Match the websites with the information that can be got from them

Analyze the website addresses given below from the point of view of their structural components (See exercise 1 for reference)

Read a short article about URL and discuss it in pairs or in small groups

What can a URL tell us?

URL stands for “Uniform Resource Locator” and is the address of the page you are accessing. You usually see one at the top of your browser when you have a web page open. They look something like this: http://www.bbc.co.uk

URLs may look tricky to unravel, but the best way to work out “who” and “where” is to break down the URL into its component parts. Let’s look at the following web address in detail: http://www.law.bris.ac.uk/research/interests.html

URL	What's this?	Tell me more…
http://	Transfer Protocol	The first part of the URL is called the protocol. It tells your browser how to deal with the file that it is about to open. The most common you will see is HTTP, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
www.law.bris	Server Name	This refers to the computer (or server) where the web pages or files you want to view are hosted. It usually contains the name of the organization responsible for the site; in this case, the Law department at the University of Bristol.
ac	Top Level Domain /Organisational Code	This tells you something about the type of organization responsible for the site (see below for more information).
Uk	Country Code	This tells you in which country the site is hosted (find out more below).
Research	Directory	This is a specific folder of information on the server (although it’s not always given). There can be any number of these in a URL, indicated by “/” characters.
Interests.html	File Name / File Type	This is the file you are, or will be viewing. In this case,.html is the file extension. This can change depending on the type of file: e.g..mov is a video file;.doc is a document;.gif is an image.

You can often find out more about the nature of the organization that owns the server from the organization code. For example:

• .ac,.edu academic or educational servers
• .co,.com commercial servers
• .gov government servers
• .org non-governmental, non-profit making organizations

You can sometimes find out more information about the country in which the server is based from the country code. For example:

• .au Australia
• .ca Canada
• .de Germany
• .fr France
• .uk United kingdom

http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue13/music/

http://www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/funerals/

http://www.sharp.arts.gla.ac.uk

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences

3) Listen to Jason Hadington, an expert in Internet search and discuss the ways of finding information in pairs or in small groups

1. Have you ever heard and used the mentioned websites?

2. What websites do you consider useful and important? Why?

2. What kind of information do you usually look for?

4. What other web-resources do you recommend for getting information?

4) Are the following sentences true or false?

	True	False
1. All search engines follow the same rules.
2. Google is considered to be one the best search tools.
3. Yahoo has more categories than Google.
4. There are surprisingly few online dictionaries.
5. Nowadays most libraries are online.
6. Google has more than a billion pictures.
7. Kidsclick was designed by school teachers.
8. Intute was set up by American universities.

1.	www.google.com, www.yahoo.com	A	A search engine designed to provide specific answers to questions
2.	www.factbites.com	B	A website provides current affairs
3.	www.dictionary.com, www.thefreedictionary.com	C	Internet sites for kids
4.	www.youtube.com	D	An online dictionary and encyclopedia that gathers information from a variety of sources
5.	www.kidsclick.com, www.yahooligans.com	E	Free online service that helps you to find the best web resources for your studies and research
6.	www.bbc.co.uk	F	Search engines
7.	www.intute.ac.uk, www.vts.intute.ac.uk	G	A collection of more than 100 million video clips
8.	www.ask.com	H	A website provides answers to specific questions

6) Visit the websites for students www.intute.ac.uk, www.vts.intute.ac.uk and describe them.

1. What kind of information can you find there?

2. Can you say that the site has a convenient interface?

3. What information can be useful for you and your scientific work?

4. What advantages and disadvantages of this site can you name?

5. Will you use it in future?

7) Prepare a report to compare the information you heard about websites www.intute.ac.uk, www.vts.intute.ac.uk and your own attitude to these web-resources

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