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WHO is the author?

Who wrote the web site?

• Look at the address (URL)

– http://www.erusd.k12.ca.us/elrancho

• The type of organization behind a web site can give some clues to its identity

– http://www.justice.gov

– http://www.navy.mil

– http://www.ucsb.edu

.org, .com, .net are open to anyone and do

not give clues to the author’s identity

http://www.usc.edu

http://www.whitehouse.gov

http://www.army.mil

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1973

2011

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Hiroshima,1945

El Rancho High School Library

2011