Introduction
This guide covers selected resources related to Myanmar in the ISEAS Library as well as on the Internet.
The printed materials related to Myanmar in the ISEAS Library consist of some thousands of books and journals, in Burmese as well as other languages. The materials in Burmese scripts are discoverable in library’s online catalogue, using ALA-LC Romanization. If you need help, ask a librarian.
To find additional materials from ISEAS Library, search the online catalogue SEALion.
Selected Books
ASEAN’s Myanmar crisis: challenges to the pursuit of a security community
Call Number: JZ5333.5 A9R64
Burma : Past and Present – a Factbook
Call Number: DS528.5 C45
Burma/Myanmar bibliographic project: a collection of publications in West European languages for preparation a Burma/Myanmar bibliography
Call Number: Ref Z3216 S41
Economic development of Myanmar
Call Number: HC422 M992
History of Burma: including Burma proper, Pegu, Taungu, Tenasserim, and Arakan, from the earliest time to the first war with British India.
Call Number: DS529.3 P53
History of the Shan State: from its origins to 1962
Call Number: DS530.8 S45S131
The Myanmar Economy: Its past, Present and Prospects
Call Number: HC422 M993
Myanmar: the road to democracy : a select list
Call Number: Ref Z3216 M991
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar
Call Number: DS530.65 R86
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Burma – Biography
Burma – Foreign Relations
Burma – History
Burma – Politics and government
Journals
Bulletin of the Burma Studies Group
Library Holdings: 1982 – 2015
Call Number: Jou DS527 B93
The Guardian
Library Holdings: 1961 – 2004
Call Number: Jou DS530.1 G91
The Irrawaddy: covering Myanmar, its neighbours and Southeast Asia
Library Holdings: 2009 – 2015
Call Number: Jou DS530.65 I72
Journal of Burma Studies
Library Holdings: 1997 – current
Call Number: Jou DS527 J86
The Journal of the Burma Research Society
Library Holdings: 1911 – 1979
Call Number: CD 58; SE-100; Jou DS530.1 B96
Mranʻ mā samuiṅʻʺ sutesana cā coṅʻ [Myanmar historical research journal]
Library holdings: 1995 – 2018
Call Number: Jou DS527.9 M93
Mranʻ māʹ dhana cǐʺ pvāʺ reʺ maggazaṅʻʺ
Library Holdings: 1994 – 2011
Call Number: Jou HF5001 M93
Current Newspapers & News Websites
Eleven Myanmar
Frontier Myanmar (Up to 5 users. Please contact Library for offsite access)
Data & Statistics
Statistical Materials in the Library Collection
Agricultural Statistics
Library Holdings: 1963 – 1998
Call Number: STA ABR HD2065.7 M99
Myanmar Agriculture in Brief
Library Holdings: 2012 – current
Call Number: STA ABR HD9016 B9M99
Myanmar Agricultural Statistics / the Government of the Union of Myanmar
Library Holdings: 1989 – 2005
Call Number: STA ABR HD2065.7 M995
Statistical yearbook
Library Holdings: 1989 – 2020
Call Number: STA ABR HA1950 B9B961
Online access:
https://www.csostat.gov.mm/PublicationAndRelease/StatisticalYearbook
Population Projections: Burma 1961 – 2001
Library Holdings: 1961 – 2001
Call Number: STA ABR HB3636.7 A3 1961 – 2001
Review of the Financial, Economic and Social Conditions for … / Union of Myanmar
Library Holdings: 1989 – 1998
Call Number: STA ABR HA1950 B9B962
Selected Monthly Economic Indicators
Library Holdings: 1969 – 2017
Call Number: STA ABR HC497 B9B965
Statistical Databases
ASEANStats
Statistics updates on selected key indicators about ASEAN and its Member States.
Asian Development Bank Statistical Database
The database contains data on balance of payments, external debt, government finance, labor force, money and interest rates, national accounts, prices, population, social indicators, and trade.
CEIC Data Manager(Onsite access for ISEAS researchers)
CEIC provides granular country-level plus region and state level information on several macroeconomic sectors, such as inflation, exports, tourism and more. Detailed methodological references at indicator, dataset, sector, and country levels are also available.
Ministry of Hotels & Tourism Myanmar
Tourism statistics feature fast facts about Myanmar, licenced tour companies and transportation, star-rated hotels, investments and much more.
Myanmar Statistical Information Service
The Myanmar Information System is a web-based national database of statistics about Myanmar developed by the Central Statistical Organization.
Myanmar Information Management Unit
The Myanmar Information Management Unit, or MIMU, provides information management services to strengthen analysis and decision-making of the humanitarian and development community in Myanmar. It maintains a common data and information repository with data from various sources on all sectors, countrywide, at the lowest administrative unit for which it is available.
