1	Guide to Regional News Sources: Southeast Asia An Overview Created by the Southeast Asia Section of the UW Libraries
2	Southeast Asia and the War on Terrorism Instability in Indonesia, the most populous Islamic country in the world Insurgency in the Southern Philippines Radical Islamic movements in Malaysia and Southern Thailand The Singapore connection
3	Types of Resources News Sources Asia – General Sources Newspapers of Record for the Region Off-Beat News Sources Regional Wire Services Media Research and Oversight Historical and Analytical Sources Think Tanks
4	What to Look for in Foreign News Reporting Don’t be deceived. See if you are looking at a newswire report. Singapore Straits Times: War in Iraq. Look for local reporting Manila Bulletin: Provincial News
5	News Resources Asia Far Eastern Economic Review Current issue only online. Back issues available to UW campus community through Proquest. Connect via UW catalog entry. Indexed in Expanded Academic Index 1988- Full-text on Global Newsbank 1996 -
6	English Language Newspapers of Record for the Region Straits Times Interactive (Singapore) Global Newsbank 1996 - New Straits Times (Malaysia) Manila Bulletin Online Global Newsbank 1996 - The Jakarta Post Global Newsbank 1996 - Bangkok Post Global Newsbank 1996 -
7	Off-Beat News Sources I Philippine Daily Inquirer Carries local reports on US combat missions. Has Gulf War II Special, mostly AFP stories. Affiliate Global Nation carries local news from Southern Philippines: Kris-Crossing Mindanao Indexed in Lexis/Nexis: May 27, 1998 -
8	Off-Beat Sources II The Star Online (Malaysia) Represents the voice of the Barisan National ruling coalition, but not the UMNO party of Mahathir Carries many US newswire reports Has Section: Flashpoint Iraq including reports from Star journalists in Iraq Indexed in Lexis/Nexis: January 24, 1998 -
9	Off-Beat Sources III The Nation Bangkok Carries news of Iraq by its own reporters under section : Regional Full-text in Global Newsbank 1996 – Malaysiakini Includes critical commentary on the US policy towards Iraq Full-text in Global Newsbank Harakah Organ of Islamic opposition party PAS. Highest circulation newspaper in Malaysia
10	News Magazines Tempo Interactive Successor to the Indonesian language news weekly Tempo which was a source of daring reporting throughout the later decade of the Suharto New Order government. It was suspended often. Its editor, playwright and poet Goenawan Mohammad received the International Press Freedom Award in 1998 from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
11	Media Research Organizations Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Searchable via Google search engine. Many interesting stories on the local situation in Mindanao, involving relationships between the Moro Liberation Army, Abu Sayyaf guerrillas and US intervention in the region. Singapore Window Critical analysis of local news. Searchable. Many AFP postings. Southeast Asian Press Alliance
12	Analytical Resources Think Tanks Tend to be associated with a political point of view. UW has access to many reports and policy briefs through CIAO [Columbia International Affairs Online. ]
13	Other Think Tanks Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre Singapore Includes interesting statistics on the media Publishes Asian Journal of Communication Provides something of self-reflective view of media in the Asian region as a whole
14	Think Tanks: US National Bureau of Asian Research Access Asia Database on policy issues and experts in the field Strategic Asia Database on military and strategic issues Current events policy analysis from the region Asia/Pacific Research Center Stanford U The Southeast Asia Forum
15	Think Tanks: Europe European Institute for Asian Studies Brussels Briefing papers on policy issues International Institute for Strategic Studies London Publishes Strategic Comments Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Searchable archive on strategic issues
16	Think Tanks: Australia Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Australian National University Published Keynotes on strategic and policy issues for the region
17	News Agencies Bernama Malaysian National News Agency Full-text in Global Newsbank 1996 - Antara Interactive Indonesian Press Agency Full-text in Lexis/Nexis July 2, 1997 – Full-text in Global Newsbank 1996 – Philippine News Agency Full-text in Global Newsbank 1996 – Vietnam News Agency Lexis/Nexis
18	Newspaper Indexes: Some Observations Indexing Resources for Southeast Asia A guide provided on the Information Gateway Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe Carries BBC world monitoring service Sources from SEA limited Global Newsbank Also carries BBC – 1996 - 'Harakah', the Malaysia's best-selling Malay language newspaper published by the Islamic Party (PAS), not monitored or indexed in any sources.
19	Other Useful Titles Provided in Translation in Global Newbank Kompas Jakarta Republika Jakarta Media Indonesia Utusan Malaysia
20	Foreign Broadcast Information Service US foreign media monitoring service produced since the 1940s. Available in various formats. Indexed in Global Newsbank, 1975-96. Current press reports full-text in Global Newsbank, 1996- Current press reports full-text through World News Connection
21	Historical Research UW Libraries Information Gateway Catalog Searching for Databases Southeast Asia Section Web Page
22	Searching for Articles: The Bibliography of Asian Studies Not up to date Covers 1971 to the present, including data from the print editions from 1971-1991 Includes books, articles and chapters from edited volumes Includes selective coverage from early issues of classic historical journals Connect