If anyone is interested, listed below are the sources I studied:
Head First Java
Java in 21 days
Sun Java Tutorials
ExamScam SCJA Certification Guide
+ website with mock questions
EnthuWare JAss+v1 test software
Sun's mock exam package
HF Java and Java in 21 were the two best books I found to learn the Java basics, as well as using Sun's Java Tutorial (I am a transplant from the Infrastructure side of the house and had no previous Java experience. It took me a good month to go through those three sources - wish I had turned to programming a long time ago!)
Cameron McKenzie's SCJA cert guide was invaluable and really helped focus the material!
The EnthuWare software, and Sun's testing software were essential in helping me apply what I learned from the SCJA cert guide
Hope this helps any would be test takers.
jason
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Jason Card - MCSE, SCJA