Where is content provided from?
Within the boundaries of the JISC Collections Strategy, anywhere, so long as the content is made available so the portal can search or harvest it. This can include flat web sites, databases, directories, registries, etc. It also includes content that is not directly available via the web, again so long as the content has been made available for the portal to access. JISC IE portals will be designed to be able to access all relevant content where JISC has licences for the HE/FE community and where access is free. Within institutions, therefore, the portals will enable access to all relevant content and resources that your institution has signed up for plus what is freely available.