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someone posted a link to the .....ACM, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources.
I joined this site asa student and I get Element K training for $20.00 a year!! These courses often cost s $100 a piece... These courses make it easier and cheaper to study via computer based training. I urge you to check it out.
Welcome — Association for Computing Machinery
Here are the benefits.............Benefits of Professional Membership
People join ACM for many different reasons...


Print and digital-format subscriptions to Communications of the ACM, ACM's newly redesigned magazine covering all aspects of computing. Communications of the ACM
Full access to 600 online books from Safari® Books Online, featuring leading publishers including O'Reilly. Available to ACM Professional Members. ACM Online Books and Courses


Full access to 500 online books from Books24x7®. Available to all ACM Professional and Student Members. ACM Online Books and Courses


Full access to over 2,500 online courses in multiple languages and 1,000 virtual labs. Available to all ACM Professional and Student Members from Element K®. ACM Online Books and Courses


Access to the Career & Job Center, powered by JobTarget. ACM Career Center


The option to subscribe to the full ACM Digital Library, which contains full-text of all articles in ACM's journals and magazines, conference proceedings, and SIG newsletters. ACM Digital Library


The Guide to Computing Literature, with over one million searchable bibliographic citations, extending far beyond ACM's proprietary literature. ACM Guide to Computing Literature


The option to join 30+ Special Interest Groups in all areas of computing. Special Interest Groups — Association for Computing Machinery


The opportunity to join one of the more than 120 ACM local chapters world-wide - meet other computing professionals in your area and attend seminars and lectures by experts in the field. Chapters — Association for Computing Machinery


The option to subscribe to any of ACM's 40+ journals and magazines at special member-only rates. Publications — Association for Computing Machinery


Full Member Access to the new acmqueue which maintains Queue's popular core content and enhances it with additional functionality and new sources that address the practitioner's need for high-quality, trusted, practical material. planet queue offers an aggregation of practitioner-oriented blogs written by the Queue author community, which now totals nearly 400 contributors.. ACMQ Site - ACM Queue


TechNews, our tri-weekly email digest delivers stories on the latest IT news. ACM TechNews


CareerNews, our twice monthly email digest providing career-related topics. CareerNews — Association for Computing Machinery


MemberNet, our monthly e-newsletter, covering ACM people and activities. ACM MemberNet Current Issue


Email Forwarding Address & Filtering Service providing members with a free acm.org email address and Postini spam filtering.


Email Table-of-Contents Alerts for any ACM journal, magazine, conference proceeding or SIG newsletter.


ACM Multiple-Year Renewal option offering flexibility and convenience.


ACM's Lifetime Membership provides the option to make a single dues payment for life. Quick Join Life Membership Application Form


ACM's Member Recognition Program acknowledges the professional accomplishments of our members with three member grades: Senior Member, Fellow, and Distinguished Engineer, Scientist, or Member. For more information, visit ACM Awards

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here's the membership site:Membership Dues — Association for Computing Machinery

msteinhilber

Not to mention that as a student, you can also obtain for no additional charge, access to their MSDN Academic Alliance website and download many various Microsoft software titles.

Therhino

I can't seem to figure out different things you get form the extra 100 the 99 dollar deal sounds good


Any help on the differences?

tiersten

Therhino wrote: »

I can't seem to figure out different things you get form the extra 100 the 99 dollar deal sounds good

Any help on the differences?

If you pay an extra $99 then you get access to the "ACM Digital Library, which contains full-text of all articles in ACM's journals and magazines, conference proceedings, and SIG newsletters."

Therhino

i think id be goood without that...there is a ton of useful crap on there

skrpune

yeah, I think you get more than enough with the ~$20 student membership - no need to go spending more money unless you really need those extra resources. I was over the moon when I first stumbled upon this organization/site. I haven't done much on the Element K training side, but I am totally taking advantage of the Books 24x7 access too - it's letting me study for 290 without having to lug around my book, and it gave me some great extra resources to use in studying for my finals. I dig it.

bwcarty

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gosh1976

I spent $19 to join the ACM today and this is an incredible resource. Definitely the best $19 I've spent in a long time. I had planned to go watch some football and soccer out at the bar today but I've been exploring the acm site and doing labs all day instead.

Thought I would do a search on here and see what other people were saying about it. I found this thread and thought it deserved a bump.

leefdaddy

posting to remind myself to read this later

tpatt100

Looks like a great resource, will probably sign up soon. I get access to Skillport through the Army but I get out soon so I will probably lose access

erpadmin

I question learning resources that still have stuff like Windows NT 4.0 System Administration as a learning guide. I'm sure there may STILL be some shops throughout the planet that still have them, but I'm not looking to work at those....lmao.

Then again, $19 to access CISSP classes, is definitely worth it. They do have some Windows 7 classes as well.

varelg

how about virtual OS's, available?

kevozz

Thanks for bringing this back to the top, and the op. I missed it the first time.

L0gicB0mb508

Well I just joined up. It looks pretty good.

DoubleD

will read later

Devilsbane

I don't feel like I really need more, but for $1.58 a month, why not?

tbgree00

It seems like there are great student discounts for everything in the world. I want to go back to school anyway and the insanely discounted stuff seems like a great perk.

I'm a little penny wise and pound foolish. "I can save 80 dollars on something so I should go even deeper into crippling, inescapable debt!"

wheez

Devilsbane wrote: »

I don't feel like I really need more, but for $1.58 a month, why not?

My thoughs exactly.. I think I'll browse their site to get a bit more of a feel for what they're offering and probably join later!