OpenDevelopment Mekong
Open data site for greater Mekong region, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
UN ComtradeUN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables.
World Bank Open Data
Open access to external debt and financial flow data that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System. The indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructurings, and scheduled debt service projections.
Historical Newspapers
The Guardian
Library Holdings: 1959 – 1988
Call Number: MFM 105
Language: English
Hanthawaddy
Library Holdings: 1945 – 1958
Call Number: MFM 114
Language: Burmese
Nation
Library Holdings: 1948 – 1964
Call Number: MFM 134
Language: English
New Times of Burma
Library Holdings: 1950 – 1960
Call Number: MFM 113
Language: English
The New Light of Myanmar
Library Holdings: 1993 – 2006
Call Number: MFM 760
Language: English and Burmese
Online Resources
Fragile Palm Leaves Digitisation Initiative
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC) digitised and catalogued 300 Pali and vernacular manuscripts in Burmese script held by Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation. The majority of the materials digitised date from the 18th or 19th century. The texts cover a variety of topics, including law, poetry, stories of the Buddha, grammar and religious rituals.
Myanmar Manuscript Digital Library (MMDL)
This archive, hosted by the University of Toronto and supported by Robarts Library, aims at bringing together and making manuscripts and rare print editions available online from individual libraries throughout Myanmar. It is the platform for an ongoing digitizing project, initiated and conducted by William Pruitt and an international team of Myanmar and Pali scholars, and supported, since 2012, by the Pali Text Society, as well as by Yumi Ousaka of the Sendai National College of Technology, the KDDI Foundation, the Mitsubishi Foundation, the CARI Foundation, and JSPS Kakenhi.
Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Classified and annotated links to more than 60,000 full text documents on Burma/Myanmar.
Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL): Burma
Contains digital facsimiles of books and manuscripts, as well as multimedia materials and searchable indexes of additional Southeast Asian resources. Nations represented in the collection include Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
ASEANMatters
(2018)
ISEAS Commentary
(2016-2021)
ISEAS Monitor
(2015-2016)
ISEAS Working Papers
(2014-2017)
Introduction
This guide covers selected resources related to Singapore in the ISEAS Library as well as on the Internet.
To find additional materials from ISEAS Library, search the online catalogue SEALion.
Selected Books
1819 and before: Singapore’s pasts
Call Number: DS610.5 E34
An introduction to Singapore’s constitution
Call Number: KPP171 T16 2011
Parties and politics: a study of opposition parties and the PAP in Singapore
Call Number: JQ1063 A979H97
Singapore: A Modern History
Call Number: DS610.4 B26
Singapore: the encyclopedia
Call Number: REF DS608.5 S61
World Scientific Series on Singapore’s 50 Years of Nation-building: Singapore’s Economic Development: Retrospection and Reflections
Call Number: HC445.8 S626
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Singapore – Biography
Singapore – History
Singapore – Politics and government
Singapore – Religion
Journals
Macroeconomic Review / Monetary Authority of Singapore
Library Holdings: 2002 – current
Call Number: Jou HC445.8 M17
Online access via Singapore Monetary Authority of Singapore
Country profile. Singapore / EIU, the Economist Intelligence Unit
Library Holdings: 1990 – 2010
Call Number: Jou HC445.8 Q21
Online access via Economist Intelligence Unit (Contact Library for offsite access.)
Singapore Economic Review
Library Holdings: 1983 – current
Call Number: Jou HC497 S6A2M
Singapore Journal of Legal Studies (Access via ProQuest)
Coverage: 2004 – current
Current Newspapers & News Websites
Business Times (Login required for full access)
Lianhe Zaobao (Login required for full access)
The Straits Times (Login required for full access)
Data & Statistics
Statistical Materials in the Library Collection
Consumer price index, Singapore
Library holdings: 1975 – 2006
Call Number: Sta asi HD7061 S6S61
Online access via Singapore Department of Statistics
Economic survey of Singapore
Library holdings: 1974 – 2013
Call Number: Jou HC497 S6Q2
Online access via Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry
Monthly statistical bulletin / Monetary Authority of Singapore
Library holdings: 1980 – 2005
Call Number: Sta asi HG3369 S6M742
Online access via Monetary Authority of Singapore
Singapore demographic bulletin
Library holdings: 1988 – 2013
Call Number: Sta asi HA1950 S6A2S
Online access via Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
Singapore trade statistics. Imports and exports
Library holdings: 1975 – 1996
Call Number: Sta asi HF260 S6A2S
Online access via Singapore Department of Statistics
Yearbook of statistics, Singapore
Library holdings: 1967 – 2014
Call Number: Sta asi HA1950 S6A2Y
Online access via Singapore Department of Statistics
Statistical Databases
ASEANStats
Statistics updates on selected key indicators about ASEAN and its Member States.
