Springboard

Use this springboard to access resources we've highlighted in the Indonesia on the Net columns. Simply click on the links to go straight to each site, or re-visit the columns to read more about our exploration of the world wide web.
 
  • Diversions
  • Government and institutional links
  • News
  • NGOs
  • Search engines
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    Diversions

    IndoLinx
    This is a great networking site for all teachers of Indonesian. Get your students communicating to Indonesians online!

    BATAVIANet
    BATAVIANet has links to 2000 homepages in Indonesia - it covers almost every imaginable human activity including (my favourite) many newspapers and magazines....Edition 49

    IndoCenter
    Indonesian bazaar on the Net - links to any number of diversions. Edition 49.

    Nature Reserves of Kalimantan
    Newly designed by Ed Colijn in the Netherlands - national parks, eco-tourism, flora and fauna. Edition 50.

    Some Javanese Music
    If the sonorous tones of Javanese gamelan music transports you to seventh heaven, here's something for you. A Dutch physicist named Geert Jan van Oldenborgh has made available an extensive list of CD and cassette tape titles of Javanese and Sundanese gamelan music, as well as some of kroncong music.
    You can immerse yourself all over again at the American Gamelan Institute.

    Asian Rare Books
    Having trouble finding that rare book? Stephen Feldman in New York may be able to help you.

    Government and institutional links

    Borneo Research Council
    This British group brings together research in the social, biological and medical sciences over the whole island, regardless of political boundaries.Edition 50.

    IndoExchange
    Brings you live data from Indonesia's Stock Exchange. By registering with them (costs nothing) you can get the information you need to buy a slice of the action (or to monitor it), be it Bimantara or Lippo Bank. Edition 49.

    Info-Mine
    The Web's premier site for information about mining companies and properties around the world. Don't expect Gaia-style calls for protests - this is hard business data. Under 'HotAreas' there's an Indonesian Resources Page with numerous company press releases and brokerage reports. Mostly gold here, no coal - which Kalimantan also has in abundance.Edition 50.

    News

    Apakabar
    Browse the Indopubs archives administered by John MacDougall - a steady stream of news, discussion, book reviews, and more, written by (generally) knowledgeable people all over the world. Much is in English, a lot in Indonesian. Edition 51.

    Inside Indonesia
    Inside Indonesia at last enters the real, or should I say the virtual, world of the Internet! Edition 51

    Jendela Indonesia
    One of the dozen-plus Indonesian super-directory sites. Links to newspapers, magagazines and journals. Even includes a downloadable dictionary with 9,000+ entries to help you with your Indonesian reading. Edition 52

    Custom news servers
    If you want news on Indonesia to 'come to you', use the customisation features of three of the top 5 net search biggies: Excite, Yahoo and Infoseek. We show you how in Edition 53.

    Tempo Interaktif
    Do you remember Tempo magazine, Indonesia's premier news weekly banned in 1994? It has risen from the ashes, reincarnated as a Web site. Edition 47.

    Ultimate Indonesian Homepage
    Links from this site lead you to the daily papers Kompas, Republika and Surabaya Post, the weekly news magazine Gatra, the official news agency Antara, and news bulletins of the private TV channel RCTI, to name a few. Edition 46.

    NGOs

    Gaia Forest Conservation Archives
    Devoted to worldwide rainforest and forest conservation, indigenous issues, and ecological activism opportunities. When you click on their 'World Forests' icon, up comes a directory of action alerts from around the globe. Edition 50

    Search engines

    Databases, newsgroups, mailing lists and web forums
    There are thousands of searchable databases at Internets. Search newsgroups, mailing lists and web forums at Reference.com. Or stroll through Waruno Mahdi's homepage - possibly the net's most complete personal homepage on Indonesia. Edition 53

    Infoseek
    Has won rave reviews lately. Their blurb says - perhaps a little unkindly to the others - 'there is intelligent life on the net'

    Windweaver's Search Guide
    For a more personalised approach to searching. Edition 53




    Last updated: 28 July 2001