University Libraries

Textbook Tips

(tutorial; turn on your sound; you need Flash to view this)

Click on one of the following:

CafeScribe
“For Rent Textbooks” to register for this program
“Textbooks and Course Materials” to follow the prompts and find the textbooks for your classes. You need to know your class no. & section for this.

NOTE: Starting in fall, 2010, there are more textbooks in the library thanks to the Graduation Initiative program

Method 1: Check Course Reserves

o professors’ copies of textbooks

o library books your professor has asked us to put on reserve

NOTE: If your textbook’s not there, you may email your professor to ask if s/he can put a copy on reserve

Method 2: Check the Catalog

o if there’s a copy in the “book stacks,” you can find it on the shelf and check it out

o if there’s an electronic copy, you can click through to view it online

Method 3: Check LINK+ if our library doesn’t have it

Click “More How-tos” under the “How to…” section of the library’s homepage
Click “Get it if we don’t have it”
Then click “LINK+” and search by title
if your textbook is available for borrowing, you can request it by clicking “Request this Item” and filling out the required information

NOTE: LINK+ books arrive in 3-4 business days and can be checked out for 3 weeks