Libraries with Major South Asia Collections,
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai/LIBS.html
Database of and links to UK libraries with Asian Studies collections
(http://www.asiamap.ac.uk/index.php
India and Bangladesh Library Contacts (National Library of Australia)
http://www.nla.gov.au/southasia/contact.html
CONSORTIA of South Asia Libraries (SARAI)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/consort.html
British Library Oriental & India Office Collections
http://www.bl.uk/collections/asiapacificafrica.html
Cambridge University Centre of South Asian Studies
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/collections.html
Cleveland Public Library, http://www.cpl.org/sdi-special-collections.asp#Orientalia
Columbia University, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/index.html
Cornell University, http://www.library.cornell.edu/Asia/sa.html
Harvard University , http://lib.harvard.edu/catalogs/hollis.html
Library of Congress, Southern Asia, Section
http://www.loc.gov/acq/devpol/colloverviews/south-asia.html
National Archives of India, http://www.nationalarchives.nic.in/
National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au/niac/libs/sasia.html
National Library of Bhutan, http://www.library.gov.bt/
Oxford University, http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/oriental/iil.htm
School of Oriental & African Studies - SOAS (University of London),
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/index.cfm?navid=306
South Asia Resources Database: The Australian Union Catalogue of South Asian
Library Resources (via Curtin University)
http://recall.curtin.edu.au/ics-wpd/docssaru/sard.htm
(About 250,000 indexed bibliographic records from two files: main file of South
Asia holdings in Australian libraries, and MARC records from National Library of
Australia which don't have Australian locations. Site includes simple search as well as
advanced boolean searching capabilities.)
SVK: Sundarayya Vignana Kendram (Hyderabad, India)
http://www.sundarayya.org/home.html
University of California – Berkeley,
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/wsacolle.html
University of Chicago,
http://www1.lib.uchicago.edu/e/index.php3
University of Hawai at Manoa,
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~asiaref/welcome.html#sasia
South Asian Collections of University of Illinois, Urabana-Champaign
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/asx/southwest.htm
University of Michigan Libraries,
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Area.Programs/South.Asia/
University of Minnesota, Ames Library of South Asia,
http://ames.lib.umn.edu/abames.html
University of Pennsylvania,
http://www.library.upenn.edu/resources/subject/area/southasia/librespenn.html
University of Texas, Austin,
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/area/asia.html
University of Toronto,
http://utcat.library.utoronto.ca:8002/
University of Virginia,
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/sametb.html
University of Washington, http://www.lib.washington.edu/southasia/
University of Wisconsin – Madison, http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/SoAsia/
The Wellcome Library, London,
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/404/404.asp?404;http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/old/HOMlib
COL.html
South Asian Studies- Networks and Web Resources,
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Lib/i/salin2004.html
Networks
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SAARC-the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation provides a
platform for the peoples of South Asia to work together in a spirit of friendship,
trust and understanding. Its documentation center and library, located in New
Delhi, provides information services to Member States (http://www.saarcsec.org).
SAN- the South Asian Network promotes the health and empowerment of people
of South Asian origin living in California, and fills a critical service gap in the
South Asian Community, which traditionally has been underserved by public
interest organizations (http://www.southasiannetwork.org).
SARAI- the South Asia Resource Access on the Internet is hosted by the
Columbia University, and is one of the best sources for finding web based
information in South Asian studies. It provides useful links to reference and
bibliographical resources, e-journals, e-news, e-books, and also International
Directory
of
South
Asian
scholars
(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl).
SARN- the South Asia Research Network has been created to promote the
production, exchange and dissemination of basic research information in the
social sciences and humanities. It provides links to electronic publications,
research notes, abstracts, research centres, and conferences (http://sarn.ssrc.org).
SASNET- the Swedish South Asian Studies Network is a national network for
research, education, and information about South Asia, based at Lund University.
It encourages and promotes an open and dynamic networking process, in which
Swedish researchers co-operate with researchers in South Asia and globally
(http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnetf.html).
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SAWNET- the South Asian Women Network is a useful medium of
communication about South Asian women. It exists entirely in the electronic
medium and its mailing list is run by a group of volunteer moderators that reaches
over
700
women
in
four
continents.
