DMOZ
Maintained by volunteers, DMOZ is one of the largest human edited directories on the web, with links to many French, Japanese, and Chinese sites, and a few in Hindi, Korean and Vietnamese, among many others.

Librarians' Internet Index
This is an excellent starting point for information on a wide variety of topics.

Toronto Public Library: Subject Guide to the Internet
This site is particularly strong on Canadian sources.  An added bonus is the research guides to help you search for information.

Virtual Reference Desk
British Columbian librarians have compiled an excellent directory of trustworthy Web sites. Organized by the same tools your library uses: Dewey Decimal and LC Subject headings, you'll be amazed at how familiar this directory seems.

World Wide Web Virtual Library
This is a large and fairly comprehensivelist of "starting point web sites.