In the German speaking language area, three major web-based subject gateways focusing on Contemporary History have been built up during the last ten years. This book provides a comparative analysis of www.zeitgeschichte-online.de, www.vl-zeitgeschichte.de and zis.uibk.ac.at as three major examples of German-speaking web-based subject gateways on Contemporary History embedded in the context of applied Historical Information Science. Following basic information about the three web-based subject gateways at issue, generic technical web-page evaluation methods are discussed. Subsequently, a...