<p>So I am trying to find my needed books for Chem 1a and Math 1a from the Cal student bookstore site, and there is a bunch of stuff, especially for chem.
What exactly is the following:</p>
<p>OWL ACCESS CARD (EBOOK FOR CHEMISTRY: THE MOLECULAR SCIENCE)</p>
<p>CHEMISTRY PKG (PERSONALIZED OWL&GUIDE)</p>
<p>-I can find the chemistry book on a third party site but I dont know about this personalized owl and access card (you know I didn't sign up at Hogwartz). Does this mean that I can only buy these things from Cal and not a third party?</p>
<p>OWL is an independent online site to which you receive an access card, either with a textbook or separately. You can buy it from the site directly. </p>
<p>For Math 1A, I wouldn't buy the book just yet, they use a customized Berkeley edition and they're coming out with a new one for this semester I think (which is why the school wasn't buying them back in May)</p>
<p>I'd wait until August sometime to buy it. Definitely from the school, maybe from Ned's... Ned's was buying back the old one in May so I'm guessing they're going to try to sell it or else they'll lose a lot of money.</p>
<p>I don't know about any other additional recommended books? It's definitely useful to have a solution guide or find someone with one for those tough problems.</p>
<p>How important is it to get the "extra" stuff that sometimes comes with books? For instance, I'm taking Astronomy C10 and the book is the 3rd edition of Cosmos. Amazon has it listed along with "AceAstronomy, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card" for $134. Do I need that Access Card, whatever it is? The book is less than half the price on half.com, but I don't know if all of the books sold there come with "extras." </p>
<p>i check with them whether it comes with cd or access code or not before buying them. if they dont i might consider getting them separately if i need them.</p>
<p>for chem 1a, would you guys advise just getting the OWL package and books from the berkeley bookstore?</p>
<p>i found the chem 1a book called chemistry:the molecular science by moore edition 3 for really cheap on other sites but i don't know what other stuff i'm supposed to get. =[</p>
<p>can someone who took chem 1a last year just give us a list of all the materials we actually need? including any study help products u used that helped</p>
<p>could u also tell us the editions if that is at all possible</p>
<p>Just wanna piggyback on the past two chem 1a posts</p>
<p>Should we buy from the bookstore since they have all these weird personalized stuff?? The bookstore has the stuff in 3 divisions which confuses things even more</p>
<p>Or should we just get the essentials (iclicker, the main book, the harry potter owl, and the ebook) please correct this list if wrong cuz I did this on the fly</p>
<p>Just buy stuff that is "required" forget about anything "recommended" or "suggested". They ASUC & student store just wants to make more $$$ by offering extras you'll never use or need.</p>
<p>Adding to your list of essentials don't forget about the Lab manual, lab notebook, and calculator (if you already have a non-graphing one you can use that instead of buying).</p>
<p>For cheaper goods/books also check thru Ned's (right across Bancroft from the student store. Welcome</a> | Ned's - Berkeley</p>