(http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet).
INFLIBNET- the Information and Library Network Centre is the product of
Indian University Grants Commission, involved in creating infrastructure for
sharing information among academic and research institutions. It is a good source
for books, serials and theses databases available in university libraries in India
(http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/index.jsp).
Projects
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CSAL- the Center for South Asian Libraries - is an American overseas research
center developed to facilitate scholarly research and teaching on South Asia
through improved preservation of and access to the heritage of India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. It provides research support facility
for American scholars by providing infrastructures and facilities to enhance
research effectiveness and the exchange of scholarly information
(http://dsal.uchicago.edu/csal).
DSAL- the Digital South Asia Library is a project of the Center for Research
Libraries, and provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia
to scholars, public officials, and other users. This project has been funded by the
Association of Research Libraries' Global Resources Program with support from
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Several languages dictionaries, reference
books, and journals have already been digitized and are available free on the web
to everyone (http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference).
SALRP- the South Asian Literary Recordings Project records the voices of
prominent authors from the region reading excerpts from their works. Recordings
are
available
in
Real
media
and
MP3
formats
(http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/about.html).
SAMP- the South Asia Microform Project is a cooperative program that acquires
and maintains a readily accessible collection of unique materials in microform.
Materials are collected both through the filming efforts of the project and through
the purchase of positive copies of materials filmed by institutions and companies.
It strives to cooperate with libraries and archives worldwide in preserving unique
or
endangered
materials
for
the
study
of
South
Asia
(http://www.crl.edu/areastudies/SAMP/index.htm).
Universal Library Project- is the result of collaborative efforts of professionals
and educationists from India, China and United States. Digitization of materials in
South Indian languages has already begun (http://delta.ulib.org/html/index.html).
Vidyanidhi- is a project of Indian doctoral theses database established to evolve as
an online resource funded by the Ford Foundation and Microsoft
(http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/home/index.html).
Institutions
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AIBS- the American Institute of Bangladesh is a consortium of U.S. Institutions
involved in research on Bangladesh; development of educational institutions in
Bangladesh; faculty exchanges; and sending U.S. graduate as well as
undergraduate student to Bangladesh. (http://www.aibs.net).
AIIS- the American Institute of Indian Studies is a consortium of universities and
colleges in the United States at which scholars actively engage in teaching and
research about India (http://www.indiastudies.org).
AIPS- the American Institute of Pakistan Studies encourages and supports
research on issues relevant to Pakistan and the promotion of scholarly exchange
between the United States and Pakistan (http://www.pakistanstudies-aips.org).
AISLS- the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies was established to foster
excellence in American research and teaching on Sri Lanka, and to promote the
exchange of scholars and scholarly information between the United States and Sri
Lanka (http://www.aisls.org).
Associations
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ACSAA- the American Council for Southern Asian Art is a useful source for the
study and awareness of the art of South and Southeast Asia. In addition to
periodic symposia, usually held every two years, ACSAA pursues these goals
through various projects, including its bi-annual newsletter, bibliographies, a
color slide project, a microfiche archive and outreach materials
(http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/acsaa/hp.html).
ALIVA- the Asia Library & Information Virtual Association is the only virtual
association of Asia's library and information professionals. The secretariat is
located in Bangkok (http://aliva.org/html/about.html).
ANHS- the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies provides a platform for
people with wide-ranging interests in the Himalayan region. It aims to raise the
profile of the world's highest region, increasing awareness of the unequaled
diversity of human and natural worlds within the Himalaya-Hindukush
(http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/index.html).
BASAS- the British Association for South Asian Studies is the largest academic
association in the United Kingdom for the study of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and the South Asian Diaspora
(http://www.staff.brad.ac.uk/akundu/basas).
CONSALD- the Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation has
been created to develop, organize and coordinate information resources and
services in Canada and United States (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/areastudies/SouthAsia/Lib/consald.html).
ISOSA- the Independent Scholars of South Asia provides an academic "home" for
those with a passion for South Asia, a commitment to serious scholarship, and a
career
path
without
a
tenure
track
academic
position.
