Library and Internet Guide
Introduction
Southeast Asia generally
includes the following countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Phillipines, and East Timor.
JCU Library
Resources
Catalogue
InfoHelp
- InfoHelp
- Both computing and information assistance given online, by phone
or email.
Library Guide
Databases
- General Information
- Electronic
Databases - A listing
of all databases available through JCU. Access is only available to
JCU students and staff. Contact InfoHelp if a database password is required.
- How
To Guides - Guides to using and searching the various electronic
databases. Read online or printout.
Indexing/Abstracting Databases
- Informit
Online - Contains over 50 Australian databases. (Password required
for off-campus access).The most relevant databases for Southeast
Asian Studies include:
APAIS: Australian
Public Affairs Information Service - Indexes a wide range of periodicals,
newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books from
the areas of current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature,
politics and social sciences.
PERIND
- Is an index to periodical literature relating to Singapore, Malaysia,
Brunei and ASEAN, produced by the National University of Singapore.
INTAN MAS
- Produced by the Northern Territory University Library, it contains
references to the literature on the Eastern Indonesian provinces
of Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tengarra Timur, Timor Timur (East Timor),
Sulawesi, Maluku and Irian Jaya. It also indexes publications on
Australia's relations with Southeast Asia, ASEAN and its member
nations.
BERITA
- Produced by the Ohio University Library, it provides extensive
coverage of articles on Malaysia, Singapore and other Southeast
Asian countries.
BIPE:
Bibliography of Indonesian Politics and the Economy - Produced by
the School of Asian Studies at the University of Sydney, the database
covers Indonesian politics, government, economy, political culture
and demography.
SMC:
Singapore/Malaysia Collection - The National University of Singapore
Library's catalogue holdings of monographs, conference proceedings,
and periodicals on Singapore, Malyasia, Brunei, and ASEAN (as an
entity).
MAIS:
Multicultural Australia & Immigration Studies - Subject coverage
includes immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism,
multicultural education, migrant health, welfare and social services,
refugees and population studies.
- Firstsearch
- Over 40 different databases that cover most disciplines, including
Social Sciences Abstracts, Arts & Humanities Search (citation index)
and Humanities Abstracts. (Password required from InfoHelp).
-
Sociological Abstracts - Covers articles relevant to sociology,
anthropology, economics, education, health & medicine, and social
psychology.
- ingenta
- Citation database covering over 17,000 titles.
Full text
Databases and Electronic Journals
- Infotrac
- Indexes over 2,000 journals with over half of them available in full
text.
- ProQuest
Asian Business - Finds the latest Asian business and financial information
from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review,
Asiaweek, etc. Use as a standalone resource for regional Asian business
news, or in conjunction with ABI/INFORM Global. (Password required
for off-campus access).
- JCU
Electronic Journals - Alphabetical listing of full-text journals
available to members of James Cook University. You can also link directly
to journals via the web version of the JCU Library Catalogue
(Tropicat).
Organisations
& Associations
News &
Media
- AsiaWeek
Newsmap - Up to date news links by asian country or region.
- Asian
Newspapers - An index to newspapers or news sources for all asian
countries. Links are by individual country.
- AsiaNow-Southeast
Asia - A CNN news site detailing current headlines in southeast
asian countries.
- The
East Timor Crisis - An Australian parliamentary Library site that
offers full-text links on current developments, research and reports,
United Nations, and other countries perspectives/views.
Subject
Directories
- Southeast
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library - Links to general information
on southeast asia as a whole, as well as links concentrated on individual
countries.
- Southeast
Asian Web - Internet resources for scholars and researchers of southeast
asian studies. It contains comprehensive links by subject categories,
and is regularly updated.
- East
& Southeast Asia - An annotated directory of Internet resources,
with links to current hot topics, and regional and country directories.
- Southeast
Asia Collection - Maintained by the University of Ohio Library,
this is a guide to Internet resources by each southeast asian country.
- Asia
Resources on the World Wide Web - Online resources arranged by geographical
areas: Asia general, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.
- Asia
Source - A large resource on asia featuring the latest news &
events, arts & culture, society & history, and other information
for all asian countries.
Subject
Databases
- SASI
(The Southeast Asian Serials Index) - A joint project between the
Australian National University Library and the Royal Institute of Linguistics
& Anthropology Library in The Netherlands. SASI provides access
to information on Southeast Asia through the indexing of major academic
and current affairs journals published in a range of countries including
Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Australia and The Netherlands.
- Access
Asia - By the National Bureau of Asian Research, Access Asia is
a free online searchable database for information on contemporary Asian
affairs and policy-related issues.
Governments
& Economies
- Southeast
Asia: Country, Economy & Regional Information - Maintained by
the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, this site
organises links by individual countries.
- Asia:
Political Resources - Links by individual Asian countries to government
information, political parties, constitutions, and election news.
- Asia-inc.com
- An integrated business communications company that helps people and
organisations make informed decisions and manage their businesses. The
'Doing Business in Asia' link allows you to generate comprehensive business
reports on selected asian countries.
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