Within the main navigation, go to Books > Textbooks & Course Materials. Select your class. If your class materials are not confirmed, you'll see an option for "Email me when available online."
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As the central academic hub on campus, McCain Library brings together technology specialists and librarians in one facility to provide a range of services, such as access to collections, study space and research help, to support the academic mission of the college.
The Center for Writing and Speaking (CWS) is a free peer tutoring program that provides all current students with individualized support for their writing, speaking, and multimodal projects. Highly trained and supervised by faculty, the CWS tutors work with students on assignments from all courses and disciplines and at any stage of development in a positive, collaborative environment. The Center for Writing and Speaking emphasizes students' ownership of their work while encouraging their growth as writers and speakers. In addition to traditional appointments, the CWS also offers skills-based workshops, campus-wide events, walk-in hours, and the Partners Program, a semester-long program in which a tutee meets weekly with the same tutor at the same time.
Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading. Bookshare is free for qualified U.S. students.
Learning Ally is the largest source of educational books on tape in the world. The books in its collection begin at the kindergarten level and continue up through graduate school and beyond, and run the full range of subject matter.
Chegg and Amazon both offer ebooks options that are accessible for many books. Chegg has a built-in read aloud feature that can be used via app or on a computer.
Integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organizing of notes. Handwriting features allow for easy annotation and you can even prevent unwanted marks with a palm rest. Includes advanced word-processing and you can link audio recordings.
Yes! Your campus store works every angle to provide students with the best prices—from partnering with faculty to choose the most cost-efficient items—to offering used or rental books. Need to return or exchange a book? We make that easy for you.
With everything you need in one place, shopping the campus store means less time spent searching. Bottom line: we guarantee that you have the right course materials.
In-store systems help you quickly find what you need with course materials arranged either by course, or alphabetically by author.
ISBN stands for "International Standard Book Number." This unique identifier of each book edition is printed on the copyright page as well as back cover near the bar code. Checking the ISBN guarantees you’ve got the right book.
There are several varieties of digital books, but usually just one type per title/ISBN.
If your order includes a print textbook, there is a possibility the condition you selected (e.g. Used or New condition) is unavailable at the time we process your order.
Head to the campus store website as soon as you know your courses and section numbers to view the materials. This way you’ll be most likely to snag a used copy, and you can sign up for an email alert for anything not yet available.
Research Help#N#Set up an appointment to meet with a librarian or stop by the Reference Desk for immediate help.
Archives and Special Collections#N#Learn about archival resources related to the history of Agnes Scott College.