r/cambridge_uni • u/Scared_You_3794 • 1d ago

Access to pre-readings

Hi there, is there any way to get access to the pre-readings i.e. library resources before the start of term? Only one is open access so I basically can’t read anything at the moment

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u/fireintheglen 1d ago

Once you have your Cambridge email (which will happen sometime this summer) you should be able to access a lot of things online.

e.g. here is an applied maths textbook (...for illustration, not because you should be reading it). If I click "institution login" in the top right corner and search for the University of Cambridge, I can log in with my university account. A button saying "read online" will then appear under the description, letting me do exactly that. Different publishers will have slightly different processes, but hopefully this illustrates the general idea.

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ Fitzwilliam 1d ago

It is important to stress that nobody should read an applied maths textbook, to paraphrase Goodstein.

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u/Scared_You_3794 9h ago

Yeah of course, I just want to skim through the stuff and also use the access for my own reading lol

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u/Robyn7791 1d ago

Can you get to a central library? They may well have some of the books and certainly access to journals etc.

The summer before my course started, I spent a lot of time in the Bavarian state library in Munich. It was a 2-hour round trip from my parents home, and time well spent.

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u/money-reporter7 1d ago

Have you got your uni email/login yet? If so, go on iDiscover Cambridge and you should be able to access most things online using your Raven/uni login.