Transcript Writing a Bibliography - St Aloysius College, Adelaide

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
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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