THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

Years online: 14+ Page views since the launch in January 1994: 57,170,000 The Coombsweb 'The pioneer site for Asia-Pacific research and electronic publishing.' The home of the Asian Studies WWW Monitor with the Google rank #1 among the 7,140,000 asian studies pages world-wide (May 2008). The home of the PSWWWVL with the Google rank #1 among the 6,120,000 pacific studies pages world-wide (May 2008). At the time of its launch (25 Jan 1994) Coombsweb was the 2nd WWW site at the ANU, the 5th site in Australia and the 850th site in the world. Currently the Internet comprises over 101 million Web servers.

Edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek

Welcome to the Coombsweb

Site est. 25 Jan 1994. Last updated: 9 May 2008. The Coombsweb is the world's oldest and most prominent Asian Studies online research environment. Its Web pages are designed for transmission speed, not fancy looks.

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Search Tools Search the ANU    ANU Web Phone List Staff Email Student Email   Search the GOOGLE search engine Search WWW Search Coombsweb site   Search all ANU Asian Studies schools, libraries, & centers Search  Asian Studies Search Engines [over 90 databases.] Search ANU Asian Studies WWW pages [over 31,000 web documents.] Search ANU Pacific Studies WWW pages [over 32,000 web documents.] Electronic Journals & Newsletters Asian Studies WWW Monitor: E-Journal [Est. 21 Apr 1994. ISSN 1329-9778.] Free email-issues of the Asian Studies Monitor [Several posts a week. Currently over 6,900 subscribers.] To join this free service use the Monitor's subscription page, or use the box below: Your email address:   Privacy policy: Email addresses are never sold or given out to anybody. This is an announcements-only list with a moderate volume: two to five messages approximately every second day. For abstracts of the most valuable resources see                      The Best of The Asian Studies WWW Monitor blog   Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: E-Journal [Est. 12 Apr 2000. ISSN 1443-8976.] Free email-issues of the Pacific Studies Monitor [Several posts a year. Currently over 1,350 subscribers.] Your email address:   Asia Rights Journal [Est. 01 Jul 2004. An initiative developed by the 'Asian Civic Rights Network: National Security, Media and the Promotion of Rights in the Twenty-First Century.' The project is assisted by the generous support of the Toyota Foundation. ] Online Research Facilities Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library [Est. 24 Mar 1994.] Demography WWW Virtual Library [Est. 07 Mar 1994.] Indonesia WWW Virtual Library [Est. 03 Dec 1995.] Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library [Est. 21 Jun 1995.] Papua New Guinea WWW Virtual Library [Est. 01 Jun 1996.] Papua WWW Virtual Library [Est. 08 Aug 2002.] Vietnam WWW Virtual Library [Est. 12 Jan 1996.] Coombspapers Anonymous FTP Archive [Est. 03 Dec 1991.] The AnthroGlobe Bibliographies [Est. 07 Dec 2000.] Acronyms used by Asian Studies' scholars: a dictionary [Est. 26 Aug 2004.] Meta-Guide to Indonesia: Annotated Bibliography of post-1990 Bibliographies on Indonesia [Est. 10 Jan 2003.] The Endeavour Project: a hypermedia edition of the Journals of James Cook's first Pacific voyage [Est. Apr 1999.] Coombsweb Scholarly Mailing Lists Pacific-Islands [pacific-islands@mailman.anu.edu.au ] [This electronic forum was established on 11 Mar 1994 by the RSPAS, The Australian National University. From Mar 1994 till Jun 2006 it was called "Pacific-Islands-L". The forum provides a world-wide communications vehicle for exchange of scholarly and factual information dealing with the Pacific. It currently has over 330 subscribers, mainly from universities and research institutes.] To subscribe please use the forum's home page. Tibetan-Studies-L [tibetan-studies-L@coombs.anu.edu.au] [This moderated electronic forum was established on 8 Dec 1995 by the RSPAS, The Australian National University. It provides a world-wide communications vehicle for exchange of scholarly and factual information dealing with Tibet. It currently has over 520 subscribers, mainly from universities and research institutes.] Your email address:   Coombsweb Electronic Mailing Lists [listowners' page] Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) A corporate site with links to several valuable resources, including Australian Dissertations on Asia, 1999-present (ANU) [Edited by R.E. Elson (1999-2000) and T. Morris-Suzuki (2001-2002), size 145 KB] Australians studying Asia: the ASAA, 1976-1997 (ANU). [B.A. thesis (Nov 1997) by Rebecca King, Dept. of History, University of New South Wales, Sydney]

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Past awards, accolades and distinctions received by the Coombsweb

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Maintainer: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au

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