SOC 201: Galta, S. (Fall 2024) - Social Problems: Finding Web sources

URL domains can be clues to a site's reliability and ownership. 

Common URL domains:

• .com = commercial (ads & pop-ups)
• .gov = U.S. government (official agencies)
• .mil = U.S. military
• .edu = educational (colleges & universities)
• .org = organization (could be non-profit or for-profit, can be informative but often biased)
• .net = network (could be almost anything, including personal websites)
• .info = information (generic domain, no criteria needed for companies or individuals to use)
• .biz = business (an alternative to .com)

You can also limit your searches, like through a Google search, by using the "site:" search shortcut. 

"Site searching" examples:

• "prison reform" site:.edu (would find educational resources on this topic)
• "prison reform" site:.gov (would find U.S. government resources on this topic)
• Note that there are NO spaces before or after the colon after the word "site"

Now you try!