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remarque.berkeley.edu:8001/~xcohen/Papers/Walden/walden.toc.html

Remember, the .edu suffix means the computer belongs to an educational institution (the University of California at Berkeley).


chevron.com/environment/peopledo/CPDDesert.html

The .com suffix means the computer belongs to a company (like the oil company Chevron).


messagenet.com/myths/bios/artemis.html

The computer here belongs to a company (Messagenet) that sells space on the Internet, which means the site's information comes from whoever bought space from this company to store a web site.


ummah.org.uk/kashmir/

The .org suffix means the computer belongs to a nonprofit organization. The uk indicates that this organization is somewhere in the United Kingdom.


So knowing a URL can shape what you initially think about a web site. Then you can get on with the business of deciding whether the site is actually usefulor not.

Recall the earlier example:

Web site: Lavinia Coons

An educational institution may or may not be a good place to get information. Examine a site's information, but also remember to consider the source!
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Can you tell what kind of information this site contains?

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