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Internet Public Library (IPL)
Internet Public Library (IPL) (Both links lead to the same site.) The Internet Public Library is hosted by the School of Information (i.e. Library Science) of the University of Michigan. The IPL presents the Internet under the range of services traditional in a public library including for Children and Young Adults.

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
INFOMINE, produced by the University of California, Riverside, is a quality, comprehensive gateway to the Internet. It claims access to "10,000+ Academically Valuable Resources".

Lii.org Librarians' Index to the Internet
This site began as the Berkeley Public Library Index to the Internet. It is organized by broad subject categories and has a search engine.

Scout Report Archives
From the University of Wisconsin; search the Internet by entering terms, or by Library of Congress subject headings, or by broad category. The Archives hold the best Internet sites chosen by the Scout Report, "a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators."

The Invisible Web Directory
The Invisible Web Directory organizes sites that general Internet search engines might not find. The sites are annotated.

The WWW Virtual Library (WWW VL)
The WWW Virtual Library was established by the people at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics) who also started the World Wide Web WWW. The Virtual Library is organized by subject fields, some correspond to academic disciplines. Typically discipline sites are maintained by a university faculty.

About; the Human Internet
About is a large well-organized general interest site that includes Academic Info. The subject pages have annotated sites and the person responsible for the subject page is often pictured.

Galaxy
Galaxy is a large, general interest site. The Galaxy Directories page gathers numerous links for dictionaries and encyclopedias.

How Stuff Works
Marshall Brain "Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes the inside of your refrigerator cold?" presents his articles here.

Information Please
This site has several basic almanacs and dictionaries.

Martindale's "The Reference Desk"
"The Reference Desk", from the University of California, Irvine, is a quality, comprehensive site that includes a number of "Enjoy, Have Fun" links.

RefDesk.com
Formerly My Virtual Reference Desk (MVRD); a large, comprehensive reference center!