Recently, for my research paper on mobile media I found many great books to look at. I usually go to the library and rent out the books to have paper copies, but a lot of the books I found online were not in the Middlebury Libary. As a result, I found them on amazon for very cheap if rented for Kindle. I was a little worried about not being able to have a paperback copy to do my research, but as I used Kindle more and more I realized how great it is. The best feature about it is that you can easily search key words, where as looking through a paperback book for some main topics could be a lot harder. Another great thing about it is its ability to take notes and highlight, while keeping track of page numbers so that when referring back to the notes it doesn’t take too long to find it. I would most definitely recommend it to future researchers. It makes organizing your books a lot easier too, allowing you to put books in special categories. It is a free application on the computer, iPad and iPhone and therefore syncs the books to all different devices. This allows you to read the book on the go if necessary. The books are relatively inexpensive, especially if you rent them, which gives you a good month or more if you want. Obviously not every book is on kindle, but most are so give it a try and you won’t regret it. It definitely helps!

P.S. Writing this from 10,000 feet about sea level in a plane heading back to school… the wonders of new technology and wifi