A library card allows you to take items home for specified length of time. There are three bookstores in campus town that sell University textbooks and school supplies. It is best to compare prices among bookstores. All the bookstores have books arranged alphabetically by the name of the department which offers the course and the course number, exactly as they appear in the Timetable. The tickets on the shelves tell you which books are required for a particular course and if any additional books are recommended.
Some students buy their books during the week before classes.
It is best to buy only the required books for a course and wait to buy the recommended books. Your instructor will tell you if you really need to buy any of the recommended books for the course. Remember to keep your receipts from any textbook purchases you make, especially at the beginning of a new term. You may drop a course and no longer need a book that you have purchased. If you have not written in it yet and it is within the amount of time allowed for full refunds, the store will refund your money.