The library does not purchase textbooks, because they are expensive and go out of date quickly. Occasionally you can find older copies of textbooks by searching our catalog, and in the case of novels, classic texts like the Dialogues of Plato, or works of nonfiction such as Fast Food Nation, you can often find that the library owns a copy.
If you find that the library does not own a book you need for a class, you may try searching the I-Share catalog. There is no charge to request books from I-Share, and you can often keep them for up to three months.
The library will cancel any request for a textbook or required course reading that is submitted with an ILLiad account from the WorldCat catalog. There are a number of reasons why we do this; you can read our entire textbooks and required course materials policy here.
Visit the following sites to find alternative options in your textbook search.
Cheap textbook sites
- www.bigwords.com
- www.alibris.com
- http://textbooksrus.com
- http://www.abebooks.com
- http://www.isbns.net
- http://www.half.ebay.com
- http://www.cheapesttextbooks.com
- http://www.getcheapbooks.com
Textbook rental sites
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