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Art Index: A Guide to Asian Art on the Internet: Includes information on galleries and art dealers, forthcoming exhibitions and lectures, museums and auction houses.
Author: Silverman, David
Subjects: asian studies, ethnic art
DeweyClass: 700
Resource type: index, news
Asiaco: Hierarchical directory of Web resources providing annotated links to material about Asian countries. Categories include arts and humanities, business and economy, government, news and media, science, society and culture, and travel.
Author: Asiaco
Subjects: asian business, asian news, asian studies, asian travel and tourism
DeweyClass: 915
Resource type: index
Asian Film Connections: List of contemporary films made in China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan from 1998 onwards. Includes synopses, interviews, educational material, and essays from Asia's leading film journals, and contains images and video clips from selected films. Available in English, Chinese, and Korean.
Author: University of Southern California
Subjects: asian studies, chinese culture, film studies, india, japan, korean, taiwan
DeweyClass: 384.8
Resource type: documents, images, moving images
Asian Historical Architecture: Photographic Survey: Brought to fruition by a number of professors and graduate students from Columbia, Yale, and the University of Virginia in the USA, this resource provides access to a growing collection of photographic images relating to Asia's diverse architectural heritage. Offers over 6450 photos of 457 sites across seventeen countries. The resource limits photographs to those areas influenced by Buddhism, Confucianism, or Hinduism. Users can browse by country by clicking on an interactive map, before narrowing their search to cities or provinces. Several highlights among the photographic images include those locales in Afghanistan, such as the Citadel of Heart, the Borobudur temple in Indonesia, and the Great Wall at Badaling, China.
Author: Ciccone, Timothy
Subjects: archaeology, archaeology education, asian studies
DeweyClass: 726.1
Resource type: image collection
Asian Info: Links to information resources on aspects of Asian life covering art, business, culture, education, politics, and news. Geographical areas of interest include Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Author: Asian Info
Subjects: asian studies, cambodia, china, india, indonesia, japan, malaysia, mongolia, myanmar, north korea, philippines, singapore, south korea, taiwan, thailand, vietnam
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: index
AsianDOC: Asian Database Online Community Electronic Newsletter: The goal of this newsletter is to support, and promote communication among, scholars, librarians and researchers who are developing text and image databases in the various fields of Asian and Eurasian Studies. Includes information on database projects and other Web initiatives, conferences and meetings, technical issues, print and Web resource reviews, and several interest group columns.
Author: Ohio State University Libraries
Subjects: asian studies
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: news
AsiaSource: Resource providing information on Asian society, culture, economy, history, and politics. Includes news stories, a collection of full text articles and speeches organised by geographical area and by subject, maps and statistics for individual countries, a glossary of terms, and an online bookstore.
Author: Asia Society
Subjects: asian business, asian news, asian studies
DeweyClass: 079.5957
Resource type: documents, maps
CASBAH: Caribbean Studies Black and Asian History: An RSLP funded project aiming to identify and map national research resources for Caribbean studies, and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain. Outlines project activities, progress reports, and news and events. A fully searchable database and subject gateway is due to be launched in May 2002.
Author: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Subjects: african americans, asian studies, caribbean, cultural studies
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: documents
Central Eurasia Project: Collection of maps, travel information, news and articles about culture, arts, human rights, business, media and history in countries throughout Central Eurasia. Covers Mongolia and four countries of the former Soviet Union - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The project aims to establish scholarships, information offices and open forums, and to distribute grants promoting freedom of expression and the free flow of information.
Author: Soros Foundation Network
Subjects: armenia, asian studies, azerbaijan, mongolia, tajikistan, uzbekistan
DeweyClass: 915.8
Resource type: documents, maps
East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Directory of political, historical, and cultural resources pertaining to the countries of East and Southeast Asia, with essays and reports on topical issues.
