A nursing student uses the Internet to learn about the use of antidepressant medications. Select the domain names that would suggest that information on the site is credible. (Select all that apply.)
A).com
B).gov
C).edu
D).net

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Sites ending with .gov are U.S. federal government sites. Examples are sites sponsored by the Center for Communicable Diseases, National Institutes for Health, and Department of Defense. Government sites are carefully monitored for accuracy. A .edu site is sponsored by an educational facility, such as a university. These sites are usually credible. A .com site may promote a product. For example, a drug company might promote information about one of its drugs. A domain name that ends in .net refers to infrastructure machines and organizations. For example, a provider of Internet service might be called Constellation.net.

A Nursing Student Uses the Internet to Learn About the Use