Most college textbooks have wonderful companion sites that feature quizzes, flashcards, podcasts, or PowerPoint presentations of textbook material. These are the best study companions for online college courses because the material is identical to your textbook and supplements your required reading.

The majority of Thompson Course Technology and McGraw Hill textbooks are now charging fees to access the companion site if you do not purchase the textbook new from the store. This is frustrating to those of us who routinely purchase used textbooks from Amazon to save money. The sites now cost around $50 to access without keys that come new from the manufacturers. Just keep this in mind when purchasing your new textbooks and purchase more difficult course textbooks new from Amazon.com or the  manufacturer.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073052337/student_view0/chapter3/multiple_choice_quiz.html – This is a great example of an online college course textbook’s companion site. The site features quizzes, learning objectives, chapter outlines, PowerPoint Presentations, Case Studies, Templates, Mobile Resources, Software Options, Systems Architect Tutorials, and an MS Project Tutorial. It is a must have for the Systems Analysis course, and a very valuable study tool.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072880082/student_view0/ – This is the companion  site for my Discrete Mathematics course. Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications With Combinatorics and Graph Theory by Kenneth H. Rosen is not the easiest book to comprehend just by reading it. If  your online instructor does not provide much content outside of the book you really may be up the proverbial creek without a paddle. Luckily my instructor provides sample practice quizzes and lecture notes, but additional resources can be found here that are great for extra practice. 

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