(http://www.indiastudies.org/isosa).
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SAAG- South Asia Analysis Group is a non profit non commercial think tank. Its
objective is to advance strategic analysis and contribute to the expansion of
knowledge of Indian and International security and promote public understanding
(http://www.saag.org).
SACAP- the South Asia Cooperative Acquisitions Program is operated by the
Library of Congress New Delhi Office for the benefit of the libraries in Canada
and US. It identifies, acquires selectively, catalogs and distributes a wide variety
of library materials (http://www.locdelhi.org).
SAALG- the South Asia Archives & Library Group consists of representatives of
libraries, archives and other institutions in the United Kingdom with
specialization in South Asian Studies. Its aim is to acquire books, manuscripts and
archival materials (http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/users/gae/NCOLR/salg1.htm).
SAJA- the South Asian Journalists Association foster ties among South Asian
journalists in North America and improve standards of journalistic coverage of
South Asia and South Asian Americans (http://www.saja.org).
SALTA- the South Asian Teachers Association is a professional organization
with the mission to encourage a more effective cooperation among instructors and
educators of South Asian languages, linguistics, and literatures in colleges and
universities in North America (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/salta).
SSAS- the Society for South Asian Studies supports advanced research in the
history, visual and material culture, ethnography, language, religion and literature.
It
publishes
an
annual
journal,
South
Asian
Studies.
(http://www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/SSAS).
Subscription Databases
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AIIEBIP- the All India Index to English Books in Print is the first electronic
version of Indian Books in Print that lists thousands of books not found in
elsewhere, along with their prices. A Directory of Indian publishers with complete
addresses
and
contact
details
is
also
included
(http://www.nisc.com/factsheets/qebip.asp).
BAS- the Bibliography of Asian Studies is on-line version of the Bibliography of
Asian Studies that contains records on all subjects, especially humanities and
social sciences, pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published
worldwide from 1971 to the present (http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/b/bas).
DELNET- the Developing Library Network provides a Union Catalogue of
books, Union list of current periodicals, CD-ROM Databases, Database of Indian
specialists, Database of periodical articles, Union list of video recordings, Urdu
manuscripts' database, Database of theses and dissertations on India
(http://delnet.nic.in/).
India Statistics- provides an oceanic depth of India-specific socio-economic
statistical facts and figures culled from various secondary level authentic sources.
Over half-a-million pages of statistical data have been qualitatively analyzed,
condensed and presented in a user-friendly format (http://www.indiastat.com).
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ISID- Index to Social Sciences Periodicals is the On-line Index to over one
hundred Indian Social Science journals and press clippings files of national
English dailies. (http://isidev.nic.in/odb.html).
Online Collections
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Books - A list of online books available free on the web can be accessed at
http://door.library.uiuc.edu/asx/online_books.htm.
Serials - Web based access to online journals can be found at
(http://door.library.uiuc.edu/asx/serials.htm#Online).
SALIN- South Asian Libraries & Information Networks is an online journal that
presents the review of South Asian libraries, information networks, programs and
services-http://www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/dlis/salin/salin.htm.
Newspapers- There are two popular sites that provides links to all newspapers
published in South Asia- http://door.library.uiuc.edu/asx/online_newspapers.htm,
and http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt/collections/sasia/webpapers.html.
South Asian OPACs
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As the result of modernization, several libraries in South Asian countries have
provided access to their Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) from their web
sites to benefit researchers from all over the world. A list of some libraries is
available at http://www.infolibrarian.com/opac.htm, and http://www.asahinet.or.jp/~gb4k-ktr/indexeca.htm.
Miscellaneous
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Country Studies' site of the University of Illinois Library provides detailed links
to South Asian countries (http://door.library.uiuc.edu/asx/country_studies.htm).
Countries
information
can
also
be
accessed
at
http://www.asiasource.org/profiles/ap_mp_02_southasia.cfm.
Languages
Learning
Resources
(http://door.library.uiuc.edu/asx/languages_resources.htm).
NLSIU- the National Law School Article Index is an index of Indian articles from
the current journals being received by the Library, and is available free online
(http://www.nls.ac.in/lib/articles/index.html).
