Web portals
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Web portals
- Here are entered works on Web sites that present themselves as starting points for Web browsing, usually offering both a search engine and topically arranged direct links to sites of general interest, and sometimes also offering electronic mail or other services.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005116
- info:lc/authorities/sh99005116
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh99005116#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Gateways (Web portals)
- Internet portals
- Portals (World Wide Web)
Broader Terms
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Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Work cat.: 97077803: Official Excite Internet yellow pages, 1999.
- found: Info Trac business index July 9, 1999 (Web portals, portals, sites which sell themselves as starting points for World Wide Web browsing; Yahoo, Lycos, Excite biggest ones; often started as search engines, but now have in addition topically arranged direct links to sites on topics of interest to most browsers, and may also offer e-mail, calendar, or other services to users; often supported by advertising; special, topical portals with direct links only to a single topic or few related topics are also called vertical portals or simply hubs)
- found: WWW through AltaVista July 9, 1999 ("Web portal", 5118 hits, conforming to Info Trac meaning; "internet portal", 4756 hits, many conforming to Info Trac meaning of "Web portal," and many meaning "Internet gateway," or networking connectivity)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on Web sites that present themselves as starting points for Web browsing, usually offering both a search engine and topically arranged direct links to sites of general interest, and sometimes also offering electronic mail or other services.
Change Notes
- 2005-03-18: new
- 2010-10-08: revised
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