Identify the Source of Web Materials
			Your browser window includes a long, narrow area (or "window") which is an important source of information. This area shows the location of the computer on which a WWW page is stored. It can help you to track where the information you are looking at comes from.
			Can you find the Location window in the browser you are using at the moment? It should be near the top of the screen.
			Note the contents of the Location or Address window as you search, because it can help you decide if the information found will be useful to you. The window contains a URL, which is also called the "domain name" of the computer. The first part of the URL (working from the left, the information before the first slash) ends in a code that provides clues about the origin of the site.
			The URL can help you determine if the information comes from:
			a government agency (U. S. sites that originate from government agencies end in .gov) a military institution (U. S. sites that originate from military institutions end in .mil) a network operation or information center (U. S. sites that originate from such operations end in .net) a university (U. S. sites that originate from educational institutions end in .edu) an organization or company (U. S. sites that originate from nonprofit agencies end in .org, while those from commercial organizations end in .com) a country other than the US (for non-U.S. sites, the URL ends in a two-letter code that indicates the name of the country)
			The URL does not always help you to evaluate the source of information on a website. It may be limited because:
			Some commercial sites are not businesses, but Internet service providers which sell individuals computer space for their web pages. Individuals sometimes develop their own web pages on commercial, or organizational machines. Their Web sites may have nothing to do with the goals or interests of the organization. A Web site in a university may represent an information area that the creator is a specialist in, or it may be about a hobby or side interest.
			See if you can find the URL in the browser window in the graphic below. What does it tell you about the origin of the site? Check your answer