Textbooks

[hillwilliam]

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I am a textbook pack rat. I still have most of the books from my pre-pharm classes. I've had good luck finding deals on-line and buying international additions to save cash. So, I've kept most of them and only sold a handful. I'm thinking about unloading some or most of them now that I am done with the pre stuff and accepted into the program. My question to the Pharm students is if they actual found any of their old textbooks to be useful references in Pharmacy school?

 

[pharm B]

Our biochem class had a series of lectures that covered some Genetics material, and my book did a better job of explaining some parts of that than the professor. My O-Chem textbook and my copy of O-Chem I for Dummies will probably indefinitely remain on my "ready reference" shelf. 😉

Other than that, I haven't looked at my other books yet. But I am only one semester in.

 

[rxlea]

A&P and Ochem are good to have on hand.

 

[crazybob]

Genetics and Biochem (if you took it in undergrad) are helpful sometimes.

 

[Boop2002]

Ochem, biochem, and physiology books are great reference materials. Honestly, you really dont need most of them.

 

[ADN1226]

I'm currently a P3 and honestly, I haven't used any of my undergrad text books for all these years. Don't even use half of our required text books in our pharmacy classes... (advice: wait until you talk to the upper classmen to see which books are worth buying).

If you need to review anything... google is the way to go.

 

[Sine Cura]

I would rather liquidate my textbooks (even if they are international versions or you got them for cheap) while they still have resale value, possibly keeping only those when it's too late to do so. Even then, if your school is part of a university, I don't see why you couldn't consult textbooks on reserve for the relevant undergraduate courses there even if they aren't the ones that you actually used in undergrad (but you likely will never need to nor want to) as opposed to keeping old texts around. (Textbook preferences may vary, though. I prefer Lehninger over Stryer for example.)

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

Yeah I'm planning to keep my A&P book. Great reference.

 

[hillwilliam]

I would rather liquidate my textbooks (even if they are international versions or you got them for cheap) while they still have resale value, possibly keeping only those when it's too late to do so. Even then, if your school is part of a university, I don't see why you couldn't consult textbooks on reserve for the relevant undergraduate courses there even if they aren't the ones that you actually used in undergrad (but you likely will never need to nor want to) as opposed to keeping old texts around. (Textbook preferences may vary, though. I prefer Lehninger over Stryer for example.)

Yes, I'm going to liquidate some that have value. Some of the ones were previous editions when I purchased them so they were/are only worth a few dollars.
I do like to keep some key books on my shelves for reference. I have kids so it is not always convenient for me to go to the library to consult books on reserve.