South Asia Virtual Library-is a directory that keeps track of web based sources
for the South Asian section, and is a starting place for exploration, and can be
accessed at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl.
South Asian Libraries & Information Centres - the site provides links to various
libraries -http://door.library.uiuc.edu/asx/SA_libraries.htm.
Listing of US and Canadian Libraries with South Asian collections is available at
-http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/LIBS.html
Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR), http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/PAIR/
Committed to directing users to Asian area content in the Humanities and social
Sciences, the portal is supported by an impressive complement of area studies
scholars, bibliographers and subject selectors based at the libraries of the
University of Wisconsin, the university of Minnesota and the Ohio State
University
(Source http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Lib/i/salin2004.html)
Search Engines and Web Directories for Country, Language, or RegionSpecific Searches
Australia--Anzwers,
http://www.anzwers.com.au/
Malaysia--Cari ,
GoogleAustralia,
http://www.cari.com.my/
http://www.google.com.au/
Jaring,http://www.jaring.com.my/
WebWombat
,
New Zealand-- Search NZ
http://www.webwombat.com.au/
http://www.searchnz.com/
Yahoo! Australia and New Zealand,
Index NZ, http://www.indexnz.com/
http://au.yahoo.com/index.html?ver=800
Ansearch, http://www.ansearch.com.au/
China-- Gateway2China,
http://www.gateway2china.com/
HongKong--Timway,
http://www.timway.com/welcome.html
India--123India ,
http://www.123india.com/
Khoj, http://www.khoj.com/
Google India, http://www.google.co.in/
Indonesia-Google
Indonesia ,
http://www.google.co.id/intl/en/
Catcha,
http://id.catcha.com/english.phtml
SouthKorea-KoreaInfogate,
http://www.koreainfogate.com/
Taiwan-Yam,
http://www.yam.com/en/yam/
Pakistan-GooglePakistan ,
http://www.google.com.pk/intl/en/
Afghanistan--AfghanNetwork,
http://www.google.co.in/ Afghana!
,PakistaniPortal
http://www.pakistani.com/
http://www.afghana.com/
Afghanistan Online, http://www.afghan-PakAvenue,
http://www.pakavenue.com/
web.com/
,
Search Engine Colossus, ((http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html)
Search Engine Guide , (http://www.searchengineguide.com/pages/Regional/) are
comprehensive global master directories of local search engines for regional,
country, or language-specific searches. Yahoo! provides
country-specific, http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/index.html
regional, http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/regions/and official
government site, http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Countries/ search options.
Google offers a comprehensive
Language Tools Page, http://www.google.com/language_tools to search in specific
languages or countries, translate text, change language interfaces, or link to
country-specific Google sites.
NOTE: Also see the sections of this site specifically on
Australia and New Zealand, http://www2.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#
China, http://www2.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#China
India, http://www2.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#India
Japan, http://www2.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#Japanand
Taiwan.http://www2.etown.edu/vl/countspe.html#Taiwan
Principal Portals, Web Directories, and Indexes
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library, http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL
AsianStudies.html) At the Australian National University, this is a fine global
collaborative project which provides access to networked scholarly documents, resources,
and information systems in all aspects of Asian studies.
Asian Studies Search Engines , http://www.ciolek.com/SearchEngines.html
Asian Studies WWW Monitor, http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
with searchable database.
Portalto Asian Internet Resources , http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/PAIR/index.html
An excellent portal site from the libraries of the University of Wisconsin, the University
of Minnesota, and the Ohio State University that provides "more than six thousand
professionally selected, cataloged and annotated online resources" about Asia, with
tutorials on using Asian and Asian-language online sources.
Other Sites
• Asia Business Today, http://www2.etown.edu/vl/asia.html
From the CitiGroup Foundation and the Asia Society, excellent source of information on
many aspects of Asia, its role in the world economy, and U.S. relations with the region,
with fine country pages and daily briefings by e-mail.
• AsiaMedia, http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/
Media news and views from the Asia Pacific region, with archives, from the UCLA Asia
Institute.
• Asia News Network, http://www.asianewsnet.net/
News from a consortium of Asian daily newspapers from many countries, with archives.
