Internet Resources - Finding Web sites

Library Tutorial - Internet Resources - Finding Web sites

How do I find a Web site?

You can either type in its address (URL) directly, or use a search engine.

What is a URL?

The Uniform Resource Locator is the address of a Web page. It tells the browser how to find the page: which server, which folder on the server, and which page in that folder. From left to right, the URL goes from the general (the server) to the specific (which page). For example:

*http://lib.radford.edu/Resources/database_finder/*
*http://*	This is a hypertext transfer protocol document- a Web page.
*lib.radford.edu/*	the name of the server. Let's take a closer look at this:
*lib/*	name of a certain server (lib is the library server).
*radford/*	name of the institution hosting the server (radford is Radford University).
*edu/*	type of institution (edu is educational)
*Resources/*	the name of the folder
*database_finder/*	the page you wish to access.

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