Writing a Bibliography - St Aloysius College, Adelaide
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About the Internet:
being Internet savvy!
What is a URL?
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
= web address
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au
What does it mean?
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au
hypertext transfer protocol
data can be available in a number of different
protocols (rules) eg
•
• ftp (file transfer protocol)
• mailto (email)
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au
world wide web
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au
organisation name
Saint Aloysius College, South Australia
Most organisations have their own server name
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au
type of organisation
identifies the type of organisation - educational
have
to apply for a domain name to ensure each
Internet address is unique
domain names can offer clues as the type of organization
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au
geographic indicator
clues
as the country of origin of the server can
be gained from the country code - australia
as
the Internet originated in the United States, this is
assumed to be the point of origin, unless specified by a
country code
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au/Library/Library/library.htm
directory and file name
Internet resources are organized into directories and file structures
• Library folders contains file called library
this can give you a clue into the structure of the site
the more directories, then the deeper into the site the file is embedded
Types of organisations
.edu
educational servers
.com
commercial server
.gov
government server
.org
non-government, nonprofit organisations
for businesses
.biz
Geographic Indicator
.au
Australia
.uk
United Kingdom
.ca
Canada
.de
Germany
.fr
France
The tilde ~ sign
often indicates a personal page within an official site
http://www.unisa.edu.au/~dbrown/
can indicate a personal page of a member of staff, but it
is not an official page of the University
Finding the Home Page
a URL can often lead to a file deep within a website
the Home Page is like the cover of a book – it can give
useful information such as the author, their qualifications,
last update and the purpose of the site
you can often find the Home Page by deleting
everything after the geographic indicator and pressing
return
Search engines
A tool for searching the web
Strategies for searching the Internet
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au/Library/Library/library.htm