Asian Development Bank Statistical Database
The database contains data on balance of payments, external debt, government finance, labor force, money and interest rates, national accounts, prices, population, social indicators, and trade.
CEIC Data Manager (Onsite access for ISEAS researchers)
CEIC provides granular country-level plus region and state level information on several macroeconomic sectors, such as inflation, exports, tourism and more. Detailed methodological references at indicator, dataset, sector, and country levels are also available.
Singapore Department of Statistics
Free access to over 2,200 data tables from 70 public sector agencies with over 90,000 data series, providing a comprehensive statistical view of Singapore’s economic and socio-demographic domains.
UN Comtrade
UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables.
World Bank Open Data
Open access to external debt and financial flow data that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System. The indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructurings, and scheduled debt service projections.
Historical Newspapers
Azad Hind
Azad Hind was a publication that the Provisional Government of Free India set up by the Japanese in Singapore during World War II.
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1942 – 1945
Call Number: MFM 407
Indian Daily Mail
A daily newspaper publication from Singapore started in 1946 focused on reporting on issues relevant to the Indian population of the Straits region.
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1946 – 1956
Call Number: MFM 1189
The Indo-Chinese Patriot
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1895 & 1900
Call Number: MFM 614
The Syonan Times
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1942 – 1945
Call Number: MFM 962
NewspapersSG
NewspapersSG is an online resource of current and historic Singapore and Malaya Newspapers created by the National Library Board. You can search newspapers (including Straits Times) but can access selected full-text (Straits Times 1845-1989).
Private Papers
The Full list of all private papers currently available can be found here. The following is a list of selected private papers that are relevant to contemporary Singapore.
Alexander Arthur Josey – Journalist/Author
David Saul Marshall – Lawyer/politician/diplomat
Gerald De Cruz – Journalist/political observer
Lim Kim San – Businessman/politician
Sinnathamby Rajaratnam – Journalist/politician
Introduction
This Guide covers selected resources related to Malaysia in the ISEAS Library as well as on the Internet.
To find additional materials from ISEAS Library, search the online catalogue SEALion.
Selected Books
A Baba Bibliography: a Selected Annotated Listing of Sources on the Peranakan Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia
Call Number: REF Z5118 P47B11
Bibliography of Malaysian Demography
Call Number: REF Z3264 D3S272
Contesting Malaysia’s Integration Into the World Economy
Call Number: DS596 C76
Early Malay Printed Books: a Provisional Account of Materials Published in the Singapore-Malaysia Area Up To 1920, Noting Holdings in Major Public Collections
Call Number: REF Z3251 P96
The Malayan “Emergency” 1948 – 1960: a Select List
Call Number: REF Z3246 M23
Malaysia Plan
Call Number: HC445.5 M242
Political Economy in Malaysia: a Select Bibliography
Call Number: REF Z3249 E2P76
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia
Call Number: DS597.2 R86
Studies on Women in Malaysia, 1990 – 2004: an Overview and Bibliography
Call Number: REF Z3249 W8Z21
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Malaysia – Biography
Malaysia – Economic conditions
Malaysia – History
Malaysia – Politics and government
Journals
Business Conditions Survey Report
Library Holdings: 1996 – current
Call Number: JOU HC445.5 A1B971
Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian studies
Library Holdings: 1983 – 2016
Call Number: Jou DS591 K131
Online access: 2000 – current
http://web.usm.my/km/current.html
Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums
Library Holdings: 1908 – 1941
Call Number: MFM 784, MFM 832 & SCR DS591 F29
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Library Holdings: 1964 – 2020 (print); 2010 – current (online)
Call Number: JOU DS591 R8M3
Malaysian Economic Outlook
Library Holdings: 1989 – 2018
Call Number: JOU HC445.5 M23
Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies
Library Holdings: 1988 – 2012
Call Number: JOU HC497 M3K13
Review of Indonesian and Malaysian affairs (RIMA)
Library Holdings: 1983 – 2014
Call Number: JOU DS501 R45
Current Newspapers & News Websites
The Edge Malaysia (Hardcopy available)
Malaysiakini (Up to 30 users. Contact Library for offsite access)
Data & Statistics
Statistical Materials in the Library Collection
Buku maklumat perangkaan Malaysia = Statistics handbook, Malaysia
Library Holdings: 1981 – 2013
Call Number: STA AMY HA1792 M24
Buku tahunan perangkaan Malaysia = Yearbook of statistics Malaysia
Library Holdings: 1984 – 2015
Call Number: STA AMY HA1791 M23J1
Malaysian oil palm statistics
Library Holdings: 2016 – 2018
Call Number: Sta amy HD9490.5 P34M23
Perangkaan pembuatan bulanan Malaysia = Monthly manufacturing statistics, Malaysia
Library Holdings: 1991 – 2012
Call Number: Sta amy HA1793 M24I4
Statistics Malaysia
Library Holdings: 2004 – 2012
Call Number: Sta amy HA4600.6 S79
Click here to browse more statistical materials on Malaysia in the Library Collection.
