<p>Could anyone look in books and post any ISBN numbers that seem to be current. I think textbook details and ISBN numbers deserve a new thread, especially if anyone is looking online. You cant tell exactly what to buy if you dont have more details than the UCSD class schedule provides.
Chem 6A for example. Chemical Principles (Atkins) Edition 4 has 2 publication dates. The cover looks the same and they both have 787 pages. ISBN 1429209658 is dated Aug. 2007. I have ISBN 0716773554 dated Dec. 2006 and it has a UCSD bookstore sticker on it. Will I be OK with it?
Math 10A Calculus single and multivariable calls for edition 5 on the UCSD class schedule. Math 10B calls for edition 4. Why?
Public speaking: Art of public speaking (Lucas) lists edition 8 on UCSD classes, but I cant find it online, just editions 9 or 10. Searching by ISBN is so much more precise.
Psych 7: Exploring lifespan development (Berk). Is it OK to buy online? Its not in stock at the bookstore so maybe they will change?
Has anyone else found questions in ordering online? You might save a lot of money, or you might have to buy another copy from the bookstore when you get to UCSD.</p>
<p>Graet idea for a threas on Book ISBNs. I am interested in ISBN numbers for Econ 1, Math 20 A, Poli Sci 10 and Chem 6A. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>sometimes what I do is go on facebook marketplace, search for either the class name or book title, and with the listings people post pictures of the covers and/or ISBN numbers. that has helped me a lot.</p>
<p>the other strategy I use is looking at the full price on Tritonlink and using that to determine which book I need. For example, the bookstore might list the book’s new price at 114.37. Then I go to half.com, and there could be several editions, so I pick the one with the list price at 114.37. If that makes sense. </p>
<p>And if you do get the wrong book, return it and buy the correct one, and borrow a friend’s in the meantime. or use the reserves in the library. The bookstore literally blows.</p>
<p>One thing that would help:</p>
<p>THE INTERNET</p>
<p>No one will do your work for you, and if they do, both parties involved should be ashamed. Sorry to rant, but more and more I think CC users should grow up and try to be more independent.</p>
<p>Most textbook websites only need the ISBN number. ISBN numbers are particular to the edition, so once you have the correct ISBN number you could be certain that’s the textbook you need. It’s been mentioned before, but here it is again: [sw]half.com[/sw]. All you need is to input your textbook’s ISBN number.</p>
<p>Where do you get the ISBN number? Find the textbook you need in your class schedule. Go to Amazon.com or something. Type in the name, etc. Locate the ISBN number. Simple. Sometimes you don’t even need to do that to find what textbook you need.</p>
<p>If anyone is too “lazy” to do that, go to the bookstore at UCSD, find your textbook and write down the ISBN number.</p>
<p>Sorry to rant. My point basically is, it’s great if you want to post the ISBN numbers and additional details of your own textbook(s), and for those that want to find out what their textbooks’ ISBN numbers are, it’s really easy to find them online.</p>
<p>^ that pretty much sums it up. if all else fails (and at this point you’d be admitting to pure cluelessness, not the best impression), you can email the professors. when i’ve done it in the past for textbooks that were brand new, they were more than happy to oblige. usually a screenshot of the textbook is much easier to identify than having them search ISBNs.</p>
<p>Not easy at all. There are three (3) different ISBN’s and publication dates for the
Chem 6A book–exact same cover and title. It took hours of research on multiple sites to find that out and I don’t know what the bookstore is stocking without being there. Price is no help in this case and we shouldn’t have to use such convoluted tactics anyway. I am calling the publisher to find out if they are interchangeable.
I have bought textbooks before and the ISBN was always provided by the school.</p>
<p>I did hours of research on ISBN numbers – and my experience is similar to nan2. For example, Rogawski’s Calculus book seems to have so many ISBN numbers, it appears one has a better chance at the craps table in Vegas (not that I gamble) than picking the right book for Math 20 A. The Professors have an affirmative obligation to say – here is the author, title, edition and ISBN number. Is that too much?</p>
<p>Lets not forget that we’re all in college at this point and that we have to do the work for ourselves. We cant just expect our professors to spoon feed us all this information.</p>
<p>And idk if its just that I’m lucky, but on half.com I just typed in the exact book title WITHOUT the ISBN number and I found all of the exact books that I need for my classes</p>
<p>@torreypines, here ya go: [Amazon.com:</a> Early Transcendentals by Rogawski: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Early+Transcendentals+by+Rogawski&x=0&y=0]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Early+Transcendentals+by+Rogawski&x=0&y=0)
I also found this on google if you are still confused: [ucsd:</a> Which books needed for Math 20A - Volpato, Michael](<a href=“http://community.livejournal.com/ucsd/1117948.html]ucsd:”>Which books needed for Math 20A - Volpato, Michael: ucsd — LiveJournal)</p>
<p>Now was that so hard? </p>
<p>/smug</p>
<p>^^^ Thanks. But the multiple page list on Amazon re: Rogawski makes my point – which is the unbelievable permutations in which each text is made available.</p>
<p>Knowing what book to buy is hardly “spoon feeding”. Now that we are in college I would expect more precision from everyone, students too. This ambiguous situation only benefits the bookstore and I wouldn’t expect ISBN help directly from professors.</p>
<p><a href=“http://math.ucsd.edu/resources/math_textbooks.pdf[/url]”>http://math.ucsd.edu/resources/math_textbooks.pdf</a></p>
<p>The link was right above the list of classes for math.</p>
<p>Thanks, Say What.</p>
<p>This never was an issue of wanting someone else to do thier work for them. It is the complicity of the school website in making links to the ISBN numbers hard to find so that the bookstore looks like the only sure-fire way to get the right book. There is no other reason for the ISBN to be tricky to find. It should be included in the information that pops up when you click the book link next to the section you registered for. How complicated is it to add a column for ISBN right next to the author and title?</p>
<p>for some reason the books that were labeled “required” were changed today for my math 20c class</p>
<p>@ j450 n xP</p>
<p>yeah the required books changed for me too, from the “early transcendentals” to “multivariable calculus”, hopefully it won’t change again because i want to get my books online before school.</p>
<p>I already bought the Early Transcendentals copy for math 20c. I don’t need the multivariable one, do I?</p>
<p>This is a question to anyone who has taken CSE 3 before: Should I buy the two optional textbooks for the class?</p>
<p>Look at the link Say What? provided.</p>
<p>For Math20C, the multivariable calculus is I guess another textbook, but if you buy the Early Transcendentals textbook, it seems to contain both the single and multivariable calculus…</p>
<p>I’ve been looking around half.com and amazon. It appears that the bookstore may be cheaper–is this even possible?</p>