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Asian American Net

http://www.asianamerican.net/

"Asian American Net is the first and the only web site whose mission is to serve all Asian American communities and to promote and strengthen cultural, educational, and commercial ties between Asia and North America. The site¹s primary feature is the collection of regional and country-specific materials available on the Internet. Each country on the Asian continent is listed under one of the five regional groups, i.e., Central Asia, East Asia/Far East, Middle East/West Asia, South Asia, andSoutheast Asia." Includes the address of the embassies for each nation, links to newspapers, Asian studies programs and centers, immigration resources, and Asian American organizations.

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Subjects:

Regional & Country Information--Asia

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American

Keywords: Asia

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

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

Part of the WWW Virtual Library, this is a global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with or relevant to Asian Studies. Areas covered are divided into: Middle East, Caucasus, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Pacific Ocean.

Author: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Asia

Regional & Country Information--Asia

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American

The Digital Asia Library (DAL)

http://digitalasia.library.wisc.edu/

"The catalog includes freely available Internet resources for research and study of modern East, South, and Southeast Asia on a broad range of topics in the social sciences. Resources are from various sources including academic, government, commercial, trade and industry, and non-governmental organizations. The catalog includes current information and data such asbibliographies and databases, data sets, newspapers and journals, government reports, and organization sites.. Resources are in English and/or one or more of 27 Asian languages."

Author: The Ohio State University Libraries

Subjects:

Regional & Country Information--Asia

The Electromic Budhidharma

http://www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/

The most comprehensive, fabolous Zen Studies including texts, art, and related links.

Author: International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Philosophy

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Regional & Country Information--Asia

Keywords: Japan; China; Asian Studies; Buddhism; Zen Studies; Software

Tibet Information Network (TIN)

http://www.tibetinfo.net/

Tibet Information Network (TIN) is an independent news and research agency, which monitors and reports on the political, social, economic, environmental and human rights situation in Tibet today. With 12 years¹ experience, TIN is seen as the global leader in its field. TIN is not a campaigning organisation: its newsgathering balances official statements from Beijing, Lhasa and Dharamsala with reliable first-hand testimony from Tibetans themselves."

Author: Tibet Information Network (tin@tibetinfo.net)

Subjects:

Regional & Country Information--Asia

Keywords: Tibet

Virtual City of Ani

http://www.virtualani.freeserve.co.uk/

An exhibit on the Armenian city of Ani, which reached the height of its prosperity in the 11th century. Maps, an extensive collection of images, and essays on the city, its religion, arts and central Asian culture of the time.

Author: VirtualAni (webmaster@virtualani.freeserve.co.uk)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Asia

Regional & Country Information--Asia

Keywords: Armenia

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