Statistical Databases
ASEANStats
Statistics updates on selected key indicators about ASEAN and its Member States.
Asian Development Bank Statistical Database
The database contains data on balance of payments, external debt, government finance, labor force, money and interest rates, national accounts, prices, population, social indicators, and trade.
Bank Negara Malaysia: Central Bank of Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia publishes daily rates and trading volumes from the Kuala Lumpur foreign exchange market, interbank money market, and government bond market, as well as other statistical data on a regular basis for information purposes only.
CEIC Data Manager(Onsite access for ISEAS researchers)
CEIC provides granular country-level plus region and state level information on several macroeconomic sectors, such as inflation, exports, tourism and more. Detailed methodological references at indicator, dataset, sector, and country levels are also available.
Department of Statistics Malaysia
The website provides real time statistics in the monitoring of national economic performance and social development of Malaysia.
MATRADE: The Official Portal of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation
MATRADE publishes Malaysia’s monthly, quarterly and annual trade statistics covering Malaysia’s export and imports by commodities or countries.
UN ComtradeUN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables.
World Bank Open Data
Open access to external debt and financial flow data that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System. The indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of ne
Historical Newspapers
Harakah
Library Holdings: 1995 – 2000
Call Number: MFM 1163
The Indian
Library Holdings: 1935 – 1941
Call Number: MFM 619
Malacca Guardian
Library Holdings: 1928 – 1940
Call Number: MFM 210
New Straits Times
Library Holdings: 1967 – 2007
Call Number: MFM 112
The Star
Library Holdings: 1971 – 2010
Call Number: MFM 684
Utusan Malaysia
Library Holdings: 1964 – 2012
Call Number: MFM 683
Watan
Library Holdings: 1977 & 1989
Call Number: MFM 1116
Online Resources
Jawi Transliteration Project
Jawi Transliteration Project is a Jawi printed text newspaper archive consisting of 2,000 Jawi-script newspaper and magazine articles published between 1930-1941 in the Straits Settlements and the Malay Peninsula, transliterated into romanised Malay, and presented in a fully searchable format.
Malay Concordance Project
The project aims to help scholars share resources for the study of classical Malay literature. Its main feature is a growing corpus of classical Malay texts, now comprising 165 texts and 5.8 million words, including 140,000 verses.
Introduction
This guide provides selected resources related to ASEAN in the ISEAS Library as well as on the Internet.
To find additional materials from ISEAS Library, search the library online catalogue SEALion.
Selected Books
ASEAN Relations with Major Powers
American role in the origin & growth of ASEAN
Call Number: DS518.9 U6M21
ASEAN and China-US Relations: New Security Dynamics and Regional Implications
Call Number: LO JZ5333.5 A9A81
ASEAN-Japan relationship towards the 21st century
Call Number: DS519 J3A81
ASEAN-South Korean relations: problems and prospects
Call Number: DS518.9 K7A83
Building ASEAN: 20 years of Southeast Asian cooperation
Call Number: DS520 P35
The Logic of the Weak in International Relations: ASEAN’s External Relations with Major Powers in the Asia-Pacific Region
Call Number: DS520 A9Z63
The new ASEAN in Asia-Pacific & beyond
Call Number: DS520 A9N23
The Quad and ASEAN: perceptions of India, Japan and Southeast Asia
Call Number: JZ1980 J83
Soviet relations with ASEAN, 1967 – 88
Call Number: DK68.7 A9B59
ASEAN and Regional Securit
ASEAN 50: Regional Security Cooperation Through Selected Documents
Call Number: DS520.4 A81
ASEAN and regional order : revisiting security community in Southeast Asia
Call Number: DS525.8 A172
The ASEAN Regional Security Partnership: Strengths and Limits of a Cooperative System
Call Number: JZ5333.5 A9P41
ASEAN Regionalism: Cooperation, values and institutionalization
Call Number: DS520 A9R64
Cooperative security and the balance of power in ASEAN and ARF
Call Number: DS520 E54
ASEAN and the Environment
Adaptation to Climate Change: ASEAN and Comparative Experiences
Call Number: QC903.2 A9A22
ASEAN environmental law, policy, and governance: selected documents
Call Number: KNC705 A81
ASEAN Environmental Legal Integration: Sustainable Goals?
