The first public library of and for the Internet community, that includes a variety of valuable resources, including an excellent Online Literary Criticism Collection . The Internet Scout Project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation to provide timely information to the education community about valuable Internet resources. Daily and weekly updates are offered for K-12 and higher education faculty, staff, and students, as well as interested members of the general public. A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 4,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to the public library user's information needs. It is meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.
All web sites contain short annotations.
Note that while Java or Javascript capable browsers enhance functionality, they are not necessary to the functioning of the site. MEL's 'virtual library' is selected and evaluated by librarians. Includes over 18,000 resources in 14 major subject areas. The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert.