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Saving Money on Law School Textbooks

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | July 28, 2008 - 13:56

You may save money by finding used law school text books online. The Four L Blog mentions Amazon.com, Ebay, Ebay's Half.com and AbeBooks, and recommends using the book's ISBN number to order, as it is a unique identifier for the book. Some of our staff used Amazon and Half.com to buy law school books. (These services did not exist when I was in law school!) Be sure to allow enough time for shipping, so you can get the books in time to prepare for the first day of classes. For first-day assignments, and the book titles required for each class, with ISBN numbers see First Assignments/Book Lists on the law school's webpage.

The library does not buy a copy of every text book, but we may have copies of some textbooks. Most likely those copies were donated by a student. If our library does not have the book, you may be able to get a copy via Ohiolink. Just check Scholar, the library catalog. Using the advanced search, click on the "other" tab to search by ISBN number. (You can search for title too, but you may not retrieve the most current version of the book required by the professor. If you use an older version, you will have to supplement it with the case opinions added to the new edition). See Circulation Policies and Services for loan periods and the number of times you can renew a book.

If CSU does not have the book, hit the Ohiolink button, and see if you can order the book from another Ohiolink institution. Ohiolink books take at least 3 days to arrive.



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