Call Number: KNC705 K79
China-ASEAN Environment Outlook 1 (CAEO-1): Towards Green Development
Call Number: HC79 E5C53
Gaps and opportunities in ASEAN’s climate governance
Call Number: DS501 I59T NO. 5(2021)
Energy sustainability and climate change in ASEAN
Call Number: QC903.2 A9E56
Selected ASEAN documents on the environment
Call Number: HC441 Z9E5
ASEAN and Regional Trade
AFTA in the changing international economy
Call Number: HF1591 A842
AFTA: the way ahead
Call Number: HF1591 A841
ASEAN and Regional Free Trade Agreements
Call Number: HF2330.8 A81
ASEAN economic development and cooperation
Call Number: HC441 T16 2003
Globalization, productivity and production networks in ASEAN: enhancing regional trade and investment
Call Number: HC441 G564
Journals
ASEAN Digest
[Newsletter of the ASEAN Secretariat]
Library Holdings: 1979
Call Number: Jou DS501 A811
ASEAN Economic Bulletin
Library Holdings: 1984-2012
Call Number: Jou HC441 A1A84
ASEANFocus (via ISEAS Website)
A quarterly publication produced by the ASEAN Studies Centre under ISEAS, with analytical articles aiming to promote awareness of ASEAN among the public.
Coverage: 2015-current
ASEAN Journal
Library Holdings: 1973-1979
Call Number: Jou DS501 A84
ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement (via Directory of Open Access Journals)
Coverage: 2017-current
ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development (via Directory of Open Access Journals)
Coverage: 2005-current
ASEAN Review
Library Holdings: 1976-1978
Call Number: Jou DS501 A81
ASEAN Update
Library Holdings: 1993-1999
Call Number: Jou DS501 A814
Data & Statistics
Statistical Materials in the Library Collection
ASEAN Community in Figures
Library holdings: 2008-2014
Call Number: Sta as HA4590.8 A2A813
ASEAN Economic Community Chartbook
Library holdings: 2009-2014
Call Number: Sta as HC441 A84
ASEAN Statistical Yearbook
Library holdings: 2001-2014
Call Number: Sta as HA4590.8 A81
ASEAN Statistical Yearbook on Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Library holdings: 1970-1990
Call Number: Sta as HD2075.8 A81
Statistics of Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN
Library holdings: 1999-2006
Call Number: Sta as HG5740.8 A3S89
Click here to browse more statistical materials on ASEAN in the Library Collection.
Statistical Databases
ASEANStats
Statistics updates on selected key indicators about ASEAN and its Member States.
Asian Development Bank Statistical Database
The database contains data on balance of payments, external debt, government finance, labor force, money and interest rates, national accounts, prices, population, social indicators, and trade.
CEIC Data Manager (Onsite access for ISEAS researchers)
CEIC provides granular country-level plus region and state level information on several macroeconomic sectors, such as inflation, exports, tourism and more. Detailed methodological references at indicator, dataset, sector, and country levels are also available.
OpenDevelopment Mekong
Open data site for greater Mekong region, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
UN Comtrade
UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables.
World Bank Open Data
Open access to external debt and financial flow data that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System. The indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructurings, and scheduled debt service projections.
ASEAN Documents
Agreement on ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements
Call Number: HF2302 A9A81
ASEAN agreement on customs
Call Number: DS503 A83 NO. 201
ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
Call Number: DS503 A83 no. 557
The ASEAN Charter
Call Number: KNE175 A81
ASEAN comprehensive investment agreement: an introduction
Call Number: HG5740.8 A3A845
ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
Call Number: JZ5333.5 A9A85 no. 4
ASEAN Political-security Community Blueprint
Call Number: JZ5333.5 A9A866
ASEAN Socio-cultural Community Blueprint
Call Number: JZ5333.5 A9A845
Commemorative booklet on the admission of Brunei Darussalam into ASEAN , Jakarta, 7 January 1984
Call Number: DOC Br9
Declaration of ASEAN concord
Call Number: DOC 1503
Documents series (ASEAN Secretariat)
Library holdings: 1994-2011
Call Number: UA832.8 A841
Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
Call Number: DOC 1843
Click here to browse more ASEAN documents in the ISEAS Library Collection.
The Library holds a unique collection of Southeast Asian-related materials in economics, international relations, politics, social and cultural studies. With more than 700,000 items in English and Southeast Asian languages, the physical collection comprises books, journals, maps, microforms and photographs among other formats.
Search and locate physical collection at SEALion, the Library’s online catalogue, or view selected digitised items on SEALionPLUS, the Library’s online digital archives.
