JoHo Summary Services

JoHo summaries of study books

• JoHo summaries will save you time, provide you with insight in primary and secundary key topics and will enhance your chances at the midterms or finals. JoHo summaries are based on the required readings and latest edition of a book. For decades JoHo summaries have been the most widely used tool in preparations for exams

JoHo bulletpoint summaries

• BulletPoint summaries are concise summaries of books. Using BulletPoint summaries is convenient when you want to practice the most important topics before the exam. You can rehearse your knowledge easily, accessing them during a trainride, in the library, or at the last minute before an exam.

JoHo summaries of articles

• Course readings often include a variety of (scholarly) articles. Usually the key topics of these articles can be presented in a few paragraphs or even sentences. JoHo summaries will help you to easily extract the essence of articles. When you finish your degree you will find ample opportunities in which you can use the summaries of articles to keep yourself updated on the scholarly development within your area of expertise.

JoHo lecture notes

• If you have missed a lecture or group meeting due to illness, a hangover, because the teacher is impossible to understand or when you don't have the time to watch it online, it is great to have lecture notes at your disposal from someone who sat in the front of the lecture theatre. Reading lecture notes often provides you with more insight in what teachers find important and gives a great overview of all the different topics discussed during the course.

Where to find JoHo summaries and study notes?

• You can find the JoHo summaries and study notes these days on WorldSupporter.org , where you can also find all contributions and summaries of all other WorldSupporters
• For your memberships, insurances and contact JoHo you can go here on JoHo.org

How to use and find summaries, study notes en practice exams on JoHo WorldSupporter.org?

• There are several ways to navigate the large amount of summaries, study notes en practice exams on JoHo WorldSupporter.

• Use the menu above every page to go to one of the main starting pages

  • Starting pages: for some fields of study and some university curricula editors have created (start) magazines where customised selections of summaries are put together to smoothen navigation. When you have found a magazine of your likings, add that page to your favorites so you can easily go to that starting point directly from your profile during future visits. Below you will find some start magazines per field of study

• Use the topics and taxonomy terms

  • The topics and taxonomy of the study and working fields gives you insight in the amount of summaries that are tagged by authors on specific subjects. This type of navigation can help find summaries that you could have missed when just using the search tools. Tags are organised per field of study and per study institution. Note: not all content is tagged thoroughly, so when this approach doesn't give the results you were looking for, please check the search tool as back up

• Check or follow your study organization

  • by checking or using your study organization your you are likely to discover all relevant study materials.
  • this option is only available trough partner organizations

• Check or follow fellow WorldSupporters (authors)

  • by following individual users, authors  you are likely to discover more relevant study materials.

• Use the Search tools

  • 'Quick & Easy'- not very elegant but the fastest way to find a specific summary of a book or study assistance with a specific course or subject.
  • The search tool is also available at the bottom of most pages

Do you want to share your summaries with JoHo WorldSupporter and its visitors?

• Check out: Why and how to add a WorldSupporter contributions
• JoHo members: JoHo WorldSupporter members can share content directly and have access to all content: Join JoHo and become a JoHo member
• Non-members: When you are not a member you do not have full access, but if you want to share your own content with others you can fill out the contact form 

How do you check the status of summaries and study assistance per subject?

• You can find the status of a new summary via the the assortment guide on WorldSupporter.org

 Published

• If the status is set to 'Published', the online summary can be used immediately by JoHo subscribers and the print summary can be ordered immediately for pickup or to have it sent to your home.

 Expected

• If the status is set to 'Expected', this means that the summaries are still being written and/or edited.
• If a summary is expected, an indication of the publication date is always indicated. In practice, summaries, or the first part of the summaries, are often published before the expected dates.

 Delayed

• JoHo strives to make the summary available at latest on the expected date, but it is of course possible that this will be changed.
• Authors often work under great time pressure and in a number of cases the prescribed literature is known late. Thank you in advance for understanding if this causes delay in a single case.

What are the options for getting free Print summaries?

Pick up at your study association

• The possibilities may differ per study association and there may be different times when it is possible to pick up
• In the summaries shop of your study year you can see if, how and when there are pick-up options and your study association will also communicate about it via social media and websites.

Pick up at a support center

• Weekly pick-up options are available in one of the JoHo support centers of your own student association. For the current pick-up times, see the contact with JoHo page 

Your study, your knowledge, your personal development, your WorldSupporter

• On the JoHo WorldSupporter platform you can, among other things, share international and local summaries and exchange experiences with your fellow students. You will find magazines from students, student organizations and many other Supporters who want to help each other

• Summaries, practice materials for exams, and lecture notes that you can use for your studies are shared through these magazines

• You can also share your knowledge on the platform and use your personal development to help others with their studies and careers. For example, you can share your self-made summaries or post your best study tips

• Most of the JoHo practice materials and lecture notes can now also be found on WorldSupporter to contribute to a world of knowledge sharing and personal development