Hsu, Tung Nan Junior College of Technology (TNJC), Taipei, Taiwan * Antonio M. L. Inacio, MacauNET Limited, Macau * Dr Michael Laffan, The Australian National University, Australia * 'Alopi Latukefu, The Australian National University, Australia * Burton Lee, Stanford University, USA * W. W. Looi, AsianMall & Asian Buying Consortium, USA * Suzanne McMahon, University of California, Berkeley, USA * Laurel Mittenthal, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, USA * Natsuko Nogi, Stanford University, USA * Nigel Parry, Birzeit University, West Bank, Israel * Colin Rundle The Australian National University, Australia * Samvel Stepanian, Armenian Internet Company (ARMINCO), Armenia * Trin Tantsetthi, National Electronics & Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand * Monica Wehner, The Australian National University, Australia * Vern Weitzel, The Australian National University, Australia * Dr Eberhard Wenzel, Griffith University, Australia * Prof. Rihito Yamamura, Hokkaido University, Japan * Sany Zakharia, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, USA * David Zlotchenko, The University of Tennessee, USA

[Please note that additional volunteer editors are always warmly invited to join the Asian Studies WWW VL project - ed.]
The cataloging and networking tasks of the Asian Studies WWW VL strongly benefit from by cooperation and exchange of information with 19 independent web-projects [http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLAsian/VLAssociates.html] which publish world-class information resources relevant to Asian Studies research and teaching.

An important component part of the Asian Studies WWW VL Project is its electronic journal (est. 21st April 1994), The Asian Studies WWW Monitor [ISSN 1329-9778] (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html), with a readership (in March 2004) of approx. 3700 people from 80 countries from all parts of the world. Subscribers to the AS WWW Monitor email edition keep their email boxes at: commercial organisations (65%), universities (20%), NGO (12%), government organisations (2%), and military establishments (1%).

On 22 Mar 2004 - the Asian Studies WWW VL site had a google rank (www.google.com) #1 out of 4,320,000 'asian studies' web pages available on the Net. - tmc."

URL
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html

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

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

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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]:
over 3,000

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MELAM - Eclectic Links Around Malayalam

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~mp/malayalam


22 Mar 2004
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, US

Supplied note:
"MELAM is a collection of links to webpages related to Kerala, India. The handpicked collection contains interesting, and often obscure sites, as well as some of the most popular sites, offering a large amount of information, opinions and viewpoints on various aspects of life and culture in Kerala. Currently, the collection is frequently updated.- mmp."

Site contents:
* Literature; * Arts; * Research on Kerala!; * Environment, Agriculture, Ecotourism; * Health and Medicine; * Other Research Institutes and Universities; * Other Organizations and Official sites; * Civil Amenities, Infrastructure, Construction; * Miscellaneous; * Communities, Religion, Faith, Heritage; * Computers and Internet; * Popular Sites; * Search (From Wikipedia, From Encyclopaedia Britannica, Open Directory Project).

URL
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~mp/malayalam

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.cs.princeton.edu/~mp/malayalam

Link reported by:
Manoj M P (mp@princeton.edu)

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

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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 30

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Digital Resources for Myanmar (Burma) Studies

http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dcl33/cmrg.html


Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US

Supplied note:
"A web presence for the Cornell BURMA-L mailing list and the Cornell Burma/Myanmar Research Group. The site contains links to information relevant to Burma/Myanmar studies both at Cornell and elsewhere. - dcl."

Site contents:
1. Cornell University Myanmar (Burma) Studies
2. Other Research Centers and Institutes
3. Manuscript Collections and Archives
4. Library Catalogs and Databases
5. Bibliographies
6. Conferences
7. Language and Fonts
8. Dictionaries and Reference Works
9. Online Texts and Text Resources
10. Myanmar (Burmese) Buddhism and Literature
11. Dhammasattha (Dhammathat) Studies
12. Pali Nissaya Dictionary Database
13. Myanmar (Burma) News Media
14. Regional News Media
15. Radio and Music
16. Publishers and Book Vendors
17. Varia
18. Cornell Myanmar (Burma) Studies Mailing List
19. Christian Lammerts Home

[The site was formerly kown as 'Cornell Burma/Myanmar Studies Group.' In Mar 2004 it had the Monitor's rating 'V.Useful', in Oct 2005 the site rated as 'Essential' - ed. ]

URL
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dcl33/cmrg.html

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/dcl33/cmrg.html

Link reported by:
DC Lammerts (DCL33@cornell.edu)

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

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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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AsiaMedia - Media News Daily

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/


UCLA Asia Institute, University of California, CA, US

Self-description:
"Founded in 1998 [...] AsiaMedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan service. [...] AsiaMedia delivers news about all aspects of the media, including its role in regional and national economies, societies, and political debate. In addition, AsiaMedia publishes commentary by a range of journalists, scholars, and policy makers. The site also aims to offer feature articles on media trends, interviews with leading figures in the media, and a resources section with statistics."

