General Subject Directories

Subject Directories offer collection of links to Internet resources selected and reviewed by subject specialists. These links are then organised into various subject categories for easy reference. 
The general subject directories below contain a wide range of subjects ranging from academic to general including hobbies, general interests to science and current affairs.

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Go to Yahoo!

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The earliest subject guide to Internet resources. It is the largest human-compiled guide to the Web. Only quality websites are added to Yahoo. As a result, it is one of the most popular search engines used. Of significance is its ready links to other search engines for backup, which enable searches to be carried across to other engines of our choice should you wish to look at results beyond Yahoo.

Supports:
+ in front of the word: To include words in search.
- in front of the term: To exclude words in search.
" ": Phrase searching
OR operator
Wildcards (*) or truncations
Field Restriction, e.g. t:title, u:url

Go to About.com

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Search by topic and look for pages that are described as "101" or "guides" or a "directory". About.com is written by "Guides" who often are experts in the sections they manage. Contains about 2 million sites, selected and evaluated by "guides."

Supports:
+ in front of the word: To include words in search.
- in front of the term: To exclude words in search.
" ": Phrase searching

Go to IPL

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The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.

Does not support:
Boolean (AND, OR, NOT, +, -)
Phrase searching
All words with 3 or fewer characters

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