Serwisy tematyczne o kontrolowanej jakości w Internecie - subject gateways

The article presents services of the subject gateway type, also called subject-based information gateways (SBIGs) or quality-controlled subject gateways, which register Internet resources according to a specified subject area. Also characteristic about these services is a high participation of humans in the selection and preparation of resources, as well as, the presence of published rules of assessment and preparation of sources. Subject gateways are created by individual libraries and research institutions, or by big consortia. They include resources in all areas of knowledge or in one specific area. They are superior to popular search engines by the fact that they guarantee a high quality of indexed sources. Their key group of users is the academic community. The article at hand provides many examples of subject gateways, as well as, national and international projects devoted to their creation and development. Quality-controlled subject gateways on the Internet