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Want to try a Kindle?

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kolde
on October 1, 2009
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Have you heard about the new Kindle DX from Amazon but have yet to try it? Maybe you are a little bit curious to see what it would be like to use one…

Andersen Library now has an Amazon Kindle DX with subscriptions to the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post available for a four hour loan period.

Anyone with a UW-Whitewater ID can borrow the Kindle for use inside the library. Look for the laminated card on the current newspaper rack (next to the cafe) and bring it up to the Circulation desk in exchange for the Kindle.

Two more Kindles are also available for a 14 day loan period: one loaded with Banned Book selections and the other with Popular Young Adult titles.

What Happened To the Capital Times?

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kolde
on June 5, 2008
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Our newspaper readers may have noticed that The Capital Times has disappeared from our current newspaper shelves. This is because the print edition has ceased. However, the paper still exists in an online version which is updated daily. You can access this material at captimes.com or through the Wisconsin State Journal homepage, as both are owned by the same company. Another convenient way to find full-text articles published by the Capital Times is through ProQuest Newspapers. You can browse both current issues and back issues a far back as 1991. Or just go to the Journal Holdings List and type in Capital Times to go straight to the newspaper.