Textbooks

<p>Hi guys, I’m going to be enrolling in CHE 2A and MAT 17A this fall and I need advice on how/where to get textbooks. First of all, I see that there are so many different versions of the CHE 2A and MAT 17A textbooks. Can anyone tell me which is the most updated one that I should use this upcoming fall? Oh yeah, and if you happen to know the ISBN of the books or have a link to a picture or something, that would help greatly. Thanks!</p>

<p>Go to SISWEB and log in > click on the student services tab > click register > click view/order textbooks. It will give you a list of your classes plus links to the textbooks needed for them. If you click on the textbook links, it will bring you to their bookstore page where it will show you what textbook you will be using and the ISBN which you can copy paste onto sites like Amazon to get for a cheaper price.</p>

<p>When should the textbooks be ordered?</p>

<p>Depends on your preference. Personally I like to wait until I get an email from Smartsite (what most professors use) saying that a syllabus has been uploaded (the email subject will most likely begin with "[ CLASS NAME - New resource ]) with information about whether a textbook is required or optional before I purchase textbooks. Some people like to order their textbooks early before getting the syllabus, but the trouble with this is you run the risk of buying textbooks that you’ll never use and therefore end up wasting money.</p>

<p>By the way, for Chem 2A sometimes they tell you to order online access to some sort of chemistry homework site. Don’t do this unless your professor tells you that he uses the website otherwise you’ll waste your money.</p>

<p>Thanks guys! Oh yeah and can someone explain what readers and practice exam booklets are and where I can buy them?</p>

<p>I think only Enderle has a reader. It’s basically a study guide that he created; I think the practice exams are in that reader. They are in the campus bookstore.</p>

<p>Do I need them for 2A? Or only for 2B and 2C? I can’t get them online?</p>

<p>He has them for every class that he teaches, but they aren’t much help if he is not your teacher. So just buy the ones that you are in his class for. Besides, maybe you can share with a friend later if someone else has it.</p>

<p>You can buy the reader at the bookstore or at some off-campus local stores (which are cheaper) or you can buy them online from the bookstore I believe.</p>

<p>Thanks! Not sure if I see it on the textbook list on SISWEB though.</p>

<p>That’s because readers aren’t listed among the textbooks. Since readers are compiled by the professors themselves and usually sold at places like CopyMax (at least that’s the case for classes in the Humanities/Social Sciences) instead of the bookstore, you won’t find them anywhere else except for maybe past students who want to sell them. But I don’t know if professors reuse readers or if they use a new one each year. The only way you know what reader to get is through the syllabus your professor gives you.</p>

<p>Hm alright thanks. So I guess it’s probably a bit better to wait until the syllabus comes out before ordering anything.</p>

<p>You say to wait until the professors email the syllabus. But isn’t that too late if you choose to order them online? Since They are posted like a week before. I doubt the books will come in time for school.</p>

<p>^ Generally the book isn’t needed immediately, so you have a bit of a grace period if the professor does indeed use the book. If it is needed immediately, you can either check at the library for it or make friends with someone in the class who already has it.</p>

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