Class One: Finding Online Health Information: Evaluation: Why: Domains

Evaluation Criteria: Domain Names: A Good Clue

Domain names are the letters in the "url" or web site address that tell you what kind of organization created or paid for the web site. They are usually the last three (or more) letters in the URL. .com - commercial (for profit) groups http://www.lifescan.com/ .gov - Federal government http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/ .state - state government (in this case ".state" is in the middle of the URL) http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/ .edu - higher education http://library.med.utah.edu/ .org - non-profit groups http://www.diabetes.org/ Let's return to "Why"