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About.com
Formerly the "Mining Company", features human guides offering original contents on different topics with extensive links to web sites.
ipl2: Information you can trust
The result of a merge of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarian's Internet Index (LII). An annotated collection of high quality Internet resources organized by broad topics, with excellent sections for youth and teens. Great for browsing.
Infomine
Subtitled: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections. Built and maintained by University of California librarians. Selective and annotated Internet resources by subjects.
Looksmart Find Articles
Offers access to free and paid articles.
Open Directory Project
It claims to be the "largest human-edited directory on the Web", by relying on a large group of volunteer editors. It indexes over 1.5 million sites.
Yahoo
One of the oldest, largest and most popular human-compiled guides to the web. A good starting point for general information or for browsing.

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