<p>Hi, I was just wondering what textbooks they will be using for Chem 1a, Math 1a, Econ 1, Anthro 2AC, Anthro 3AC, and Music 26AC in Fall 2008?</p>
<p>anyone? thank you ahead of time =]</p>
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<p>If it is not listed in here, try looking at the website for the major or the professor's website. If neither of these places have it, then the professor may not have put it up yet or there may not be a textbook for the class.</p>
<p>1) Log in to BearFacts</p>
<p>2) Click on Registration</p>
<p>3) Click on Class Schedule</p>
<p>You'll see your class schedule, and underneath that, you'll see a link for "Purchase Books. What I recommend is to go there, find out what books you need, but DO NOT BUY THE BOOKS FROM THE WEBSITE THAT WEBSITE. Use [url=<a href="http://bigwords.com%5DBigWords.com%5B/url">http://bigwords.com]BigWords.com[/url</a>] (my personal favorite!) or [url=<a href="http://www.ebay.com%5DeBay%5B/url">http://www.ebay.com]eBay[/url</a>] or whatever else will make it infinitely cheaper than that rip-off website.</p>
<p>Note that some books can only be purchased through the university, such as your Chem1A lab manual, and some books are probably better off purchased through the university, such as the university's condensed version of the calculus book. It's actually decently cheap and that way you won't have to lug around a ridiculously heavy book, half of which you won't even use (unless you're going on to Math 53 and 54, in which case the big book is the better option).</p>
<p>To tastyb33f, I only put that site as a way to figure out what books to buy. In no way do I promote buying from the Student Bookstore unless 1) you must buy it there (school edition, reader, etc.), 2) it ACTUALLY has the cheapest price. Always look online instead to find the cheapest price by using the ISBN.</p>
<p>Hey, I didn't want to create a new thread for this question, but something else related to textbooks. I'm taking Philosophy 6 and L&S R44, both of which require reading a lot of classic works such as The Odyssey. When I look at the books on the student store website, it doesn't say which translation they are using. Do you guys think translation would matter?</p>
<p>^^Yes, you want to be using the translation everyone else is using. You want the same edition too, so page numbers will track, etc.</p>
<p>Hmm...that makes life tougher for me. Is there any way I could find out what books these are specifically without going to the student store physically? Or should I just suck it up and buy it from them?</p>
<p>It is rather annoying that the Cal bookstore doesn't give the ISBN.</p>
<p>Amazon always lists the ISBN.</p>
<p>Whatever information the Cal Bookstore gives, just put that information into a cheap textbook finder online and it will be able to give you the right ISBN.</p>
<p>It won't be able to help you with multiple editions or translations, however. I am positive the bookstore is being as obscure as they can be on purpose, knowing that they can't win in a competition against internet/third-party pricing.</p>
<p>I'm tempted to offer my services in scoping the store for ISBN numbers, but I don't want to get overwhelmed with requests. Are there many people who can't (note: CAN'T, not won't, I'm talking people who aren't in the area and won't be until school starts) go to the bookstore who might appreciate something like that?</p>
<p>For the record, I always go a couple weeks before the semester to look up my own ISBN numbers, do some online shopping and, when it's cheap enough to justify postage (and it isn't always), buy online.</p>