A list of services offered by AsiaPortal
About the AsiaPortal
www.asiaportal.info is a Nordic information portal for researchers, students, government officers and journalists with an interest in Asia. Its content is primarily based in the Social Sciences and Humanities. It is a collaborative endeavor between the 23 universities and research institutions in the Nordic NIAS Council and NIAS/NIAS LINC.
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Blog and pod casts
Subject news from NIAS and NNC Partner institutions, listen to and comment on topical news from Asian specialists.
Contribute - add your research or documents!
Country guides
Quick link guide to country level information, major websites, news, statistics, organization and governments
MyPortal
By creating a MyPortal identity you can
- Save links in a link basket and create personal collections of the resources in AsiaPortal
- Share your collections with others via social bookmarks or e-mail
- Partipate in the discussions on the inFocus blog
Create a MyPortal identity:
- Click on Sign In and register your username and e-mail
- A swift mail will be sent to you with a password
- Click on the link in the mail
- Login using your username and the password given in the mail
- You are transferred your profile page where you can add information on yourself and /or change your password. Finish by clicking on Update profile
- Now you can start using the MyPortal features!
News and events
News items and press releases from NIAS and partner institutions, together with the Asian News service: topical news items, sourced from Asian news services
- Front page news
- Political news
- Economic indicators
- Terrorism
- Environment
- Agriculture
- Biotechnology
- Law overview
- Nordic Conferences and events
- Latest conference and events details
- From Nordic Nias Council
- International Conferences and events
- Latest conference and events details
- From other organizations
- Jobs
- Advice on where to look for work in Asian studies
Nordic perspectives
Find information on Nordic Asian policies, researchers, institutions, events and publications. This a unique possibility to familiarize yourself with the Nordic Asia Studies environment and Asian policies from governments and business
Resource guides
Each of our subject-focused guides offers quick access to key documents, organizations, research themes, major websites, discussions and other key resources
- General references (01.00.00)
- Agriculture (02.00.00)
- Anthropology (03.00.00)
- Asian area studies (04.00.00)
- Business. Management (05.00.00)
- Conflicts. Terrorism (06.00.00)
- Culture (07.00.00)
- Economic issues (08.00.00)
- Environment (09.00.00)
- EU and Asia (10.00.00)
- Geography (11.00.00)
- History (12.00.00)
- Human rights (13.00.00)
- Development. Poverty (14.00.00)
- Law and legislation (15.00.00)
- News. Media (16.00.00)
- Philosophy. Religion (17.00.00)
- Politics and society (18.00.00)
- Science and technology. Innovation (19.00.00)
- Social conditions (20.00.00)
- Statistics (21.00.00)
- Tourism (22.00.00)
- Natural disasters (23.00.00)
- Urban studies (24.00.00)
- Women and gender studies (25.00.00)
- Education (26.00.00)
Search
The default search method in Asia Insight and Nordic Perspectives is a free text search.
To search the thesaurus, choose the field to search in : All of Asia Insights, Regions, Subjects or Nordic Perspectives.
If you add more than one search term these will by default be combined by AND, e. g. the search Japan politics will result in a free text search on Japan AND politics.
To search for alternatives search terms use OR, e.g. Burma OR Myanmar.
To search for a exact phrase, use quotation marks, e g "political development".
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Virtual Training Suites
AsiaPortal gives you access to free online tutorials designed to help students, lectures and researchers improve their Information literacy and IT skills
What's new?
The latest resources added to AsiaPortal
