How to do research on the internet

Domains

Domain names contain clues to the organisation hosting the webpage. Using a domain name can help you decide if a webpage will be helpful to your research. You can restrict your search to a domain in AltaVista and HotBot.

A domain name is made up of sections:

Organisation types	Some countries
com or co - Commercial edu or ac - Educational org - Non-profit Organisations net - Networking Providers mil - Military gov - Government int - International Organisations And from Nov. 2000, 7 new ones: aero - Air transport industry biz - Business coop - Cooperatives info - Unrestricted use museum - Museums name - Individuals pro - Accountants, lawyers, and physicians	au - Australia cn - China de - Germany fr - France hk - Hong Kong my - Malaysia nl - Netherlands tv - Tuvalu uk - United Kingdom za - South Africa

Most US pages do not include a country code. Remember that many organisations host personal pages that may not express the opinions of, or be endorsed by that organisation. Personal pages often have a ~ (tilde) in the URL.

Full list of country codes