What is the World Wide Web good for?

1. Long-distance communication.

   (Useless for short-range [F2F] communication.)
   

2. Bulk information storage.

   A $250 library would take a lifetime to read.
   

3. Presentation of information.

   But most is commercial and/or bogus.
   

4. Search engines like   altavista, hotbot, google and oingo   help people find the information they seek on the Web.

The trouble is, most of the information on the Web is either useless for the purpose of First Year Science pedagogy or just plain wrong.

Needed: "custom databases" of Web sites certified as reliable and appropriate to the subject.