Poppy girl

http://www.chegg.com/

I am not a student and I have no children, but I saw this site on a local news report today, and thought it might help some of you out with the rising costs of text books etc.

Good luck

Englishtart

Great idea Poppy, thank you. Might come in handy for hubby too, he is trying to finish his Masters (something to do with him not having any distractions, since he is living two States away for now )

think he is talking about my talking too much?...nah, me either

Sue

Bugger I could have done with that a few days ago. Thanks for the link though, I will bookmark it ready for next semester.

paddingtongreen

Why do I misread the subjects on some of these threads. I thought you had rented something and were surprised that the whole deal went through without a hitch.

Jerseygirl

Not sure about book rentals but when looking at used text books....my daughter found most books are updated each year...so the used ones are usually out of date. The other drawback is...students usually write all over the pages.

Sue

Ah yes, but sometimes they make good notes

Moonshadow_Girl

When I attended University, I always looked for the used books with notes and highlighted sections in them. Gave me a heads up of what may have been an important part of that lesson/class (and always made me seem smart to the Professor like I had actually read the text prior to class ).

Sally Redux

However, I once used a book by Mary Warnock which someone had quite convincingly amended by adding 'er' to her name. The paper I handed in therefore referred to Warnocker says this, Warnocker says that...

Bob

while your at it... http://www.ethos.ac.uk/


Good place to publicise your thesis...

Also, if your a Kings college student, probably university of London too actually, they've got one of the largest digitised libraries online open to students, massive amount of books and papers....though the missus spent a fortune on books for her masters, this resource saved us a bundle too....okay, not much use to everyone, but for those considering doing a online course, it's a big plus

ironporer

I know it's nothing compared to Uni texts, but I was amazed at the rental fees for IP Jr...$80 for f&^king Kindergarten books!!! What a racket

AmerLisa

You have to rent Kindergarden text books? I thought all they had were workbooks.....