Brain Info

Brain Info @ Washington University
http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/menumain.html
Intended Audience:
Those interested in the Cognitive Sciences: Psychology; Computer Science; Neurology; etc
Usefulness of Content:
HomeSearch; by NameSearch; Atlas; Tools & Methods; Send Feedback; About BrainInfo; Authors; Copyright; Other Atlases.
It has very useful content. As listed above it provides a variety of methods to study the brain: everything from anatomical to functional explanations and diagrams.
It even has interactive brains with which a user can click on a part and a section of the page provides info about the area selected and even notes what is overlapping.
Ease of Navigation:
Simple. Links on the left, display on the right. They offer a quasi-metaphor selection option from the first page, but you always have the plain-text choices on the left.
Consistency of Design:
The layout is consistent, however the content information looks like it was derived from different creaters. An example being that some content buttons match the style of the Navigation buttons, however others have a completely different style. It makes it seem more amateurish a site than would be prefered.
Once in each section, however they do remain rather constant.
Overall the content is great. It would seem far supierior if they just made the appearance a bit more aesthetically pleasing and ensured consistency.