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brokenmasonjars · 2017-02-11 06:45:10

Always worth checking the school library database first as it might be available for free (well, 'free'... not including tuition..)

radioactive21 | karma 136 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2011-05-23 20:10:14+00:00

A lot of schools including my alma mater has this free for students/staff. They also allow alumni if you bought the lifetime alumni pack when you graduated which was $300 and included a bunch of other university services.

I have use the safari books extensively, but their book viewer sucks. I wished it was a much better UI.

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prezjordan | karma 3527 | avg karma 3.05 · | 2013-09-16 19:00:54

Many schools (I go to a tiny tech school in Hoboken, NJ) offer subscriptions to their students. There's some pretty neat titles on there. Be sure to check if you're a college student.

hadley | karma 1272 | avg karma 4.03 · | 2011-07-20 01:04:27+00:00

But many state schools let you join the library even if you're not a student. e.g. http://www.lib.iastate.edu/info/6197 - $20/year for a non-affiliated member.

magashna | karma 1776 | avg karma 3.46 · | 2019-10-16 11:32:19

May be better to select by org type (site:.edu) or remove what might be obvious commercial results (-buy -"free download")

WillAbides | karma 1012 | avg karma 14.67 · | 2016-05-11 08:09:59

That's right. I didn't notice it was academic. GitHub has a similar deal for education[0]. The bottom of the page has a link to apply for a free educational org.

[0] https://education.github.com/

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glimcat | karma 1720 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2011-09-26 00:04:37+00:00

In related news, Stanford's online Intro to Databases class is open for enrollment.

http://www.db-class.org/

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JabavuAdams | karma 7446 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2016-02-11 22:26:27

Great! Thanks. My local university has this.

PlotCitizen | karma 13 | avg karma 0.93 · | 2019-08-18 22:09:05

You could always try openuniversity.edu

andreyf | karma 13660 | avg karma 3.94 · | 2009-09-09 16:40:39+00:00

Oh, wow, I linked that list without reading the latest version. That's really cool. Seems like a great time to start an education startup.

natrius | karma 8673 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2010-06-01 02:01:26+00:00

Olin isn't free anymore.

http://olin.edu/admission/costs.asp

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jeremyjh | karma 8085 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2022-05-18 08:39:02

It isn't nitpicking at all, I had the same question and glad you uncovered this answer. I think site:*.edu is just one tool in your search toolbox that you should know about, but I wouldn't expect it to work for every topic. Still, I had never thought of it so I'm glad I read this article.

IdontKnowRust | karma 8 | avg karma 0.89 · | 2023-07-12 12:52:03

I really appreciate for your answer, specially because I learned from it already, the tip about searching for university name + network is really useful.

Thank you! I'll definitely do it

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aptwebapps | karma 2230 | avg karma 2.03 · | 2014-05-09 02:49:15+00:00

I was aware of that, but it doesn't seem available to US students.

bphogan | karma 2970 | avg karma 4.2 · | 2011-07-19 15:23:02+00:00

http://github.com/edu has information about educational plans, including small free ones for students.

Zephyr314 | karma 526 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2016-08-10 16:46:07

We have a free academic tier as well: https://sigopt.com/edu

r4vik | karma 1466 | avg karma 6.06 · | 2012-01-11 13:47:47+00:00

I thought it was good as I found it linked from a University site but I guess it might not be.

LionTamer | karma 212 | avg karma 2.99 · | 2022-06-21 13:40:55

I am not sure the exact logistics of access (I’m also a student so I will probably look into trying to get access when I have a chance), but in the blog post with the original announcement > It will also be free to use for verified students

adamhowell | karma 7398 | avg karma 13.73 · | 2009-10-08 13:20:36+00:00

I don't usually link to stuff like this, but this particular article had some really great info in it (about CLEP exams, how much it'd all cost, etc.) that I thought some here might be interested in.

hindsightbias | karma 3833 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2017-12-01 18:22:30+00:00

For all those tuition costs, would I rather study here: https://connectrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PCLupdate0...

(New and improved!)

Or here? https://jenpearl.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/web-stanford-li...

(er, edited non-rotating link)

I've been in a lot of garish, modern/brutal and cold libraries. Some with A/C that actually worked but was always out of control - for whatever reason, a lot of very "modern" buildings have crazy bad HVAC. Either too much or too litle.

Of course that can be fixed, but why not something like an updated version of the latter library?

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