Private Papers
The private papers collection provides a historical perspective on the social and political events of 20th century Southeast Asia, and comprises the donated materials of more than 30 prominent individuals like David Marshall and Tan Cheng Lock. Visit the Private Papers hub page at SEALionPLUS for more information.
Antiquarian Books
The Library’s collection of rare and antiquarian books on the region date between 1585 to 1930. Most have been converted into microform or digitised to facilitate easier access. The list of titles is available here on the SEALion catalogue.
A selection of antiquarian books have been digitised. Please consult the Antiquarian Books hub page at SEALionPLUS for more information.
Audio Visual Recordings
The audio-visual recordings consist largely of folk tales (via storytelling), documentaries, docudramas, and feature films.
Journals, Newspapers and Statistics
The Library subscribes to a number of print and electronic resources to support research needs. It provides access to more than 10,000 electronic resources, including full text journal articles. A resource listing can be found on this page.
The newspaper collection includes contemporary and historical newspapers in print, digital, and microform formats. For more information, please refer to the Microform Collection.
The statistics collection covers trade data, population data, household and housing data, etc. in Southeast Asian countries.
Maps and Atlases
The Library’s map collection is a unique collection of Southeast Asian cartographic materials. It consists of approximately 1,200 titles from 1768 onwards.
Oral History Interviews
ISEAS’ oral history project was first initiated in 1973 to generate primary source materials for scholarly use. The first interviews focused on local experiences of the Japanese Occupation and Singapore in the immediate post-war period and later expanded to include prominent personalities in Southeast Asian business, education, and politics. A notable part of the collection includes the oral histories of over a dozen generals and high-ranking policymakers on Myanmar’s post-independence political development and their involvement in various aspects of social and political development of post-war Myanmar in the 20th century.
More information is available at the Oral History hub page at SEALionPLUS.
Introduction
This guide covers various subjects of Indonesia from selected resources available in ISEAS Library and on the Internet. The topic varies from politics, economy, history, anthropology, religion and society in multiple languages.
To find additional materials from ISEAS Library, search the online catalogue SEALion.
Selected Books
A History of Modern Indonesia
Call Number: DS634 V63 2013
Bibliografi Nasional Indonesia
National bibliography of Indonesia
Library Holdings: 1945 – 1972, 1974 – 2011, 2013 – 2015
Call Number: Ref Z3271 I38
Earliest Publications on Indonesia in ISEAS Library : a Select List
Call Number: REF Z3271 E13
The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War
Call Number: REF DS643.5 E56
Ethnicity and Religion in Indonesia: a Select List
Call Number: REF Z3277 E74L31
Historical Dictionary of Indonesia
Call Number: REF DS633 C92 2015
Sejarah Kecil “Petite Histoire” Indonesia
This title consists of 6 volumes on the history of socio-political and economic conditions in Indonesia.
Call Number: DS634 A63
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Indonesia – Biography
Indonesia – History
Indonesia – Politics and government
Indonesia – Religion
Journals
Antropologi Indonesia
Library Holdings: 1989 – 2012
Call Number: Jou DS611 B51
Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde
Library Holdings: Hardcopy: 1856- 2012; Online: 1853 – current
Call Number: Jou DS611 B59
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
Library Holdings: 1965 – current
Call Number: Jou HC446 B93
Forum Keadilan
Library Holdings: 1991 – current
Call Number: Jou KE2135 F74
Gatra : majalah berita mingguan
Library Holdings: 1994 – current
Call Number: Jou DS1 G26
Indonesia
Library Holdings: 1966 – current
Call Number: Jou DS611 I41
Indonesia and the Malay World
Library Holdings: 1997 – current
Call Number: Jou DS611 I41C
Indonesian Journal of Geography
Library Holdings: 1976 – 2015
Call Number: JOU G40 M18
The Indonesian quarterly
Library Holdings: 1972 – 2008
Call Number: Jou DS611 I441
Jurnal Ekonomi Dan Pembangunan
Library Holdings: 1993 – current
Call Number: Jou HC446 J952
Jurnal kependudukan Indonesia
Library Holdings: 2009 – current
Call Number: Jou HB3647 J96
Kliping tentang peta politik di Indonesia
Library Holdings: 1991 – 2013
Call Number: Jou DS645 P47
Studia Islamika
Library Holdings: 1994 – current
Call Number: Jou BP1 S93
Tempo : majalah berita mingguan
Library Holdings: 1971 – current
Call Number: Jou DS1 T28
Tempo : weekly news magazine
Library Holdings: 2000 – current
Call Number: Jou DS1 T281
印尼焦点
Library Holdings: 2006 – 2012
Call Number: Jou DS611 Y53
Current Newspapers & News Websites
Data & Statistics
