Saturday, February 18, 2012

Can I read college text books online?

My classes at lacc college have started for winter but my financial aid have not came yet. I cant do my class work nor homework because i can't afford to pay the books. Also financial aid say they don't give vouchers for winter session. Do anybody know a free website i can read the text books.Can I read college text books online?
If there were websites where you could get all your textbooks for free, how would textbook companies make any money? I'm afraid this is not legal.



Now, there are some ways you might be able to save on textbooks, or avoid paying altogether if you don't mind some inconvenience. You could try:



1. the obvious: look online for all your books. Most you can get way cheaper than at your bookstore.



2. for humanities classes that don't have a regular textbook, you might be able to find literature, political and philosophical essays, etc. for free online, especially older stuff that's in the public domain. Google Books might have it or an online database specific to the time period or author.



3. the library probably has copies of some of your textbooks. Of course, if it's a large class, someone may have thought of this before you, but you can recall it from them (just be prepared for someone to recall it back).



4. find a buddy in each of your classes to share a book with. If you can't find a classmate, you could try talking to the professor to see if you can borrow his/her copy just to scan or photocopy the first few chapters until your aid comes through. But they might say no and I wouldn't blame them; after all, they need the book too to plan lessons.

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