Confused on how to get textbooks

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>So I went on the UCLA store website and looked at the textbooks I needed... I want to buy them from somewhere cheaper like Amazon... the thing is I don't think they give the ISBN numbers so I really have no idea which books are the correct one. Is there a easier way to search the textbooks needed? The one I'm most confused on is the textbook needed for CHEM 14A</p>

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<p>If you’re using Firefox, get the Greasemonkey app. Then go to this thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/437725-finding-isbn-s.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/437725-finding-isbn-s.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and download the script. It should show the isbns on the ucla store website. Im not sure if theres a smarter/easier way to do this, but this is my method and it works great.</p>

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<p>I’m not using firefox :(</p>

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<p>Well thats the easy way. All it does really is extract the isbn from the page source. If you’re savvy with understanding html and willing to hunt it down withing the code, all your isbns should be there.</p>

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<p>go to uclastore.com, click on textbooks, book in your id # and it will you show all the books that you need for your classes. Then look those up on amazon or half.com. That is how i got all of my books for the fall quarter</p>

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<p>why not? :mad:</p>

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<p>conn1ex: I have done the first part of what you said, but when I searched for the books on amazon, I’m not 100% sure I’m looking at the right book, right edition, etc… Does the CP year/number matter?</p>

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<p>^ when i go to half.com, i go to textbooks => type in the name of book => check out the author, edition, and the publishing company. One thing i dont like about amazon is that the site look cluttered when searching for book. Half is more simple.</p>

<p>i got all 6 books for my fall quarter that way! :)</p>

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<p>To find the ISBN manually lets say you wanted to find the number for this calculus book and solutions manual:

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<p>Go into the source and look for the books’ titles as noted in ovals. You can find the ISBN in the 3 locations below the title in the red rectangles.

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<p>Note that you won’t be able to look up ISBNs for specific UCLA course readers and some of the package deals that combine several books together.</p>

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<p>how can you still be using IE? hey-sus crease-toe</p>