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Guide to Asia-related Resources: Indonesia - Bibliographies and Indexes

Bibliographies and indexes list journal articles, books, theses, conference papers, etc., on a particular subject.

Here we have selected electronic and printed bibliographies and indexes which may be useful for research on contemporary Indonesia.

Included are general, country or subject specific bibliographies. All are available in the Monash University Library.

This guide is divided into two parts: Electronic Bibliographies and Indexes, and Printed Bibliographies and Indexes.

You can find other relevant indexes and bibliographies by searching the library catalogue using these keywords, "Indonesia bibliography" and by using other words in place of "Indonesia", such as "Java" or "Indonesian".

Electronic resources

Electronic bibliographies and indexes should also be consulted as they often cover material on Indonesia not included in printed resources.

Printed bibliographies and indexes

General

Bibliography of Asian studies.
Ann Arbor, MI : Association for Asian Studies. 1971 -
Annual
This publication aims to provide a selective listing of scholarly publications in Western languages. It covers the fields of humanities and social sciences and is arranged by both geographic area and subject. It includes periodical articles, monographs, articles within festschriften, symposia and conference proceedings.
NOTE: An Internet-based version of this bibliography from 1971 on, is available to Monash University staff and students. Bibliography of Asian Studies online.

Cumulative bibliography of Asian studies. 1941 - 1970.
Boston : Association for Asian Studies, 1969.
An essential tool for keeping in touch with academic research on Asia. It also provides an excellent means of identifying material published in the 1940 -1970 time period. This index is not included in the online Bibliography of Asian Studies listed above.
Caulfield Library Reference 950.016 BIB
Peninsula Library Reference 950.016 B582
Matheson Library Reference 016.915 B582
Electronic Resource Bibliography of Asian Studies

Bibliography of official statistical sources on Southeast Asia, 1750 - 1990.
Jennifer Brewster & Anne Booth (comps.)
Canberra : Economic History of Southeast Asia Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1990.
A comprehensive listing of statistical sources for Southeast Asia. Ideal for the librarian trying to identify available sources, or as a research aid to those interested in the background to the economic development of Southeast Asia. Includes bibliographies, statistical series, and many other sources of important material.
Caulfield Library Reference 330.959016 BRE
Matheson Library Reference 016.330959 B848B

British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring service. Summary of world broadcasts.
Caversham Park, UK : Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1939 -
Daily and weekly.
Invaluable resource for the researcher. The BBC set up its Monitoring Service in 1939 to provide information from open-band foreign broadcasts. The summaries, produced daily and weekly, cover a selection of Asian home and foreign radio stations' broadcasts. Extracts from press articles were included, as well as official war communiques, speeches, propaganda trends, transcripts. Arrangements of the summaries and broadcasts differed over the years. Asian material can be found under section headings East (Far East), and for later years, Far East. Larger Australian libraries hold sets of the Summary of World Broadcasts. on microfiche and microfilm or paper.
Matheson Library Music Multimedia MICROFILM 3913
BOUND SERIALS: SER 327.05 B862S3
Details of Holdings: For information covering the period: 27 August 1939 to 15 April, 1959, see Microfilm 3913, reels 1-196, 211-216 and 348-388.
For information covering the period: January 1960 - December 1971, Printed summaries in bound volumes can be found at SERIALS 327.05 B862S3.
Lacks: April, November 1961; August 1962; January, November, December 1963; June 1964.
For information covering the period: 1972 -1979, see MICROFICHE 100.