• Asia Observer, http://www.asiaobserver.com/
Useful and comprehensive site, with selected links and focus on regional news, politics,
and economy, plus regional and country backgrounds.
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), http://www.apec.org/
The premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in
the Asia-Pacific region. Information about APEC, the international economics and trade
of the region, latest news, official statements, agreements, and more. Hundreds of free
publications for download.
• Asia Pacific Management Forum-, http://www.apmforum.com/
Outstanding for news, research articles, columnists, and resources on Asian business,
from the Asian business resources of Orient Pacific Century, Anbar Management
Intelligence, and their business and academic partners. With market research guides by
country and searchable links to other substantive online sources.
• Asia Pacific Policy Program, http://www.ap.harvard.edu/index.html
From the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, a comprehensive
Web resource on Asia, with online regional and country material.
• Asia Pacific Research Online, http://www.ciolek.com/
From Asian studies specialist T. Matthew Ciolek of the Australian National University, a
superb compendium of links to scholarly information related to online research, teaching,
and publishing about Asia and related regions and topics.
• Asia Regional Information Center, http://aric.adb.org/
Searchable site set up by the Asian Development Bank to provide "an array of regularly
updated information about the economic performance and prospects of 16 Asian nations."
• Asia Society, http://www.asiasociety.org/index.html
America's leading institution dedicated to fostering communication between
Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. See their excellent
Asia Source, http://www.asiasource.org/
on culture, business, politics, history, news, reference, languages, experts, links, and
Web search.
Asia Profiles , http://www.asiasource.org/profiles/ap_mp_04.cfm
allows you to compare statistical data across Asian countries.
Ask Asia, http://www.askasia.org/
is "an educational website for students and teachers."
• Asia Times Online, http://atimes.com/index.html
Excellent, searchable source for news and reports on all aspects of Asia today from
an Asian perspective, by country and topic, with archives.
• Asian Business Watch, http://www.asianbusinesswatch.com/
Has news on Asian economies, stock markets, special reports and presentations,
and business contacts, plus a regional search engine.
• Asian Development Bank, http://www.adb.org/
Online data and publications are available from this multilateral development
finance institution, including the statistics off the
Economics and Statistics , http://www.adb.org/Economics/
Key
Indicators
of
Developing
Asian
and
http://www.adb.org/documents/books/key_indicators/.
Pacific
Countries,
Regional and country data and analysis are available
Regions and Countries , http://www.adb.org/Countries/page.
• Asian Studies Network Information Center, http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/asnic/
At the University of Texas, with the main objective of assisting those interested in
Asia to find information on the Internet about Asia and Asian Studies programs.
• Association for Asian Studies, http://www.aasianst.org/
The scholarly professional association open to all persons interested in Asia. Note
their
Asia Resources on the World Wide Web , http://www.aasianst.org/asiawww.htmand
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Libraries, http://www.aasianst.org/library.htm.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, http://www.aseansec.org/
Information about this major IGO, its activities, its members, and the region as a
whole, including its foreign relations.
• Central Eurasian Studies World Wide, http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/
Large compilation of resources for the study of Central Eurasia, from the Harvard
Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus.
• Channelnewsasia, http://www.channelnewsasia.com/
Excellent site featuring constantly updated news exclusively from Asia, by category
and with special reports, features, and interviews.
• Comparative Connections, http://www.csis.org/pacfor/ccejournal.html
An online journal on East Asian bilateral relations from the Center for Strategic
and International Studies'
Pacific Forum, http://www.csis.org/pacfor/.
• Council on East Asian Libraries, http://wason.library.cornell.edu/CEAL/
The organization for East Asian librarians in North America, with guides to
research on East Asia and information about the Council.
• Digital South Asia Library, http://dsal.uchicago.edu/
From the Center for Research Libraries, a compilation of resources for South
Asian studies, including references, images, maps, statistics, bibliographies, indexes,
books, journals, etc.
• East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources,
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/index.
From the Asian Studies program at the University of Redlands, excellent annotated
links by regional topics and country directories, plus current hot issues.
• East-West Center, http://www.eastwestcenter.org/
At the University of Hawaii, "an internationally recognized education and research
organization established by the U.S. Congress to strengthen understanding and
relations between the United States and the countries of the Asia Pacific region."
