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Evaluating Web Resources

"[A] strength (but also, some would have it, a weakness) of the Internet
is that almost anyone can put anything online." -- D. Scott Brandt, Libraries of Purdue University

Types of Homepages To Locate Examples Visit Typical Address Ending
Advocacy .org
.com
Business/Marketing Yahoo! : Business and Economy .net
.com
Informational Yahoo! : Government .gov
.edu
Advertising & Sponsorship Yahoo! : Business and Economy : Classifieds Just about any address ending can be used
News News and Microforms Library .com
Personal Home Pages Just about any address ending can be used
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