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Don't you hate it when you come across a webpage that just begs to be edited? Markup can solve that problem for you. Simply grab and drag their tool to your bookmark bar and you can scribble all over the Internet. Though it loses some of the shiny when you realize you're the only one that sees the edits.

BetterWorld Books is an innovative online bookseller that offers new and used books and donates profits to fund literacy initiatives throughout the world. As a librarian, I strongly support this initiative. And, unlike other large booksellers, you're only going to find books on BetterWorldBooks, something else this librarian supports.

What UE Libraries Can Do For You: Hoover’s

What UE Libraries Can Do For You: Hoover’s

Hoover’s is a database providing information about national and international companies. Searching Hoover’s allows you to discover what companies own and are owned by Activision. Or see what its recent profits were as well as its current board of directors and the company’s contact information and applicable websites. Combine this information as well as competitors and company history in a custom made dossier.

Content of Hoover's includes:

* links to company webpages

* information on individuals in business

* content on 66 million U.S. and Foreign companies and 85 million people

* ability to create custom dossiers on companies

UE libraries subscription to Hoover’s supplies more detailed information than the free site.

Explore Hoover's.

Contact Kathy Bartelt (kb4) or Shane White (sw69) with questions about Hoover’s.

What UE Libraries Can Do For You: JSTOR

What UE Libraries Can Do For You: JSTOR

Are you just starting your research and not sure where to begin? Perhaps you want to see what fulltext resources are available before requesting information through Interlibrary Loan. JSTOR is an excellent resource for any subject.

JSTOR, short for Journal Storage, is a fulltext database that provides an almost complete collection of the journal titles it contains covering most disciplines. Many of the journals are the major publication of a discipline. In order to keep the database affordable, JSTOR delays adding the most recent issues of its journals. If you are looking for full-text, academic resources JSTOR is a perfect place in which to begin, continue and end.

Content of JSTOR includes:

*Works in most disciplines

* over 2,000 journal titles

*All academic resources

*full text

*Related Articles and “Cited by” references

*unique journal titles not found in other databases.

Explore JSTOR.

Contact Kathy Bartelt (kb4) or Shane White (sw69) with questions about JSTOR.