Confusion on books

[rdhdds1]

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I am confused on the types and locations of a few of the books that are listed on some of the threads.

Schaums, Campbell etc....I have searched Barnes & Nobles website and there are quite a few Campbells books listed. And I can not even locate the Schaums. I found Cliffs as well as some interesting flash cards that look promising.

I previously used Barrons but found it to be 😴 and am looking at trying one of the favorites within these threads.

Could someone..............anyone indicate which Campbells Bio is referenced? What about Schaums?

 

[klutzy1987]

its the campbell biology textbook here is a link on half i believe its the correct one.

http://product.half.ebay.com/Biology_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ5953131

 

[rdhdds1]

Thanks for the reply. Campbell also has a bio book called "Essential Biology" Does anyone know anything about this book. Is it "essentially" the same?

 

[small]

try half.com or amazon for used stuff, should be able to find whatever you need. I think Campbell's "Biology" and Schaum's are the best for biology. Any edition works. For biology, the more details the better, and do the practice problems in the Campbell: I had some DAT questions that looked very familiar.

 

[TheWiredNerv]

How much time before your DAT? If it is 2 months or less I advice not to study from Campbell. Use AP Cliff's or Schaums instead and do practice problems from Kaplan/Achiever/Topscore/DAT Destroyer. If you really must find a reference for something that you cannot find on wikipedia then go to a bio text book (if you have one.) There is more to the DAT than the biology section but if you can get a Campbell textbook for cheap online then go for it.

 

[rdhdds1]

How much time before your DAT? If it is 2 months or less I advice not to study from Campbell. Use AP Cliff's or Schaums instead and do practice problems from Kaplan/Achiever/Topscore/DAT Destroyer. If you really must find a reference for something that you cannot find on wikipedia then go to a bio text book (if you have one.) There is more to the DAT than the biology section but if you can get a Campbell textbook for cheap online then go for it.

Wired. Thanks for the info. I have taken the DAT previously but did not give myself sufficient time to prepare and thus am taking the test again. I have given myself 4-5 months to prepare.

There are a number of reasons for giving myself such an extended amount of time this go around. I won't bore you with the small details. Suffice it to say that I do not want to take it a third time .

 

[TheWiredNerv]

Ah, if you have that much time then reading some of Campbell's isn't a bad idea!