Subject-based gateways

Cyberstacks http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/

A service that is being developed by Iowa State University. Academic-level internet resources are subdivided into a number of subject fields. There are plans to extend the service to a fully fledged one.

eLIB subject-based Information Gatewayshttp://www.rdn.ac.uk

The United Kingdom in 1993 created the Electronic Libraries Programme, Within that part of the programme, several 'subject-based gateways' were developed:

ADAM: (http://adam.ac.uk/index.shtml), the Art, Design, Architecture and Media Information Gateway;
Biz/ed: (http://bized.ac.uk/), de Business and Economics Gateway;
EEVL: (http://eevl.ac.uk/), the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library;
OMNI: (http://omni.ac.uk/), Organizing Medical Networked Information;
RUDI: (http://rudi.herts.ac.uk/), Resources for Urban Design Information;
SOSIG: (http://sosig.ac.uk/), the Social Science Information Gateway.

RDN (Resource Discovery Network)http://www.rdn.ac.uk

the Electronic Libraries Programme, evolved into the RDN a co-operative network which seeks to enrich learning, research, and cultural engagement by facilitating access to high-quality Internet resources through the development of subject-based gateways for the learning and research communities.

BIOME: http://biome.ac.uk/ Health and Life Sciences
EMC: http://www.emc.ac.uk/ Engineering, Mathematics and Computing
HUMBUL: http://www.humbul.ac.uk/ Language and Literature, History, Relgion and Philosophy
SOSIG: http://www.sosig.ac.uk/ Social Sciences, Business and Law
PSIgate: http://www.psigate.ac.uk/ Physical Sciences

Pinakes http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html

offers an overview of some 35 'subject-based gateways,' among which are the six mentioned above.

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