<p>I know that many u now use ipod to help students with their studies, thus, there are many study resources online. Is it also available for those who r students of other Us? is it illegal to download such resources?</p>
<p>most schools have some sort of relationship with at least one other schools to share resources; for example, the 5-college consortium in mass, the trinity-wesleyan-conn college exchange in ct, etc. is this what you are referring to?</p>
<p>I do not think it is illegal unless it is specifically stated. For those that are for student only it would be likely that a student id would be needed.</p>
<p>What if there is no such sort of relationship between A school and B school?</p>
<p>Usually its posted on things like course management and blackboard. That’s how its been at every school I’ve attended, and I’ve attended a local state university, a mediocre private university, and an ivy-type private university. All of these sorts of programs require net IDs and passwords to access course materials. For instance my orgo teacher at northwestern this year put up ipod materials; they could only be accessed with net id’s on blackboard, and even then only for people registered in the class through the university system not even just anyone that goes to the school since it always grants access to the teacher’s web areas only through the courses you’re officially registered in. The only resources that will be available to you is stuff at libraries, and you’d have to go that university in person to get the resources. For stuff like ipod materials, syllabi, class lecture notes(powerpoint slides), i’d ballpark at least 95% of universities have their systems set up like this. Thats why it costs so much to attend. Education is one of the most expensive products in the country.</p>