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Always use reliable sources to write an article. This is important to support the three pillars of Wikipedia: verifiable, neutral point of view and no elements of original research.
Here are lists of reliable Indonesia-related sources and public-domain images/maps, compiled by the project members. Please read WP:CITE for guidelines of citing and inline citing the sources.
News sites with English version
- Antara (Indonesian State News Agency)
- Jakarta Globe
- Jakarta Post
- Tempo Magazine
- RRI (State Radio of Indonesia) (inactive)
- InsideIndonesia - news digests, online prints since issue #46.
Academic publications
Journals are mostly access through personal or via institution-based subscription.
History and Social Studies
Journals
| Journal name | Issues | Coverage | Online Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Far Eastern Survey | 1935–1961 | pre-1960s history | JSTOR |
| Asian Survey | 1961–... | contemporary Asian affairs | JSTOR (archive) and Caliber (new articles) |
| The Far Eastern Quarterly | 1941–1956 | mostly WWII war history, intelligence, politics | JSTOR |
| The Journal of Asian Studies | 1956–... | history, arts, social sciences, philosophy, and contemporary issues of East, South, and Southeast Asia | JSTOR (archive) and Association for Asian Studies |
| Cultural Survival Quarterly | 1982–... | ethnic groups | website |
| Indonesia | 1966–... | Indonesia's culture, history, government, economy, and society | website (free prior to April 2000) |
| Indonesia and the Malay World | 1973–... | languages, literatures, art, archaeology, history, religion, anthropology and the performing arts | Taylor & Francis |
Books
- Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. (1972). Java in a Time of Revolution. Icatha and London: Cornell University Press. p. 495.
- A classic text on Indonesian National Revolution
- Cribb, Robert (1991). Gangster and Revolutionaries: The Jakarta People's Militia and the Indonesian Revolution 1945-1949. Sydney, Australia: ASSA Southeast Asian Publications Series - Allen and Unwin. ISBN 0-04-301296-5.
- Frederick, William H. (1988). Visions and Heat: The Making of the Indonesian Revolution. Ohio University Press. pp. 324 pages. ISBN 0-8214-0906-9.
- Detailed analysis and interpretations of the most intense phase of the Indonesian revolution - August-November 1945. With considerable focus on Surabaya.
- Friend, Theodore. Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University. pp. 628 pages. ISBN 0-674-01834-6.
- ...uses a wealth of contemporary Indonesian contacts to paint a lively historical, sociological, anthropological and at times gossipy portrait of the country...".
- George, Margaret (1980). Australia and the Indonesian Revolution. Melbourne University Press. pp. 220 pages. ISBN 0-522-84209-7.
- McMillan, Richard. The British Occupation of Indonesia 1945-1946. ISBN 0-415-35551-6.
- Throrough account of British Occupation following WW2: From blurb: "Contrary to previous studies, this book demonstratese that the [British] occupation was neither exclusively pro-Dutch or pro-Indonesian; nor was it the orderly affair portrayed in the British official histories."
- Traces story of the People's Militia of Greater Jakarta during the Indoneian National Revolution, and examines social basis of the Indonesian revolution
- Reid, Anthony (1974). The Indonesian National Revolution 1945-1950. Melbourne: Longman Australia Pty Limited. pp. 193 pages. ISBN 0-582-71046-4.
- Southall, Ivan (1964). Indonesia Face to Face. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press. pp. 251 pages.
- Account of Australian volunteer living in Indonesia in the last years of Sukarno's rule 1964-65.
- Taylor, Jean Gelman (2003). Indonesia: Peoples and History. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10518-5.
- General History - main focus up to 1945'
- Vickers, Adrian (2005). A History of Modern Indonesia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-54262-6.
- A general History from c.1870
Earth Science, Geography, Volcanology
| Journal name | Issues | Coverage | Online Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Science | 1986–1996 | research related to the solid Earth Sciences of Southeast Asia (cont. to J. Asian Earth Science) | ScienceDirect |
| Journal of Asian Earth Science | 1997–... | research related to the solid Earth Sciences of Asia (cont. from J. SE Asian Earth Science) | ScienceDirect |
Tourist Guide Books
Never to be used as a primary information source - but the two mentioned here as useful for a printed off-line compendium of place names and tourist information - useful to check any spurious web-sites or their claims about locations.
- Lonely Planet has the Indonesia guide book is currently up to its 8th edition.
- Indonesia Handbook was the 1980s predecessor to the Lonely Planet guide book. Dated - but good for checking information.
Authorized NGO sites
- International Crisis Group — deadly regional conflicts. Indonesia section
- Global Forest Watch: Indonesia — forest status, forest maps, vegetations.
- The Nature Conservacy in Indonesia
Images and maps
Public domain
- Commons:Category:Indonesia - collections of free Indonesian images. Please put a newly uploaded Indonesia image under this category or sub-category to have better organization.
- Flickr CC BY 2.0 license
- Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 license
- Public-domain maps from Univ. Texas - mostly historical old ones.
- Memory of the Netherlands - collection of Indonesia historical images, some with expired copyrights.
- Stichting Volkenkundige Collectie Nederland - collection of Indonesia historical images, some with expired copyrights.
Government sources
- President of Indonesia website - Images can be freely used given attribution according to the terms and conditions, but all content is in Indonesian.
- Photos from the National Library of Indonesia - All images have cited sources. Images created by the government are public domain. Content is in Indonesian.