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Thanks to thousands of individuals, corporations, and organizations, the Internet offers countless such metaguide sites on a huge variety of subjects. Which brings us directly to…
Rule Two
Let other people do as much work for you as possible (use their metaguides, their FAQs, their expertise to your advantage).
Directories are not the only good sources of general information. A number of virtual libraries and reference desks have sprung up on the web and they tend to be terrific starting places for all types of general information because they have thousands of pre-selected links to sources of data the researchers know to be good.
Let's continue with the Java example. If we go to the Intute Science, Engineering, and Technology page (formerly EEVL, the Internet Guide to Engineering,
