How much should I expect to spend on books...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
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<p>Yes. The ISBN is just a quicker way to search for books, but sometimes the Pitt Booklist mis-types a number so you can’t use it.</p>

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<p>A clicker is an electronic device hooked up to your daughter’s account (kind of like a way to take attendence). Some classes, notoriously chem and bio, use them to ask multi-choice questions to the entire class while tracking answers electronically (much easier than 300 papers). You simply point the clicker at the screen and choose your answer (A/B/C/D whatever). And then the professors labtop will record that you responded and you can see to check you’ve responded through a code number your clicker has.</p>

<p>This is a clicker: [i&gt;clicker&lt;/a&gt; - Google Search](<a href=“http://www.google.com/search?q=i>clicker&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=596]i>clicker”>http://www.google.com/search?q=i>clicker&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=596)</p>

<p>Like I said, the clicker is an easy way to quiz/take attendance for a large class, so, yes, she needs to check the booklist/contact her professor to check if she needs a clicker for her class. The clickers are for lecture, not lab.</p>

<p>My chem booklist for Hon Chem 2 said we needed a clicker, but my professor provided them for us, saving me quite a bit of money and hassle of buying my own.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the helpful answers!</p>

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<p>I am having a really hard time even finding the books I need on amazon or half.com. Searching by isbn has turned out to be useless and otherwise I haven’t been able to determine if it was exactly the right book. Does the publishing year matter that much? I feel like I am way more confused than I should be. Could someone give me some helpful advice or something with finding the books I need?</p>

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<p>Are you ISBNs for individual books or packages? If it’s for packages, it won’t work on Amazon or Half because it’s an ISBN that the Pitt Bookstore has assigned. Other than that, the numbers should work for the websites. If they don’t, search by author and year. </p>

<p>If you can’t find books by ISBN, use author name, book title, and publishing year.</p>

<p>Generally publishing year DOES matter, because the content of the book, the questions, and the ordering of the questions, among other things, change from publication to publication. If you are still curious, though, you can always email your professor and ask if it matters.</p>