Any former College students around?

"Fred (FreddsterExprs)" (freddsterexprs)
10/01/2014 at 21:05 • Filed to: None

Because I'd like to know whether there is a magical place that somehow offers .pdfs of some... materials used in class, a place that is beyond the Google results. Oh, and I saw a Gallardo Spyder in NYC traffic this week, great sounding car.

DISCUSSION (14)

Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 21:06

Studyblue .... Quizlet .... uh....

Sweet Trav > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 21:09

Depends on what you're studying, I was pre-law undergrad, most materials were available as cases online.

Conan > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 21:09

If it's something like law school/business school or so on there will often be collections put up by former students on their web pages. In undergrad many frats/sororities/special interest clubs keep collections of them. Network.

CB > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 21:10

Don't you have databases made available to you?

Kailand09 > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 21:19

4share maybe? don't know much about it

Steve in Manhattan > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 21:21

Ask the professor if their old exams are on file anywhere ... in law school, we just had to go to the library and ask. They're a great study tool. I should add - of 2 essays on my administrative law final, one was recycled from an old exam. Needless to say I did very well.

tromoly > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 21:51

Just cough it up and pay the money for books. If you're doing something useful like Engineering, you'll like to have them for reference in the future. But if you're doing something like Communication, I guess that argument doesn't quite hold water.

That's Engineering? > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 22:13

If you aren't in college, your best option is to buy the books and read them to get the information (especially technical sciences). Also, there are published articles/journals from various governing bodies on technical subjects (I.e. SAE for automotive technical articles). That is a good way to learn the information; I realize this is tedious, but if you really want to go in depth with the information, this is your best bet. If you are in college, you should have access to the information via your campus library or online database/education system. Also, if you are in a student organization, there should be some sort of exam/notes collection or database. My fraternity had (has?) an old exam and notes database that we had access to.

Squid > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 22:19

If you are talking about books, You need to refine your googlefu. . .

If you are talking about lectures and notes and exams, your best bet is to network and become a part of a club for your major and see if anyone has previous exams and notes. Second semester O-chem was survived by many by just having access to previous exams. . . Not because our prof. was a good one. . .

Also, are you in school or just want to gain information?

ranwhenparked > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 22:37

Professors will sometimes put that stuff up on their personal websites that may or may not rise to the top of Google results, or on Blackboard or other such service.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 23:07

Often you can get "international" versions of the textbooks, which will be almost the same, just not always quite as nicely bound online for 1/5th the cost.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > tromoly
10/01/2014 at 23:17

I happily pay for good books that also have a fair price tag, but I refuse to put down over 200$ for a book that my professor calls "recycled since 2005" and "a scam".

tromoly > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
10/01/2014 at 23:26

Have you checked Half.com or other such sites?

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > Squid
10/03/2014 at 21:25

Was talking about books, I found one via google but can't get the other one...

And yeah, I'm in college.