Foreign broadcast information service: daily reports.
Washington : Foreign Radio Broadcasts. 1947 -
Daily
A similar service to the BBC World Summary Broadcasts. (see above), is also provided by the United States. Each day's broadcasts of news are indexed by country originating the broadcast but not by the subject of the broadcast. At the end of 1996 FBIS will no longer be published in hard copy.
Caulfield Library Serials 951.0505 US
Matheson Library Music Multimedia MICROFILM 2342, 1947-1964
Matheson Library Music Multimedia MICROFICHE 2468, 1976-1986

A guide to sources on Australia-Asia relations.
Deborah J. McNamara
Nathan, Queensland : Griffith University, 1990.
Comprehensive coverage of articles from Australian sources on politics, economics, business. Provides bibliographical details of books, monographs, journal articles published between 1975-1990. Sources are widely available. While most of this information can now be supplied by a search on APAIS on CD-ROM, this handy guide is still of use to students and researchers for coverage of the 1980's. Two earlier guides in this series complement this publication, A guide to sources on Australia-Asia relations, 1976-1979. by Angela Ham, and, A guide to sources on Australia-Asia relations, 1976-1985. by Anne Platt.
Matheson Library Reference 016. 3279405 M169G
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.3279405 M169G

A select bibliography of Australia's foreign relations, 1975-1992.
Pauline Kerr, David Sullivan & Robin Ward (jt. comp.)
Canberra : Australian Foreign Policy Publications, ANU, 1994.
A most useful bibliography because it is the result of consulting a wide range of sources. It represents a very convenient starting point for research in this area.
Matheson Library Reference 016.32794 K41S

A select bibliography of materials relating to the study of Islam in South East Asia available in Australia.
Patricia Woodcroft-Lee
Townsville : James Cook University of North Queensland, 1991.
A great deal of English language material has been included. All items listed are available in Australia. Designed to meet the needs of school and undergraduate students, and those new to Islamic studies. The excellent introduction offers invaluable advice on accessing further material.
Matheson Library Reference 016.2970959 W886S

South East Asia: a guide to reference material.
Andrew Dalby
London : Hans Zell Publishers, 1993. [Regional Reference Guides, 2.]
Excellent annotated bibliography covering a wide range of reference sources for Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. Includes material in Asian languages and Western languages.
Matheson Library Reference 016.959 D137S

South-East Asia: languages and literatures : a select guide.
Patricia Herbert & Anthony Miller (eds.) & South-East Asia Library Group.
Whiting Bay, Arran, Scotland : Kiscadale Publications, 1989.
This excellent guide offers an introduction to the languages and literary genres of Southeast Asia. Arrangement is by country. The introduction to each section gives an overview of the literature of the country, the history of its literature, the languages and scripts, the development of the press. References are included and a bibliography is provided at the end of each country section. Librarians will find this a very useful reference guide.
Gippsland General Collection 409.59 SOU
Matheson Library Main Collection 409.59 H537S

UNDOC current index: United Nations documents.
New York : United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library. 1979 -
Quarterly
An index to U.N. publications by subject, name and title. Many of the publications are primary documents useful for the study of Asia. The publications include U.N. letters, agreements, statistics and special reports. U.N. publications can be ordered individually or as microfiche sets (annual cumulations). A title listing (but not indexed) of the most recent U.N. documents is on the Internet.
URL: http://www.un.org/doc/
Matheson Library Reference 016.34123 U58.2U/C

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Indonesia specific

Annotated bibliography of bibliographies on Indonesia.
Herman C. Kemp (ed.)
Leiden : KITLV Press, 1990.
Reliable and comprehensive guide to the most useful bibliographical material for Indonesian studies. Divided into three main divisions: general bibliographies, regional bibliographies and subject bibliographies.
Matheson Library Reference 016.0169598 K32A

Art in Indonesia: continuities and change.
Claire Holt
Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1967.
A standard work on art in modern Indonesia. The material gathered in this one volume is very difficult to find elsewhere. It contains excellent biographical information on artists, many wonderful illustrations and photographs, and best of all, an extensive bibliography. SEE ALSO: For other works on art in Indonesia see: Excerpta Indonesica, Bibliography of Asian Studies.
Caulfield General Collection 709.598 HOL
Matheson Library Undergraduate Collection 709.91 H758A
Matheson Library Reserve 709.91 H758A

