<p>I assumed this one was the correct one right? I'm still a bit unsure of what the 12 means after the 7E. I believe 7E meant 7th edition, but not really sure of what the 12 means.</p>
<p>Anyway, the most confusing ones I have had a tough time searching for are in the ENGL 131 department. They are...</p>
<p>2 P/S CONTEXTS F/ INQUIRY W/ READINGS (CUSTOM) W/ VISUALIZING COMPOSITION by BAWARSHI
COMPLETE CONTESTS F/ INQUIRY (CUSTOM) BOOK ONLY by BAWARSHI
DIGITAL OPTION: IX VISUALIZING COMPOSITION 2.0 (REVISED) by BALL</p>
<p>I don't know what P/S is suppose to mean, as well as F/ at all. I really was hoping to find pictures of them so I could know what they look like, but I'm getting no result. I was wondering how has people been finding their textbooks that would match the class' curriculum? (Especially the ones that are like in the ENGL 131 course where I don't really have a clue what kind of things it is looking for).</p>
<p>Have the same problem, however I just got a textbook from another student which I have been told I can use it for chem series and is much cheaper that way.</p>
<p>I’m assuming you have set up your My UW account. Have you clicked on the list of required texts for your classes? It should give you the ISBN for the exact book you need and you can compare prices between the UW bookstore and other sites. I generally just end up copying the ISBN and hitting up Amazon, but sometimes more specialized or very specific texts are just easier to get from the Bookstore. Also, if you have questions about using an older edition just email the professor and save yourself some time and stress. </p>
<p>@AlexSNguyen I see, yeah I’m still finding available textbooks that are still at its lowest price.</p>
<p>@Jsmith210 Yeah, I looked up at the ISBN for the ENGL 131 such as the ones I had confused with. The 2 P/S CONTEXTS one was like 9781457681295, but I’m getting no results there. I even tried googling it as well, but all these slashes and one letters doesn’t really explain much. Though I was wondering, do you happen to know what it is asking for anyway?</p>
<p>In other words, you should purchase the book “Contexts for Inquiry” with the readings and with the Visualizing Composition access code. There are a few ways to do that, which is on the list you posted. The first item on the list is a package deal to buy the e-book and access code together, hence the “P/S”. The second item is the paper version of the book without the access code, hence the “book only” The last item is the access code only, without a book, hence “digital option”</p>
<p>Disclaimer: I’m also a first-year. Econ 200’s textbooks just happens to have the same abbreviations, so I could be completely wrong. You should contact the professor to make sure or find someone who has taken the class and ask them.</p>
<p>sometimes i don’t buy all the books. i simply look it up in the uw library and request it from a different state. on the due date, or a bit before, i renew it. if the book get ordered, i simply request a different copy from a different library. I did this for the super expensive ones. </p>