Statistical Materials in the Library Collection
Ekspor, statistik perdagangan luar negeri Indonesia = Exports, Indonesia foreign trade statistics
Library Holdings: 1984 – 2010
Call Number: Sta aio HF3801.5 E37
Impor, statistik perdagangan luar negeri Indonesia = Imports, Indonesia foreign trade statistics
Library Holdings: 1984 – current
Call Number: Sta aio HF3801.5 I31
Indikator ekonomi
Library Holdings: 1970 – current
Call Number: Sta aio HA1811 I412
Keadaan angkatan kerja di Indonesia = The labour force situation in Indonesia
Library Holdings: 1976 – current
Call Number: Sta aio HD8703 I411
Pendapatan nasional Indonesia = National income of Indonesia
Library Holdings: 1960 – 2009
Call Number: Sta aio HC446 I42
Statistik Ekonomi Keuangan Indonesia = Indonesian Financial Statistics
Library Holdings: 1972 – 2017
Call Number: Sta aio HG3301 S79
Statistik ekonomi moneter Indonesia = Indonesian monetary economic statistics
Library Holdings: 2001 – 2005
Call Number: Sta aio HC447 B21
Statistik Indonesia: statistical yearbook of Indonesia
Library Holdings: 1975 – 2012
Call Number: Sta aio HA1811 I42
Statistik lingkungan hidup Indonesia
Library Holdings: 1984 – 2010
Call Number: Sta aio HC447 S79
Statistical Databases
ASEANStats
Statistics updates on selected key indicators about ASEAN and its Member States.
Asian Development Bank Statistical Database
The database contains data on balance of payments, external debt, government finance, labor force, money and interest rates, national accounts, prices, population, social indicators, and trade.
Bank Indonesia
Bank Indonesia provides financial statistics and other indicators.
CEIC Data Manager (Onsite access for ISEAS researchers)
CEIC provides granular country-level plus region and state level information on several macroeconomic sectors, such as inflation, exports, tourism and more. Detailed methodological references at indicator, dataset, sector, and country levels are also available.
Central Bureau of Statistics Indonesia
It provides statistical information on Indonesia.
UN Comtrade
UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables.
World Bank Open Data
Open access to external debt and financial flow data that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System. The indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructurings, and scheduled debt service projections.
Historical Newspapers
Historical Newspapers – in Indonesian
Bali post: harian umum pengemban pengamal Pancasila
Language: IndonesianLibrary Holdings: 1971 – 2003
Call Number: MFM 199
Berita yudha
An anti-communist daily newspaper initially founded in 1965.
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1965 – 1998
Call Number: MFM 194
Bintang timur
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1958 – 1965
Call Number: MFM 2
Duta masjarakat
A daily newspaper published in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1956 – 1971
Call Number: MFM 3
Harian abadi
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1969-1973
Call Number: MFM 141
Harian rakjat
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1953 – 1965
Call Number: MFM 4
Jawa pos
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1994-2002
Call Number: MFM 386
Kompas
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1965 – 2006
Call Number: MFM 142
Mimbar umum
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1966 – 1993
Call Number: MFM 193
Minggu pagi
A Yogyakarta weekly newspaper.
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1969 – 1990
Call Number: MFM 184
Pelita
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1989 – 2002
Call Number: MFM 846
Perniagaan
A Malay-language newspaper published in Batavia, renamed from Kabar – perniagaan in 1907.
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1905 – 1924
Call Number: MFM 1064
Pikiran rakjat
A local Bandung broadsheet, offering a national coverage.
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1950 – 1981
Call Number: MFM 16
Republika
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1994 – 2003
Call Number: MFM 844
Sinar harapan
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1964 – 1986
Call Number: MFM 108
Surara karya
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1971 – 1976
Call Number: MFM 341
Suara pembaruan
A daily newspaper established in 1987 as a replacement for Sinar Harapan.
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1987 – 2004
Call Number: MFM 762
Warta berita Antara
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1964 – 1993
Call Number: MFM 200
Waspada suara kesatuan Indonesia
Language: Indonesian
Library Holdings: 1948 – 1981
Call Number: MFM 488
Historical Newspapers – in English & Other Languages
Business news
Language: Indonesian and English
Library Holdings: 1958 – 1985
Call Number: MFM 26 (Indonesian Edition) and MFM27 (English Edition)
De locomotief
The first newspaper published in Semarang during the Dutch colonial period in 1845.
Language: Dutch
Library Holdings: 1864 – 1956
Call Number: MFM 96
Deli courant
The first newspaper published in Medan.
