<p>Hi. Sorry if this has already been asked, but can someone please explain what a course reader is? Is it a compilation of notes and stuff from the professor? And do you purchase it though the bookstore, or from the professor?</p>
<p>I'm taking chem 20A and I received an email saying that the course reader is $35 but its not on the list on the ucla textbook store for my classes. So, where would I get them? Thanks</p>
<p>they are overpriced bundles of xerox copies of notes/lectures</p>
<p>if not in the bookstore, there's a textbook store in westwood....I forget the name but you get them there...usually</p>
<p>Course Reader Materials? Or something? That's the main one. Down Westwood, just past RiteAid. There's another copy place that sells them thats diagonally across from Burger King. (It depends on where the professor ordered them.)</p>
<p>Sometimes CR may be published by UCLA and thus sold at the bookstore.</p>
<p>They're usually articles and other readings. Or lab manuals. Or lecture notes (rarely, with Scerri's being the best deal).</p>
<p>Unfortunately course readers are non refundable. All sales are final (atleast it is at the one between RiteAid & Subway). So make sure you're set on taking the class before you buy your course reader.</p>
<p>Oh ok, so it basically depends on the professor and there's stores in westwood that sells them.. Alright, thanks everyone</p>
<p>Course Reader: noun - A way to scam poor college students out of their money by making cheap photocopies and poorly binding them in a paperback format. Course readers are usually compilations of professors notes/problems but can also be copies from other books (copyrighted material). The are usually sold at Course Reader Materials in Westwood and are typically very overpriced, yet inevitable things.</p>
<p>Y'know, Kinko's will cut your binding for $1.50, and STC has an automatic sheet-fed scanner that scans up to 150 pages double sided. It can output copies or output as PDF. </p>
<p><em>whistles</em></p>
<p>what do you mean by "cut your binding", and what is the STC?</p>
<p>as in, cut your book binding off so you'll have the pages all loose and unbound. stc = student technology center, located near covel commons.</p>