1. A method of providing information associated with a focused-on item in an electronic document, comprising: receiving a focus on an item contained in an electronic document; passing data representing the focused-on item to an information source; at the information source, parsing a data source for information associated with the focused-on item; returning the information associated with the focused-on item; and automatically displaying the returned information associated with the focused-on item in a user interface in the electronic document in proximity to the focused-on item.