Site contents:
About Us; Staff; Support AsiaMedia; Founding Media Members; Link to Us; Regional Links (East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Pacific Islands, United StatesThe World); Search Asia Media; Media Members(Straits Times, International Herald Tribune, Japan Times, Korea Times, Los Angeles Times, South China Morning Post, The Age, Jakarta Post, Bangkok Post, Star News Asia); Supporting Institutions UCLA International Institute, UCSD IR/PS, UTS, Nanyang, East-West Center, Project Syndicate, Korea Press Foundation).

URL
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/

Link reported by:
Hanno E. Lecher (contact via http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/)

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

* 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]:
over 3,000

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The 2004 Indonesian Elections - an analysis

http://www.cdi.anu.edu.au/CDIwebsite_1998-2004/indonesia/Indonesia_Elections2004.htm



Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI), RSSS, The Australian National University, Canberra. Australia

Self-description:
"The 2004 Indonesian Elections: How the System Works and What the Parties. In early 2004 CDI commissioned a study of political parties and the new electoral system in Indonesia. [...] The study [published in Feb 2004 by Dr Stephen Sherlock - ed.] outlines the details of Indonesia's new constitutional and electoral process and analyses the effects that the new system may have on the future conduct of Indonesian politics. It provides a guide to the major political parties, their historical and social origins and their place in the spectrum of ideological, religious and regional divisions.]

Site contents:
* Introduction. * Background: Elections of 1999 and constitutional reform * New electoral system and its impact on the parties * Decentralisation and regional assemblies * What the Major Parties Stand For * The Indonesian party system: the politics of aliran. * The Big Five Parties * Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDIP) * Golkar * National Awakening Party (PKB) * United Development Party (PPP) * National Mandate Party (PAN) * Conclusion . * Appendix 1: 1999 Legislative (DPR) Election Results * Appendix 2: Election Dates * Appendix 3: Examples of the advantage to candidates on the party list over candidates with a high personal vote * Appendix 4: The 1955 Election Result * Appendix 5: Election Results (1971-1997) * Glossary. [The 219KB paper is available in PDF, RTF and MSWord formats - ed.]

URL
http://www.cdi.anu.edu.au/CDIwebsite_1998-2004/indonesia/Indonesia_Elections2004.htm

Internet Archive
The old site (... /www.cdi.anu.edu.au/indonesia/...) is archived at
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cdi.anu.edu.au/indonesia/Indonesia_Elections2004.htm
The new site (... CDIwebsite_1998-2004/indonesia/...) was not archived in Oct 2005.

Link reported by:
Christine Susanna Tjhin (xtine@csis.or.id), forwarded by h_seasia@nus.edu.sg

* 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]:
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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Online Database of Mountain Passes in High Asia

http://195.19.12.125/pass1.htm


Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Self-description:
"Considering the history of communications mountain Pass in High Asia seems to be the most important geographic feature. Linking worlds, countries and people Passes are the silent witnesses of trading caravans, military marches, scientific expeditions, local migrations and trekking achievements. [...] The database is being developed under the study of the trade and caravan routes and their evolution in Central and Inner Asia. The project is in its initial phase.[...] By today the database accounts for about 580 entries."

URL
http://195.19.12.125/pass1.htm

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://195.19.12.125/pass1.htm

Link reported by:
Irina Merzliakova (imerz@ihst.ru)

* 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]:
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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Orientations Magazine

http://www.orientations.com.hk


Orientations Ltd, Hong Kong, China

Self-description:
"Orientations : The magazine for collectors and connoisseurs of Asian art. [...] Published in Hong Kong and distributed worldwide, Orientations has been delighting collectors and connoisseurs of Asian art for over thirty years. Every issue is an authoritative source of information on the many and varied aspects of the arts of East Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia."

Supplied note:
"This web site gives detailed info on Orientations publications concerning asian arts, especially antiques. - ph"

Site contents:
Latest online issue [abstracts of articles]; Back issues [abstracts of articles]; Book Club; Exhibitions calendar; Dealer's Gallery; Asian art links; About Orientations; Subscriptions; Contact; Asian Art Search Engine.

URL
http://www.orientations.com.hk

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

Link reported by:
Philippe Horovitz (philippe.horovitz@ieseurope.com)

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

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

* 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 1,000

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Circle of Inner Asian Art (CIAA)

http://www.soas.ac.uk/ciaa/


School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK

Self-description:
"The Circle of Inner Asian Art (CIAA), set up in 1995 at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), serves as a forum for the exchange of information about the art and cultures of the Silk Road. Here you can discover about the CIAA and its activities and also find out more about what is happening worldwide in the field of Inner and Central Asian art."

Site contents:
About Us; Membership; CIAA Lectures; CIAA Newsletter (no. 1-17); News; Exhibitions; Conferences; & Study Days; New Publications; Contact Us.

URL
http://www.soas.ac.uk/ciaa/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.soas.ac.uk/ciaa/

Link reported by:
Kimberley Te Winkle (kimberleytewinkle@yahoo.com)

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

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - 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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