Some publications and commentary online.
• EurasiaNet, http://www.eurasianet.org/
News, country information, features, analysis, discussion forums, and weekly
bulletin about the region of Central Asia, from the Central Eurasia Project of the
Open Society Institute.
• Far Eastern Economic Review, http://www.feer.com/
Leading newsweekly for Asian economic and business news and analysis, with
searchable archives.
• H-Asia Discussion Network, http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~asia/
Part of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine, "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... [and] committed to
discussing region wide, comparative and professional issues important to scholars of
Asia."
• Integrated Regional Information Network, http://www.irinnews.org/AsiaFP.ASP
From the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, providing
searchable news items on crises in Asia.
• Korean Studies Internet Resources,
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/eastasian/korea.htm#TOC
Useful directory from the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library, UCLA.
• National Bureau of Asian Research, http://www.nbr.org/
A nonprofit, nonpartisan U.S. institution that conducts advanced research utilizing
the world's premier specialists on Asia and Russia, and serves as the international
clearinghouse on regional expertise and important policy issues. Selected
publications online, including the NBR Bulletin.
AccessAsia , http://www.satp.org/
for information on contemporary Asian affairs and policy-related issues, links, and
a listing of thousands of Asia specialists.
• South Asia Resource Access on the Internet, http://www.sawnet.org/
From Columbia University, one of the very best South Asia resource gateways on
the Web, which is also the World Wide Web Virtual Library for South Asia.
• South Asia Terrorism Portal, http://www.satp.org/
From the Institute for Conflict Management, in New Delhi, "information, data,
commentary, research, critical assessment and analysis on terrorism, low intensity
warfare and sectarian strife in South Asia."
• South Asian Women's Network, http://www.sawnet.org/
A forum for those interested in women's issues in the six countries of South Asia,
with many topical subsections and a moderated mailing list, based at Concordia
University in Canada.
• South China Sea World Wide Web Virtual Library,
http://community.middlebury.edu/~scs/
Part of the WWW Virtual Library system, "an online resource for scholars and
policy-makers interested in South China Sea regional development, environment,
and security issues."
• Southeast Asian Studies: Online Resources,
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2003/february1/southeastasi
an.htm
Annotated article on Internet resources in the topic, as of February 2003, in fulltext and with hypertext links, from the "College and Research Libraries News" of
the Association of College and Research Libraries.
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,
http://www.unescap.org/
From the U.N., news, analysis, and statistics about development, population,
environmental, and trade issues in Asia and the Pacific.
• US-ASEAN Business Council, http://www.us-asean.org/
This organization represents the American private sector and posts business and
general news and information about the countries and economic concerns of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
•WorldBankEastAsiaandthePacificInformation,
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/eap/eap.nsf
Papers, discussion notes, and reports dealing with the full range of economic,
environmental, and social issues facing East Asia and the Pacific today.
• World Bank Europe and Central Asia Information,
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/0,,menu
PK:258604~pagePK:158889~piPK:146815~theSitePK:258599,00.html
Papers, discussion notes, and reports dealing with the full range of economic,
environmental, and social issues facing Eastern Europe and Central Asia today.
• World Bank South Asia Information, http://wbln1018.worldbank.org/sar/sa.nsf
Papers, discussion notes, and reports dealing with the full range of economic,
environmental, and social issues facing South Asia today.
• World-Wide Web Internet Guide for China Studies,
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/
Part of the WWW Virtual Library system, this Internet guide keeps track of
leading information facilities on China and has an internal search engine.
Sourc: http://www2.etown.edu/vl/asia.html
Electronic Resources on South Asia from UW (Metalib), http://metalib.wisconsin.edu
A general listing of indexes and other databases helpful for South Asian
Studies.
Subject Indexes
Anthropological Literature , http://digital.library.wisc.edu
(access restricted) is a bibliographic index to articles and essays on anthropology and
archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious
studies.
ATLA, http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.journals/atlasfto
(access restricted) is a good starting place to look for articles on topics related to South
Asian religion.