Language: Dutch
Library Holdings: 1885 – 1940
Call Number: MFM 314
Djkarta times
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1966 – 1972
Call Number: MFM 185
Harian Indonesia
The only Chinese language newspaper allowed to be published during the Suharto regime.
Language: Chinese
Library Holdings: 1971 – 2001
Call Number: MFM 169
Indonesian daily news
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1964-1978
Call Number: MFM 186
Indonesian herald
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1961 – 1966
Call Number: MFM 6
Indonesian observer
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1954 – 1992
Call Number: MFM 20
Indonesia times
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1974 – 1997
Call Number: MFM 324
Jakarta Post
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1983 – 2001
Call Number: MFM 757
Jakarta times
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1972 – 1974
Call Number: MFM 185
Kengpo
Language: Malay
Library Holdings: 1923 – 1958
Call Number: MFM 116
News bulletin (Antara Organization)
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1959 – 1994
Call Number: MFM 1
P.I.A. news bulletin
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1947 – 1962
Call Number: MFM 10
Pewarta-Deli
Language: Malay
Library Holdings: 1926-1941
Call Number: MFM 958
Selompret melajoe
Language: Malay
Library Holdings: 1861 – 1911
Call Number: MFM 1036
Siang po
Language: Malay
Library Holdings: 1930 – 1932
Call Number: MFM 1062
Sin po
A Chinese-Malay newspaper published in Jakarta.
Language: Malay
Library Holdings: 1914 – 1951
Call Number: MFM 211
Sin tit po
A Chinese-Malay newspaper published in Indonesia.
Language: Malay
Library Holdings: 1924 – 1942
Call Number: MFM 425
Times of Indonesia
Language: English
Library Holdings: 1952 – 1960
Call Number: MFM 175
Online Resources
Aceh Books
This digital collection offers full-text access to more than 1200 publications on Aceh, the province located at the northern end of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The books form part of the collection of the Royal Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden which is kept at the Leiden University Library.
Neliti – Indonesia’s Research Repository
Neliti is a research repository that helps researchers and decision makers in Indonesia find research, data and evidence. It indexes journal articles, books, research reports, policy papers, conference papers and datasets from universities, government bodies, corporate publishers, and think tanks.
Country/Region
Subject
Introduction
This guide provides selected resources related to climate change. To find additional material, search the library online catalogue SEALion, using common keywords like climate change, environment, or global warming. You can also browse the ISEAS Library collection by looking in the call number range HC79 and QC851 to QC 999.
Selected Books
Climate Change and Food Security in Asia Pacific: Response and Resilience
Call Number: HD9016 A8I82
Climate Change Governance in Asia
Call Number: QC903.2 A8C63
Climate ChangeResearch, Policy and Actions in Indonesia: Science, Adaptaion and Mitigation
Call Number: QC903.2 I5C64
Climate Change Solutions and Environmental Migration: the Injustice of Maladaptation and the Gendered ‘Silent Offset’ Economy
Call Number: TD171.75 G49
Development and Climate Change in the Mekong Region: Case Studies
Call Number: QC903.2 M45
Gaps and Opportunities in ASEAN’s Climate Governance
Call Number: DS501 I59T no. 5(2021)
Governments’ Responses to Climate Change: Selected Examples from Asia-Pacific
Call Number: QC903.2 G72
Political Responsibility for Climate Change: Ethical Institutions and Fact-sensitive Theory
Call Number: QC903 S28
Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia
Call Number: HT169 A9U72
Journals
Asian Environment Outlook
Call Number: HC415 E5A832
Asian Geographic: the Journal of Our Environment
Library Holdings: 1999 – 2014
Call Number: JOU GE160 A8A83
Climate Policy (via ProQuest)
Coverage: 2008 – 2013
Environment Matters at the World Bank
Library Holdings: 1986 – 2012
Call Number: JOU HC79 E5E612
Down to Earth
Library Holdings: 1989 – 2008
Call Number: JOU HC450 E5D74
Global Environment Outlook
Library Holdings: 1997 – 2006
Call Number: TD170 G56
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management (via ProQuest)
Coverage: 2010 – present
Data & Statistics
Climate Change Data
Source: World Bank
Climate Change Knowledge Portal
Source: World Bank
The World Bank is providing a wealth of interactive data related to climate change. Search by country to find historical rainfall and temperature data and projections for the future.
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data
Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Data contains the most recently submitted information, covering the period from 1990 to the latest available year, to the extent the data have been provided.
Green Bond Policy Data Set
Source: Climate Bonds Initiative
A selection of green bond policies from around the globe.
OECD Environment Statistics
Source: OECD
The OECD Environmental Statistics database provide a unique collection of policy-relevant environmental statistics.
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