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Subject Guides for Web
Resources : Asia
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- Asia
On Demand covers a wide range of topics on eleven countries in Asia.
It also features news, leisure information, in-depth guides, a chatroom,
and searchable resources categorized by country and topic.
- Asia Pacific Management Forum
is published by Orient Pacific Century. It has sections on
research and market intelligence in Asia, as well as a section on street
intelligence which focuses on topics such as doing business in Asia and
understanding cultural differences.
- AsiaSource:
a Resource of the Asia Society is developed by the Asia
Society. It provides links to news, business resources, food,
country profiles, calendars, glossary, and even a searchable database on
specialists in Asian culture, arts, history and society.
- Asiaco.com
is a search engine for Asia-related information. It features links
to information on government, business, economy, arts, education, etc.
of various countries in Asia.
- Asian American Net seeks to "promote
and strengthen cultural, educational and commercial ties between Asia
and North America." This site features links to business
information, magazines, directories and research information for various
countries and regions in Asia.
- Asian
Connection
Maintained by Singapore Network Services Pte Ltd, this site contains links to various
sites for Asia and the world. Information is organised by categories such as trade &
business opportunities, travel & leisure, stocks and real estate, health matters and online shopping.
- Asian Demographic
Datafile
Created and maintained by Asian Demographics Ltd., this database is a "unique single
source of information on the demographic and socioeconomic trends of 12 Asian countries
from 1970 to 1996." It contains demographic profiles, forecasts and household income
for the various countries.
- Asian Educational Media
Service
Created and maintained by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This database contains over 2500 records
containing information about education media for use in learning and teaching about Asia.
- Hindustan: Global India
Search
A search engine for resources on India provided by Hindustan Network Classified Ad Search.
Contains annotated links to various aspects of India, including arts, business, life,
culture, economy, social welfare, tourism, transport, etc.
- SouthAsia World Resources: The
South Asian Search Engine
Maintained by the SouthAsia Network, this site is a search engine for South Asia
resources. Annotated links may also be navigated by countries and topics such as
agriculture, people, technology research, transport, water, industries, etc.
Countries covered include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet.
- Southeast
Asia web: Southeast Asian studies
Maintained by Stephen Arod Shirreffs, this site contains links to Southeast Asian websites
including newspapers and magazines, academic resources, business, art, music and culture
resources.
- WWW
Virtual Library : Asian Studies
Provides a "large-scale, subject-oriented scholarly guide to Internet resources in
Asian studies." Maintained by the Australian National University, it contains a
comprehensive directory of over 10,000 sites on Asia including resources
such as archives, library catalogs, bibliographies, electronic journals and mailing lists.
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News &
Newspapers
- Asia Times Online is a daily
publication covering news on Asia with special emphasis on politics, economics and
business.
- CNN's
AsiaNow has a list of online news resources for Asia, categorized into East Asia,
SouthEast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and Australasia. It contains articles
published in the current edition of Asiaweek and Time Asian Edition
in addition to those broadcast by CNN International to Asia. It has its own
columnists on Asian politics, Asian Business and Technology as well as live news feed from
global news agencies like AP and Reuters.
- Kidon
Media-Link provides an index to news sources from Asia.
Sources include newspapers, Internet news publications, radio and
television stations.
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