2. Online Resources (documents, images,
videos etc) are found by their addresses
on the World Wide Web.
These addresses are known as URLs
or ?
Uniform Resource Locators
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3. Every website has a URL assigned to it so
both searchers and the Web servers can
find them easily and quickly.
From the URL you can usually work out –
•the organisation hosting the website
after the http:// or www.
For example: www.redcross.org.au
is the Australian Red Cross organisation
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4. Every website has a URL assigned to it
From the URL you can usually work out –
•the author’s name
further back in the URL, sometimes with a ~
For example:
http://www.johnmarsden.com.au
OR
http://www.example.com/~janesmith/
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5. From the URL you can also work out –
• the type of domain (sometimes an
indicator of the content within the site)
e.g. personal blog; social networking page;
not-for-profit organisation (e.g. charities);
an educational institution or government site
Domain names include:
.com .info .biz .org .asn .edu .gov .net
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6. Here are some examples using the following
domain names
.com .info .biz .org .asn .edu .gov .net
White Pages Australia School Library Association of SA
www.whitepages.com.au/ www.slasa.asn.au/
Vacations & Holidays in Austria South Australian TAFE
www.austria.info/au www.tafesa.edu.au/
Real Estate business in the USA Australian Government website
http://realestatecentral.biz/ http://australia.gov.au/
The Fred Hollows Foundation ABC Network
www.hollows.org.au/ www.abc.net.au/
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7. The URL can also tell you -
•the country of posting
the URL may include a two letter country code near the
end of the address.
For example:
.au .uk .jp .in .de .nz .fr .sa .ie .kr .za .nl
(there is no code for the USA, where the Internet originated)
*Do you know which countries belong to the codes above?
Work in pairs & use the Internet to help you find the answers if necessary.
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