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) ,
http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/b/bas/ (access restricted) is perhaps the most helpful online
index for research on South Asia as it contains citations to articles both from and about
South Asia.
Historical Abstracts, http://digital.library.wisc.edu.web/historicalabstracts (access
restricted) while quite broad in its coverage, does include many references to studies on
South Asian history.
InternationalIndextothePerformingArts(IIPA),
http://www.library.wisc.edu/databases/connect/iipaconnect.html (access restricted) is a
good starting place to look for articles on South Asian cinema.
ModernLanguageAssociationBibliography
http://collections.chadwyck.com/marketing/index.jsp (access restricted) includes citations
to critical works on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) ,
http://metalib.wisconsin.edu (access restricted) indexes journal articles, books and
government and IGO documents in the fields of public policy and the social sciences in
general.
South Asia Specific Resources
India Office 19th Century Publications Catalog,
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/oioc.py
National Bibliography of Indian Literature: 1901-1953 ,
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/nbil.py
Official Publications of India Catalog ,
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/southasia/off-pubs.html
ReligioninSouthAsia:aselectbibliography,
http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/SoAsia/religion/index.html
RojaMuttiahResearchLibraryCatalog,
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/southasia/rmrl.html
SAWNET(SouthAsianWomen'sNET),
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/
South and Southeast Asia Video Archive ,
http://digital.library.wisc.edu.dl/SEAvideo
(This resource is no longer updated. For more current video holdings at UW, check
Madcat.)
SouthAsianDiasporaBibliographicGuides,
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/resource.html
SouthAsianDiasporaLiteratureinEnglish,
http://www.lib.washington.edu/Southasia/guides/diaspora.html
SouthAsian Women Studies
http://www.lib.washington.edu/Southasia/Women/
Urdu Research Centre catalog, http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/urlc.py
Digital Projects
Digital Dictionaries of South Asia , http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/
Digital South Asia Library (DSAL) , http://dsal.uchicago.edu/
A global collaborative effort to make important and rare South Asian resources available
to the international community. Included in DSAL are reference resources, images, maps,
statistics, bibliographies, indexes and books and journals.
Guide to the Indexing of South Asian Periodical Literature
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SouthAsiaIndex/ lists if a journal has been indexed and if
so, both where and to what extent.
PAIR (Portal to Asian Internet Resources), http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/PAIR/ catalogs
select web resources originating from Asia.
SARAI , http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/
Links to just about anything and everything one might want online regarding South Asia.
Included here are bibliographic tools, job announcements, e-newspaper and e-journal
links, a directory of scholars working on South Asia and more.
Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library, http://www.thdl.org/
publishes multilingual studies, multimedia learning resources, and creative works
concerned with the area's environments, cultures, and histories.
Governmental Information
Governments on the WWW, http://www.gksoft.com/govt/ provides comprehensive lists
of websites from South Asian governments:
Bangladesh,http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/bd.html
India , http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/in.html including
Doordarshan,http://www.ddindia.gov.in/
ElectionCommissionofIndia,http://www.eci.gov.in/
IndianParliament,http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/
MinistryofFinance,http://finmin.nic.in/
Ministry of Home Affairs ,
http://mha.nic.in/includingtheCensus,http://www.censusindia.net/
NationalHumanRightsCommission,http://nhrc.nic.in/
Supreme Court of India, http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/
Nepal,http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/np.html
Pakistan,http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/pk.html
including:
IslamicRepublicofPakistan,http://www.pak.gov.pk/
LahoreHighCourt,http://www.lhc.gov.pk/
National Commission on Status of Women, http://new.ncsw.gov.pk/index.php
Sri Lanka , http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/lk.html
The U.S. Government also publishes information about South Asia online, if somewhat
outdated:
CIA Fact books:
Afghanistan , https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html
Bhutan , https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bt.html
India , https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html
Nepal , https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/np.html
Pakistan , https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pk.html
Sri Lanka . https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ce.html
LC Country Studies:
Bhutan , http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/bttoc.html
India , http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/intoc.html
Nepal , http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/nptoc.html
Pakistan , http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pktoc.html
Sri Lanka, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/lktoc.html .
Source http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/SoAsia/