Asia-Studies Full-Text Online
http://www.asia-studies.com/
Asia-Studies Full-Text Online is the premier database for the study of modern Asia-Pacific. As the exclusive licensee for the region’s most prestigious research institutions, Asia-Studies.com brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 55 countries* on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues. Examples of specific subject coverage include finance, trade, environment, human resources development, best practices in government, fisheries, tourism, education and women’s studies, to name a few. The average study is 50 pages long, and contains statistics, research, analysis, and forecasts. Most contain statistical tables, charts, and/or graphs. Country coverage includes all of Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and Pacific islands. Users can browse by country to find country- specific annual statistical overviews. Multi-country and Asia-wide comparisons are also available. Studies are arranged for easy browsing by subject, study provider, and alphabetical order. In addition, all studies are indexed in a comprehensive database that is quickly searchable using free text. Each month, the home page highlights new and noteworthy studies and updates.
The database search engine offers advanced search features for experienced researchers while delivering excellent results for novices. It forgives spelling errors and automatically stems. Asia-Studies Full-Text Online is sold by subscription, with a number of service plans available. All plans offer unlimited usage and study retrieval. Users access the website either through a campus-wide IP address service, which requires no passwords, or through individual password-protected accounts. Asia-Studies.com is compiled by International Information Services, a publisher and distributor of scholarly electronic databases. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources White Paper.