Forums and Books for 1Z0-051 Certification Test

I am starting to read my Certification book from Oracle Press on test 051, SQL.
What other forums or websites will I find helpful for this effort? I mean both Oracle approved and non-official Oracle forums. I am interested also in non-offical forums so people can say uncensored or candid things about the test or the products.
A good answer would be a list of the forums here on the Oracle website that will help as well as some websites or forums not on this website that are good for test 051 and the material I need to know.
I also want to know what certification books or manuals cover this material or test? Are there some other popular certification books for test 1Z0-051? Which Oracle manuals cover this material? Again a good answer would be a list of books and a list of manuals.
I read somewhere that the online Oracle Library now costs to access. Is this true? I am on a strict budget.
I read something about Oracle products on this website but as you might expect they only list Oracle products or approved products.

CacheNut wrote:
I am starting to read my Certification book from Oracle Press on test 051, SQL.
What other forums or websites will I find helpful for this effort? I mean both Oracle approved and non-official Oracle forums. I am interested also in non-offical forums so people can say uncensored or candid things about the test or the products.
A good answer would be a list of the forums here on the Oracle website that will help as well as some websites or forums not on this website that are good for test 051 and the material I need to know.
The main problem one has in doing certification training is avoiding unauthorized learning material (A lot of web searching will lead to braindumps which are bad).
Obviously the SQL forum will help.
http://blogs.oracle.com/certification
http://certification.oracle.com
I also want to know what certification books or manuals cover this material or test? Are there some other popular certification books for test 1Z0-051? Which Oracle manuals cover this material? Again a good answer would be a list of books and a list of manuals.
Find the SQL reference under http://docs.oracle.com
I read somewhere that the online Oracle Library now costs to access. Is this true? I am on a strict budget.
If you are talking about http://docs.oracle.com this is free
I read something about Oracle products on this website but as you might expect they only list Oracle products or approved products.Proably what you need to be looking for is getting Oracle XE downloaded to your local machine, possibly in a virutal machine, virtualbox, vmware server. You will need specific linux versions, xp pro or vista business.
Visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/index.html .. oracle XE is currently there as a top download.

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    can i get the e-copy of Matthew's book
    Study Guide for 1Z0-051: Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I: Oracle Certification Prep.
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    Dear master blaster of oracle . I am here to start my discovery in the galaxy of oracle.
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    mango_boy wrote:
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  • Pls suggest Online docs for 1Z0-051

    I am new to the forum and trying to get online Documentation for first exam in the track...Can somebody pls suggest online help and sites related to the OCP..?
    Edited by: user10997331 on Apr 10, 2009 1:02 PM

    Please read:
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    2) The certification blog on [http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=39]
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    837287 wrote:
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