PACS 108: Pacific Worlds: Online Sources

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A library guide about the origins and migrations of Pacific Islanders.

A wide variety of downloadable Pacific maps, collected by the University of Texas at Austin Library.

This site gathers publications, reports and statistics from 22 Pacific countries and territories, and is an excellent one-stop source for current statistical information.

This annual publication provides a wide variety of statistical information. Section 1 (Population) and Section 2 (Vital Statistics and Health) contain information broken down by race. (The U.S. Census only counts a few specific races when it comes to Pacific Islanders in Hawaiʻi; in most cases the counts will be for broader groups -- i.e., Micronesians.)

Links to databases that are most often used for Pacific-related research, as selected by librarians in the Pacific Collection.

Includes among other things links to organizations that are involved with some of the major current issues affecting the Pacific.

Links to archaeological, art, language, literature, museums, music and visual resources.

Links to agricultural, biodiversity & conservation, natural resources and marine & freshwater resources.

This section provides links to diplomatic representation, government sites, legal sources, and tourism.

This section provides links to bibliographies, gateways and reference tools.

This section provides links to the websites of serial publications about Oceania. Categories include: free full online access, paid access and subscription information only.

This section provides links to development, education, health, information & communication technology (ICT), land tenure and women's issues

This section provides links to statistical information published by official island governments and other regional bodies.

This section provides links to airlines, conferences & workshops, sports, and other miscellaneous sites which we feel are useful.