The Chinese in Indonesia: a bibliography, 18th century - 1981.
Gerard A. Nagelkerke
Leiden : Library of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, 1982.
The important role of the Chinese in Indonesia has been the subject of much research, some of it in English. This bibliography makes a useful starting point. Excerpta Indonesica and various CD-ROMs should also be consulted for more up-to-date information. Covers books, periodical articles, microform sources.
Matheson Library Main collection 016.9598004951 N147Se

Excerpta Indonesica.
Leiden, : Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology. 1970 -
Bi-annual
This highly recommended index is essential for the study of Indonesia. It contains abstracts of selected periodical articles, chapters in general books, bibliographies, and reports on Indonesia, in the field of social sciences and humanities. The emphasis has been to index cover to cover the most important periodicals in the field of Indonesian studies in Western European languages and Indonesian. Chapters on Indonesia from books which cover the whole of Southeast Asia are included, as are collective volumes such as the result of workshops. The name and subject index is particularly user-friendly, emphasis being placed on accessibility through natural language descriptors/keywords.
Matheson Library Reference 016.991 E96

Indonesia.
Gerald H. Krausse & Sylia C. Engelen Krausse
Oxford : Clio Press, 1994. [CLIO World Bibliographical Series, Volume 170]
This excellent bibliography is designed for the English speaker. It has a very good introduction giving useful background information on Indonesia. There are chapters on almost every topic, including cuisine! The annotations are full and offer a considerable amount of information about each work. This is an excellent guide for all levels of research.
Matheson Library Reference 016.9598 K91.I

Bulletin/Indonesian Current Affairs Translation Service.
Jakarta : M. Bondan. 1968 - 1975.
A little-known source of information for researching events in Indonesia in the early years of the New Order Suharto government 1968 - 1975. Selected articles from major Indonesian daily newspapers, such as Kompas. Angkatan Bersenjata. Berita Buana. Merdeka. Suara Karya. and Pelita. are translated into English and arranged by broad subject headings. A chronology of events allows access by date. An annual index lists, names, places, and subjects. Held at Monash University Library, ANU Library, and National Library of Australia.
Matheson Library Serials 991.06 I41B
Matheson Library Music Multimedia MICROFICHE 2190

Indonesian newspapers: an international union list.
Godfrey Raymond Nunn (comp.)
Taipei, Taiwan : Ch'eng-wen Publishing, 1971.
This union list contains over 1,000 newspapers published in Indonesia. Newspapers are listed by city and by title. Today this publication is mainly used as a verification tool for researchers. It lists holdings in major Indonesian collections in Indonesia, the U.S. and Europe. For Australian holdings check SIAL: Serials in Australian Libraries on the Electronic Databases link via the Monash Voyager Catalogue homepage. NOTE: One widely available source for a listing of currently published Asian newspapers is: Far East and Australasia. Included in the section for each country is a list of capital city and regional newspapers.
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.07991 N972.1

Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia. A bibliography of English language publications 1945-1993.
Patricia Horvatich (comp.)
Manoa : Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1993.
Covers a wide range of topics including history, anthropology, sociology, art, music, education, politics, and economics. Does not include dissertations or conference papers. Subject arrangement is particularly good, with use of headings such as : Coming of Islam to Southeast Asia, Islamic Culture and Society - Ritual Practices, --Women, Kinship and Marriage. An author index is included.
Matheson Library Reference 016.2970959 H823.I

Modern Indonesian literature.
A. Teeuw
The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff.
1st ed., 1967. 2nd.ed., Vol.1, 1986, Vol. 2, 1979.
Originally published in 1967, this work has been updated and published in two volumes. It is a comprehensive survey of modern Indonesian literature covering pre-war and post-war literature up to the late 1970's. An excellent bibliography and good biographical information makes this work a very useful reference book.
Matheson Library Undergraduate Collection 899.22209 T258V/j
Gippsland General Collection 899.22109 TEE
Matheson Library Reserve v. 1 Temporarily Shelved at Matheson Library Reserve 899.22209 T258V2