Author: University of Redlands Department of History
Subjects: asian studies, brunei, burma, cambodia, china, indonesia, japan, laos, malaysia, mongolia, north korea, philippines, singapore, taiwan, thailand, vietnam
DeweyClass: 959.9
Resource type: directory
Electronic Journal of Oriental Studies: Journal devoted to Arabic, Persian, and Turkic studies with PDF articles covering Empires, religion, and politics. Issues are offered free of charge, and an outline of the journal's editorial policy is available.
Author: Utrecht University Department of Arabic, Persian and Turkic Languages and Cultures
Subjects: arabic, arabs, asian studies, iran, turkey
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: journal
Harappa: Harappa was an ancient city in the Indus Valley that flourished around 2500 BC. Resources include over 90 slides of the Indus Valley and 3D computer recreations of the city's gateway and surrounding topography, plus various audio and visual resources concerning South Asia in general before 1947.
Author: Khan, Omar
Subjects: ancient history, asian studies, india, world archaeology
DeweyClass: 934
Resource type: moving images
Institute of Oriental Philosophy: Established in 1962 as a non-profit organisation, the IOP conducts independent research on the history, literature, and concepts of Buddhism, comparative region, and the interrelations between religion and science, and religion and society. The online resource details research topics, lectures and seminars, and publications including The Journal of Oriental Studies which is produced by the Institute itself.
Author: Institute of Oriental Philosophy
Subjects: asian studies, philosophy research
DeweyClass: 180
Resource type: institution
Intersections: Refereed journal for historical and cultural gender studies in Asia. Offers articles such as Crossing Gender Boundaries in China: Nushu Narratives, and Ethnography and Video: Researching Women in China's Floating Population.
Author: Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
Subjects: asian studies, gender studies, population studies
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: journal
JSTOR: UK mirror of JSTOR service, which aims to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature, to improve access to these journals, to help fill gaps in existing library collections of journal issues, to address preservation issues, reduce long-term costs to libraries, and to assist scholarly associations and publishers in making the transition to electronic modes of publication. Online journals are available in several subject areas, including Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, and sociology. Subscription required for journal access. A demonstration database and background information on JSTOR are freely available.
Author: JSTOR and MIMAS, Manchester University
Subjects: asian studies, electronic journal collections, philosophy research, population studies
DeweyClass: 080
Resource type: journal collection
Legacy of Genghis Khan: Exhibition providing an insight into the life of Genghis Khan and the Mongol empire. A written historical account of the time is accompanied by images depicting architectural decorations, handscrolls, and porcelain. Divided into 5 key sections considering the Mongols in China, Iran, their Islamic beliefs, manuscript illustration in the fourteenth century, and visual language in the form of textiles and engravings.
Author: Museum Associates dba the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Subjects: asian studies
DeweyClass: 950.2
Resource type: documents, images
Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colours: A book about Oriental costumes originally published in 1922. Includes images of costumes from Afghanistan, Persia, India, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, China and Japan.
Author: Tilke, Max
Subjects: afghanistan, asian studies, clothing, egypt, syria
DeweyClass: 391
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
South East Asian Archive: The Archive collects materials relating to the resettlement of South-east Asian refugees and immigrants in the United States (and to a lesser extent, worldwide), and the culture and history of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. There is a special focus on materials pertaining to South-east Asians in California, and back issues of the Southeast Asian Archive's quarterly newsletter.
Author: University of California, Irvine
Subjects: asian studies, cambodia, human migration, laos, vietnam
DeweyClass: 338.9
Resource type: documents
TamilNet: News and views from the homeland of Eelam Tamils, North and East of Sri Lanka.
Author: TamilNet
Subjects: asian studies, sri lanka
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: news
WWW Hmong Homepage: Collection of resources relating to Hmong people, a minority group living in China and throughout the world. Covers various history, publications, culture, news, and current events. Bibliographic references to ongoing research projects, and material addressing Hmong resettlement and repatriation are provided.
Author: Rice, Craig & Vue-Benson, Robin
Subjects: asian studies, chinese culture
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: documents