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Ms. Supriya Kuber Asst. Professor , Department of Library and Information science, Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune 411004 Mobile : 9764357392 Email : [email protected]
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Ms. Supriya Kuber
Asst. Professor ,
Department of Library and Information science,
Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune
411004
Mobile : 9764357392
Email : [email protected]
SEARCH ENGINES SUBJECT GATEWAY
General resource is available
It totally depends on the powerfulness of the search-engines algorithms
The results can be overwhelming, unmanageable, full of irrelevant references and are often too prolific to meet user needs.
It is a “gathering place of discipline specific resources
High level of human input is there, as the selected resources must meet a number. Of criteria applied by a librarian or designer, who ensures that only high quality, relevant resources are included in the database.
The results are specific, precise, and linked to relevant documents
According to (Emma Place, ILRT, University of
Bristol, UK)
“Subject gateways are Internet- based
services designed to help users locate high
quality information that is available on the
Internet. They are typically, data bases of
detailed metadata (or catalogue) records
which describe Internet resources and offer a
hyperlink to the resources.”
A one stops shop for user.
A comprehensive collection of internet resource.
Economy of scale.
It provides a clearly expressed subject scope, defining what resources may be considered for inclusion.
It represents explicitly defined criteria of quality used to select resources for inclusion.
Some form of annotation or description of resources which provide quick view of information resources.
It provides categorization, classification or indexing of the collection which are useful to
the user.
Create a new website.
Add and edit pages.
Insert maps, forms, video, and Picasa album.
Embed calendars, RSS Feed, spreadsheets, and other Google documents.
Customize site layout and appearance.
Share your site for internal or external use.
Custom Domain Name Mapping - Owners of both
personal Google accounts and Google Apps for
Business accounts are allowed to map their
Google Site to a custom domain name.
Multi-tier Permissions and Accessibility - There
are three levels of permissions within Google
Sites: Owner, Editor and Viewer. Owners have
full permissions to modify design and content of
the entire Google Site, whereas editors cannot
change the design of the site. Viewers can only
view the site and are not permitted to make any
changes to text or otherwise.
100 MB of storage (for free account) and 10 GB of storage for Google Apps users.
No open use of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or JavaScript. JavaScript can be used within the confines of an embedded gadget or the HTML box. Inline CSS can be used within the webpage content area.
A site can also be displayed on a custom domain (e.g. www.example.com, wiki.example.com, support.example.com), but one must own the domain and have access to change the CNAME records.
Limited use of HTML coding. CSS cannot be incorporated in the theme templates
Search “ ORGANIC
CHEMISTRY SUBJECT
GATEWAY” 1ST HIT
The last we conclude that subject gateway is a gathering place of discipline specific resources.
Subject gateway or portals are similar to subject directories but each one is subject specific rather than offering a range of topics.
Resources included in gateways cover a wide spectrum, from electronic journals and books to academic and government reports, as well as referring users to relevant web sites.
Google Sites is a excellent Free Web Tool or Content Management Tool which allow library professionals to create websites, Portal or Subject Gateways and enhance their library services.
