Similarly hollow are the numerous fan sites which present a favourite poem or story or image, often with the ubiquitous set of links. One wonders if permissions have been obtained. Margaret Atwood has been a particular target of this type of site. They have been set up by print magazines with the sole purpose of convincing visitors to subscribe to the paper version of the publication. Some give away a little content as a teaser, but few show much of real use.
Search engines are less than helpful.
They cannot discriminate among sites with respect to quality of content. Typing a writer's name into a search engine such as Lycos will return thousands of hits. There is no card catalogue to the web. The web, however, is not a complete wasteland. It does contain some valuable and rewarding sites that can assist you in the study of Canadian literature.