Music in Java: current bibliography, 1973-1992.
Ernst Heins
1st ed.1989 2nd ed.1990 3rd ed. 1993 Amsterdam : Institute of Musicology, Ethnomusicology Center "Jaap Kunst", University of Amsterdam, 1993.
This bibliography also includes a discography and a filmography. It contains monographs, Indonesian government publications, dissertations and articles from scholarly and cultural serial publications.
Matheson Library Main Collection 780.95982 H471M2

Register op de indische couranten, 1810-1923 [microform]
[Lisse, The Netherlands] : ARA Micropublication, [1985]
Title in English on blurb: "Index to Dutch-language Indonesian newspapers, 1810-1923.
"This index was, in handwritten form, compiled by civil servants of the former Ministry of the Colonies of the Netherlands. It indexes the official as well as the commercial press by year of publication, under alphabetically ordered keywords". Indexed are: Bataviasche koloniale courant 1816-1827; Javasche courant 1828-1923. Soerabaiasch handelsblad, 1866-1923; Algemeen dagblad van Nederlandsch Indië 1873-1923; Bataviaasch nieuwsblad 1885-1923; Sumatra post 1898 -1923.
Besides the above newspapers the index covers almost all other important Indies newspapers, such as: Locomotief, Java times, Oostpost, Nieuwsbode, Samarangse courant, Soerabasche courant, Makelaars handels- en advertentieblad, Sumatraanse courant, de Indiëe, Indisch weekblad van het regt, Padangs handelsblad, Homeward mail, Straits budget etc.
The original newspapers, as well as the index, are held at the Royal Library, The Hague.
Location: Matheson Library Music Multimedia
Call Number: MICROFICHE 3036

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Regional bibliographies.

There are many specialised bibliographies listing works on the regions of Indonesia. While most of these works include English language material, other important sources are the Bibliography of Asian Studies, (see above ) Excerpta Indonesica (see above)I and CD-ROM databases. (see above)
The following list identifies just a few of the regional bibliographies available.

The central Moluccas: an annotated bibliography.
Katrien Polman
Dordrecht : Foris Publications, 1983.
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.95985 P777C

Sumba bibliography.
Taro Goh
Canberra : Australian National University, 1991.
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.95986 G614S

Bibliography of Bali: publications from 1920 to 1990.
David J. Stuart-Fox
Leiden : Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1992.
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.95986 S932B

Maluku: the history, societies, and cultures of an Indonesian province. A bibliography of texts in the English-language.
Patricia Horvatich (comp.)
Manoa : Center of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1993. [Southeast Asia Paper No 37.]
A useful resource on material on the Maluku in English. Part one is organised by topic, such as history, kinship, ritual and religion, art, and dance. Part two is arranged by local areas of Maluku.
Matheson Library Main Collection 016.95985 H823M

Selected Indonesian periodical articles on women and womanhood / karangan dalam majalah ilmiah Indonesia tentang wanita dan kewanitaan, 1952-1976.
Hendrarta Kusbandarrumsamsi (comp.)
Jakarta : Indonesian Institute of Sciences, 1978.
Covers periodical articles taken from a number of scholarly journals. Many articles are in English. Availability of some of the articles may be a problem in Australia, but it is still a very important index for the researcher. Excerpta Indonesica is also important for articles on women.
Matheson Library Asian Studies Research : Indonesian 016.3054 K97S

Wayang theatre in Indonesia: an annotated bibliography.
Victoria M. Clara van Groenendael
Leiden : KITLV, 1987.
This interesting bibliography not only lists some 564 sources on wayang, it also includes translations of wayang plots, descriptions of performances, discussions on the origin and role of wayang in Indonesian culture, a glossary of terms and an index of wayang characters.
Matheson Library Reference 016.79153 G874W

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