TinyURL

Have you ever tried to email a long link to someone and had it fail because it's so long that the email program truncated it? If so, there's a handy tool down the page a bit that can solve your problem: TinyURL.com.

Here's an example: The Amazon URL to James Welch's book Fools Crow, is an astounding 130 characters: http://www.amazon.com/Fools-Crow-Contemporary-American-Fiction/dp/0140089373/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214627506&sr=8-1

However, paste that monster into the TinyURL.com box, and it comes out as a mere 25 characters: http://tinyurl.com/3qvgqm. (I can almost remember that one.)

If you have any questions about how or why you'd want to use TinyURL.com, ask one of our librarians for assistance.

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