The textbook is the main source of material for the course. Some supplemental material from other books is posted to the courseware site. But, there are many, many(many, many, many) books on Excel ranging from the ... for Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to ... , to serious introductory and advanced books and Web sites. Some of these books are descriptive and indicate "how-to" solve sets of specific problems (very helpful if you are also trying to identify a technique along with an Excel implementation of it, thus saving a lot of time), while others provide extensive tutorials. Although you probably won't need any of these books for this course, some of you might want to have a few of these on your bookshelf. Many are available from Amazon.com, the UGA Bookstore, Barnes & Noble and Borders Bookstore, as well as possibly from the Library. Here are some books, and as the need arises, and as we identify additional books and readings, they will be posted below. (Note, any prices listed are from Amazon.com as of the revision date of this page.)

This list is evolving. If you discover some good readings, please let me know, so I can add them to the list.

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The For Dummies Books:

Harvey, Greg, Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for Dummies, For Dummies (Press), 2007 ($14.95).
Comment: These For Dummies  books are generally pretty good, but do vary in quality by author.
Harvey, Greg, Excel 2007 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies, For Dummies (Press), 2007 ($19.79).
Comment: These For Dummies  books are generally pretty good, but do vary in quality by author.

Here are the titles for many of the  For Dummies  Excel books (in alphabetical order by author; some are in other languages; bold means I have used it or previous editions):

Excel 2007 Workbook For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Greg Harvey (Paperback - Sep 4, 2007)
Plus:

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And, for Office 2007:
Office 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Wallace Wang (Paperback - Dec 26, 2006)
Office 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Peter Weverka (Paperback - Jan 3, 2007)

Of course, there are many of the For Dummies books for every package within Microsoft Office 2007. Here are a few.

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More on Excel 2007 (or earlier versions):


Excel Scientific and Engineering Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly)) by David Bourg (Paperback - Jan 17, 2006)

Dodge, Mark and Craig Stinson, Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Inside Out, Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-2321-x ($28.34).
Comment: "Inside Out" ... that says it all!

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Excel 2007: Los Mejores Trucos/ the Best Tricks by Raina Hawley and David Hawley (Paperback - Jan 2008)

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Free Online Tutorials (Do a Web Search)

TutorViaComputer Free Online Tutorials from Baycon Group (www.baycongroup.com/tutorials.htm).
Microsoft Office Online (office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx).

Mad Marv's Place (I started here: madmarvonline.com/blog/2007/02/14/excel-tutorial-financial-functions/).
Contextures (I started here: www.contextures.com/xlFunctions03.html).

Links to many online training programs: Internet 4 Classrooms [I4C] (www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm).
Links to many online training programs: EducationOnlineForComputers.com (www.educationonlineforcomputers.com/links/)

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More?

If you find any useful Excel books or tutorials, do bring them to my attention so I can add them to the list. Thanks!

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More General Material Worth Reading

Standage, Tom, The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers, Walker and Company, New York, 1998, ISBN 10: 0-8027-1604-0.

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Recommended Career and Life Reading:
Honoré, Carl, In Praise of SLOWNESS: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed, HarperSanFrancisco, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., New York, ISBN: 0-06-054578-x, 2004.