What is a Subject portal?
Subject portal or subject gateways can be defined as an organized and structured guide to Internet-based electronic information resources that are carefully selected after a predefined process of evaluation and filtration in a subject area or specialty. Subject gateways are often independent web-sites or part of an institution or library’s web site that serve as a guide to Internet resources considered appropriate for their target audiences. Home pages of all the major education and research institutions, especially in developed countries, provide an organized and structured guide to electronic resources available on the Internet. Subject portals are also called meta resources, subject-based information gateways (SBIGs), subject-based gateways, subject index gateways, virtual libraries, clearing houses, subject trees, pathfinders, guide to Internet resources, etc.
