#studyblr help
websites to download PDF textbooks / e-books (academic books) for FREE!
Hey guys! It’s been a while! I know I’ve mentioned in a few posts before that I’ve gone paperless with my lecture notes, textbooks + everything else that has to do with papers in university, I want to highlight again that in my opinion as a sophomore university student (a scholarship student with student loan),academic print books arereallyexpensive. For each semester, I usually take 4-6 courses (around 20 credits hour per semester), so I would have needed to buy 4-6 books each semester. Honestly, I couldn’t afford to buy them every semester. Therefore, I opted to borrow the books from library+print them in B&W (colour printing is expensive when there’s hundred of pages) + bind each of them. I usually do this for heavier / core courses (i.e. higher credit hours). Whenever possible, I also bought second hand books from seniors (usually books that are from lighter courses). I did all these repeatedly until the end of my second semester of foundation year. It hurts my wallet (+ heart) so much from a trip down this memory lane uhuhuhu.
After the second semester of my foundation year, I started going paperless with my textbooks first. To my knowledge, most of the free e-books websites usually require us to sign up / something + this annoys me very much. I tried searching for other websites that doesn’t need us to sign up, + I’ve finally found them. In my opinion, these free PDF textbooks are such lifesavers for my wallet. So, I thought of sharing with everyone (especially university / college students) where I download these PDF textbooks / e-books.
First of all, I usually use these websites to download academic books in PDF formats (I will update / add on this list if I have found new websites):
- Library Genesis (my #1 favourite): http://gen.lib.rus.ec
- Free Books and Slides (previously known as Download Slides): https://freebookslides.blogspot.com
- Free Medical Books: https://vk.com/edicalbooks?m=1
- Internet Archive (for not so current articles, books, journals, research papers, etc): https://archive.org
- GCE Guide (for AS / A / IGCSE / O levels): https://www.gceguide.xyz
After that, I would import them into the Documents by Readdle appon my iPad. This app is one of my top 5 favourite apps of all time (plus it’s free), but it’s only available for iOS. I always use it to view/read PDF books, highlight + search texts, bookmark pages, etc. Besides file manager, it can also function as a media player. Talk about multifunction!
Well, that’s all! I’ll probably get busier with my internship starting soon, so I won’t have much time to post on my Tumblr :(
How do people feel about purchasing study materials online such as study notes? A company has reached out to me asking if I would take part in a short video about what being a studyblr is like. It seems fun, but I’m not sure about the company.
Please put your comments in a reblog so I can see them all together!
Tagging some mutuals of mine and some studyblrs who have spoken with me before in case they have thoughts (hi guys) but please anyone let me know if you have an opinion x
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