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Thanks to Twitter, I was reminded of a website this weekend that I never should have forgotten! It's Finding Dulcinea, and it's a web guide curated completely by human beings.

FindingDulcinea presents only credible, high-quality and trustworthy Web sites, saving time for the novice and the experienced user alike.

Each piece, whether a Web Guide, a Beyond the Headlines story or a Netcetera article, receives the same meticulous research. The Web sites included in each piece are connected through original narrative, providing users with information on each site before they even click on it.

It came up in my Twitter because someone linked to today's blog post, "Time to Stop Teaching that .Govs Can Be Trusted," which is itself a great read, reminding us that assessing quality and credibility of a website is not, and should not, be a one-step process.

Another alternative to Google that I like is the old Librarian's Index to the Internet, which is now part of the ipl2, the new Internet Public Library. Several forces have joined to create ipl2, which is another human-curated topical guide to the web.

When you are helping a student with a homework question, or looking for a reliable source for a reference question, sometimes these sites can take you farther than Google or Wikipedia.