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I. DIRECTORIES OF INTERNET RESOURCES

Asia-Pacific Internet Resources (Australian National University. Division of Information).

Asiaville. Primarily geared to business and trade, but has other useful links.

East & Southeast Asia : an annotated directory of internet resources (University of Redlands, Asian Studies Dept.)

Southeast Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
The South East Asia section of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library covers online resources dealing with: General Information on Southeast Asia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam

Southeast Asia Guide of the Memorial Library of the University of Wisconsin.

South East Asia Information.

Welcome to Southeast Asia Web!: Internet Resources for Scholars,
"The purpose of the site has been to point to resources of interest to the Southeast Asianist scholarly community."
Last updated September 18, 2000.

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II. GENERAL REFERENCE and BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Be patient. This site takes a while to load.

Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law. Hosted by the National University of Singapore, this site inclues the ASEAN Project which lists each nation separately.

Asia-Pacific Digital Database
Consists of a small (six items so far) database of digitised texts of selected works on Asia-Pacific from the Australian National University Library's rare books collection.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) (Restricted to members of the Stanford community) The Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) is the authoritative bibliography in its field, covering publications from 1971–
Hard copy is also available for 1956–1991. Z3001 .B51 GRN STKS

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA).

CORMOSEA (Committee On Research Materials On Southeast Asia)

Country Reports and Country Profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit (available to Stanford users only). The following areas are available:
Asia-Pacific, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea,Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu and Vietnam.

The Library of Congress Country Studies series may be found at the Library of Congress website. Each "book" presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political and national security systems and institutions of the respective countries listed.
The countries of Southeast Asia and the Pacific currently listed are:
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

SASI (Southeast Asia Serials Index)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)

UNESCO bibliographies for Asia-Pacific

World Factbook. Country profiles compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency.

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III. CURRENT EVENTS, BUSINESS and NEWS

The Asia Observer: a start page for Asian Affairs. One may select Southeast Asia as a region or separate countries.

Asian Development Bank
Searchable by individual countries

AsianNet : business information provider includes nations of Southeast Asia

For a general guide to Stanford resources, see News Sources where Stanford users also have available the Global Newsbank and the Academic Universe of Nexis-Lexus which includes news sources from around the world, including Asia/Pacific. The Global Newsbank (1996- ) includes news articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment from around the world, including Asia and the Pacific Rim. All articles are in English and are culled from over 1000 translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines and government documents.

Political Resources on Asia

Social Policy and governance in East Asia and Pacific Region/ World Bank Group. "This library is a compilation of research, newsletters, and briefs provided by both the World Bank and its partners, broadly defined.

Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

World Development Bank East Asia and the Pacific
Searchable by individual countries

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IV. SELECTED NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS (see also under names of individual countries)

Asia Times: Southeast Asia

Bangkok Post

Borneo Bulletin

Irrawaddy: covering Burma and Asia

Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

Jaring Internet Magazine (Malaysia)

Laksamanannet: the politics and economics portal (Indonesia)

Manila Times

The Nation (Bangkok, Thailand)

New Straits Times (Malaysia)

Philippine Daily Inquirer - online edition of the daily with news,
analyses, commentaries, and more.

Philippine Star

Phuket Gazette (Thailand)

Viet Nam News: national English language daily

Vientiane Times (Laos)

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V. LIBRARIES and PROGRAMS

California Universities with Southeast Asia/Pacific Libraries and Programs

University of California, Berkeley. Southeast Asia Library Service
University of California, Irvine. Southeast Asian Archive
University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
University of California, San Diego. Pacific Rim Library

Other important Southeast Asia programs

Cornell University. Southeast Asia Program
Northern Illinois University. Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Ohio University. Southeast Asian Studies
University of Washington. University Libraries. Southeast Asia Section. Includes Guide to the University of Washington Southeast Book and Electronic Collection.
University of Wisconsin. Center for Southeast Asia Studies:
Yale University. Council on Southeast Asia Studies.:

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VI. RESOURCES for Southeast Asia and the Pacific at STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Information about Southeast Asian studies at Stanford University may be found at the website for the Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF)

SEAF is part of the University's Asia/Pacific Research Center of the Institute for International Studies

Stanford Resources in Asian Studies

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VII. SELECTED RESOURCES BY COUNTRY

BRUNEI DARRUSALAM

Brunei Direct

Embassy of Brunei, Washington, D.C.

Government of Brunei official website

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Brunei

BURMA (MYANMAR)

Burma Net News

Free Burma Coalition

Free Radio Burma Out of order as of March 2003

Mizzima.com: specialising on Burma-related news and issues

Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Classified and annotated links to thousands of full text documents on Burma

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Burma

CAMBODIA/KAMPUCHEA

Cambodia Information Center

Cambodia: beauty and darkness -- the odyssey of the Khmer people

Phnom Penh Post Online

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Cambodia

EAST TIMOR (Timor Leste)

World Wide Web Virtual Library: East Timor

INDONESIA

Indonesian Internet sites (National University of Australia)

You really need go no farther. This site includes the following categories:
Arts and Culture, Business and Finance, Education, Gateways,
General, Government and Politics (including statistics),
Library Sources and Other Resources, Maps, News and Media,
Bali, East Timor, Irian Jaya, Kalimantan, Maluku and Sumatra

Statistics Indonesia
Indonesia's tumultuous leadership

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indonesia

LAOS

Lao Study Review
Laos WWW Virtual Library

MALAYSIA

ALIRAN Online : towards justice and rights in Malaysia
This source usually loads very slowly.
Bernama : the Malaysian National News Agency
Daily Express: independent national newspaper of East Malaysia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Office of the Prime Minister
Malaysia. Civil Service Link
The Star Online

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papua New Guinea online
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Papua New Guinea

PHILIPPINES

Alleba Filipino Directory: WWW Virtual Library of the Philippines
Sun Star
Sunday Punch
Visayan Daily Star : Negros Island first online newspaper

SINGAPORE

Singapore Business Times
Singapore Government Online Portal
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Singapore Infomap : the national website
Statistics Singapore : Singapore Dept. of Statistics
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Singapore

THAILAND

Bank of Thailand
World Bank Thailand Office
Thai Parliament
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Thailand

VIETNAM

Vietnam Democracy Newsletter
Published monthly by the Free Vietnam Alliance (FVA), a coalition of more than 35 Vietnamese democratic movements worldwide. This site unavailable at times.
Political Resources on Vietnam
Vietnam War Bibliography
World Bank Vietnam Office
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Viet Nam

PACIFIC (Oceania/Pacific Islands in general)

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Pacific Studies

Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
Polynesia
Samoa
Tonga
Vanatu

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