Information
Literacy Instructional Program
Information Literacy Learning Guides
Key
Concepts URLs and
Internet Addresses
- URLs are 'addresses' to locate pages on the Internet.
- URLs can be divided into several parts including the domain name which indicates
the organization or entity that sponsors the page.
- Top level domain names indicate the type of organization to which the page
is associated with such as .com for commercial
and .edu for education.
- Country codes indicate the country that the information is originating from
such as .uk for United Kingdom.
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Practice what you have learned about URLS.
Last Updated: 8/2/04