As he states in an accompanying essay, Its mission has been to provide a structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources that at once respects the established humanities disciplines in their professional organization and points toward the transformation of those disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences and with new digital media. It has been given a number of awards, with good reason, because it does present an amazing array of academic areas and the materials linked are solid and thoughtful, as a rule. The author provides an article detailing the history and goals of the site and those who have helped him. The site is quite easy to navigate, with search engine for the site and clear headings. In fact, organization is one of the strongest attributes of the site.
Materials come from academics, student projects, and even inspired amateurs.
However, someone wishing to use it for an American Literature survey is likely to be disappointed at times. I found a number of outdated links and rather spotty selections in areas which I know to be quite rich. There are only six syllabi listed, yet there are other thoughtful and intellectually challenging syllabi to be found on the Internet. The section on authors and works is well worth browsing, but again there are some caveats. Many of the materials seem somewhat dated and more current resources are not available.