The online database is comprised of approximately 175,000 Indonesian and English-language postings from various moderated lists covering the period October 1990 to February 2002.

The postings consist of both news reports, and exchanges of opinion, among Indonesians at home and those living overseas. It contains the complete sets of the postings previously found on the Indonesia-related lists run by John MacDougall on the www.indopubs.com website, which is designed to advance Indonesian studies throughout the world.

The database is searchable by keyword.