The service
will provide comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date
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news and current awareness content
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directory, contact
and biographical information |
| background reference, statistics and analytical
material |
| key
public policy documentation. |
ProQuest
Reference Asia is designed to meet the needs of the student
(particularly in business education), the researcher, the
businessperson and the government official, working in Asia or
internationally. The service will be delivered initially in
English. The service will grow rapidly to include the
developing and major economies of the region. It is intended
that coverage will be extended later to include the nations of
South Asia.
Key content
will include the following elements:
 News and current
awareness
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Daily updating full
text coverage of political, economic, financial and
business news stories at national and regional levels.
Content will be drawn from a variety of authoritative
Asian and internationally published print and electronic
sources including
those from PQIL's ProQuest services
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Directory, contact and
biographical information:
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Organizational and directory information
for national, provincial and local government, the civil
service and political parties alongside regional and
national
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Biographical and related news information
for key government, political, business & cultural
leaders |
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Reference:
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National
political, economic
and business profiles and guides
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Core
national and regional statistics: frequently updated
economic, financial,
and demographic series and analysis
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Document
repository
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Growing national and regional
level full text archive of working papers, reports literature
and policy papers and statements from national
governments, NGOs,
IGO, academic institutes and publishers
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ProQuest Reference Asia
is designed so that users can search quickly and
effectively. If you're interested in Singapore's public IT strategy, the administrative structure
of the Hong Kong SAR, or Indonesia's consumer market a single search
will bring together all the relevant material including
policy formulations, news stories and analysis, and statistical information,
as well as government and business contact information.
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