[blingmonkeys]

Would be really helpful if anyone could help me find any biochemistry notes online, or recommend any textbooks that will give me a head start for my 1st year of biochemistry at Nottingham University.

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[blingmonkeys]

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[RobertWhite]

(Original post by blingmonkeys)
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Most universities recommend you don't bother reading textbooks before you start, and I wouldn't either! However, I know you want to gain more of an understand of the course before you start (I've read about four books on Law so far ). What I do when I want to learn more about a subject is visit the library. Go to the academic section relevant to your course and search for undergraduate books for biochemistry. I like reading the revision guides because they contain easy to read, concise information. You'll definitely find a few books there that'll grab your interest. If you have a devise that can use E-Books there are a few books on biochemistry you can download for free (the list is here http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=8). Sorry I can't recommend any specific books - I really do recommend going to the library though, it's an undervalued source of information these days.

[LearningMath]

For my course we were given the first few chapters of Styer/Voet&voet/Alberts/Lodish to read which was useful. It sets the context pretty well and is a nice introduction to the bibles every self-respecting biochemist will use a lot during their first year and beyond . Another very useful thing to do is to learn the amino acids chemical structures, properties/groupings, and names (and nucleotides if you're feeling really hardcore ). Its really not that difficult as you may think and being able to recognise and draw these things from day one is pretty useful . Just treat it like a game and do a couple each evening. I also used youtube videos a lot, especially these indian ones which are good intro videos as the lady talks slowly and you can rewind as required http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhwAp...eature=related ... I watched one/half of one a night before bed. I reckon all this put me in good stead and made the work a little easier at first . Good luck buddy.

[blingmonkeys]

Thank you sooo much! The videos look great

[jam277]

Don't bother. If you really want to just look at the specification and the guidelines of what you'll learn in the module and get the recommended books/website and learn from there.