Reading from a webpage

Hello List, I have a small problem reading information from a webpage. I have a list of about 40 pages that I need to read (doing it in a loop as the layout is the same on each page). What I would like to know is whether the information read from a webpage is actually the information that we see or whether it is the underlying source code. I understand that depending on what it is will mean changes to the way I retrieve the information. If you need additional information, please contact me and let me know. Thank-you. James