The World Wide Web allows anybody to write and publish.
You should therefore be cautious when assembling information from the internet. When it comes to research, you need to use authoritative sources that support your arguments and include those in your papers or projects.

Major Domains
.edu - educational site- school or university Web site.
.gov – governmental site belonging to an agency of the government.
.net - domains that can belong to anyone.
.com - generally commercial sites belonging to businesses
.org - organizational site (usually) nonprofit organizations.

Some indicators of Web site that lack credibility

• No dates, or no updates
• Dead links
• Bad grammar and misspellings
• No e-mail or contact information for the author
• No Reference lists or external links

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