<p>I see you can purchase books online. Is this a good way to do it for a Freshman? Do you just pick them up from the bookstore when you arrive?</p>
<p>Yes, if you order online they will have your books ready for you at the bookstore. Many buy from Amazon or used books from various sites, or they rent books. These are some other alternatives.</p>
<p>Do you mean they have the books ready for you in the bookstore at tulane on the 27th of august (move in day)?</p>
<p>Yes, you show them your ID (IIRC) and they find a box of books they have already prepared for you. They go through them with you book by book to insure everything is there and you just walk out with them.</p>