For a faculty member, the process of selecting and procuring course textbooks has traditionally been quite lengthy and tedious. However, the power and convenience of the Internet has now made the process as simple as clicking a mouse.
Faculty members can place orders for required textbooks simply by filling out an on-line form.
The form is then sent directly to the bookstore so that books are made available at the beginning of the next term. Upon the bookstore's receipt of the order, a confirmation number is sent to the faculty member. Extensive textbook information can also be accessed through a link on the site that takes users to the Faculty Center Network, a huge database that includes detailed information on over 125,000 textbooks. Faculty members can review author information, author biographies, cover images, book summaries, tables of contents, sample chapters and prefaces, and links to supplements for each textbook. Publisher reviews and links to publishers' Web sites are also available.