Do you find study guides/question banks/supplemental material helpful when studying?

<p>I've seen lots of books, especially those for science courses, sold with study guides, like:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933023015/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-5176483-5495319?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933023015/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-5176483-5495319?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155&lt;/a>
and
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805371842/sr=1-1/qid=1146353701/ref=sr_1_1/102-5176483-5495319?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805371842/sr=1-1/qid=1146353701/ref=sr_1_1/102-5176483-5495319?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books&lt;/a>
Are these helpful in studying and preparing for tests--and worth the money?</p>

<p>the physics ones are really helpful.but there's a big difference between studyguides and solution manuals.Dont buy studyguides(they're absolutely useless).Get SOLUTION MANUALS.</p>

<p>yes, solutions manuals for textbooks are a must! they practically show you how to work all the problems in the textbook so that you can learn them and do well on tests. forget study guides.</p>