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ORGANISATIONS Global Education http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/ Asia Education Foundation http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/aef/aef.html Asialink Centre http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/ Access Asia web site GENERAL INFORMATION Access Asia http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/ Australian-based studies of Asia curriculum resources. AskAsia http://www.askasia.org/ Curriculum resources on Asia. AsiaSource http://www.asiasource.org/ Comprehensive listing of online current affairs articles related to Asia. Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html Extensive Australian-based directory of websites related to Asia. CIA World Fact Book http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Political, economic, demographic information about every country in the world. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Website: Country Fact Sheets http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fs/ Mainly economic Australian-based information. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Website: Economies at a Glance http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/eaag/ Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Encyclopaedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/ Global Education http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/ Curriculum materials for primary and secondary levels. From AusAID. Orientation Asia http://as.orientation.com/ Database of websites related to Asia. Stratford Asia Intelligence Centre http://www.stratfor.com/asia/default.htm?section=2 News and commentary about current political developments in Asia. US Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Online versions of the Library of Congress's series of comprehensive books.