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| - | This document is currently a stub, please contribute with information. | + | | :!: This page is a stub. Help expand it! | |
| ====== Where to buy cheap/used books from? ====== | ====== Where to buy cheap/used books from? ====== | ||
| - | Please click on edit to add information to this section (you need to be logged in). | + | //Please click on **edit** to add information to this section (you need to be logged in).// |
| ====== Where can I buy books online? ====== | ====== Where can I buy books online? ====== | ||
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| + | ===== GRACS ===== | ||
| + | | ★ **See the [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~gracs/books.shtml|GRACS Textbook page]] to quickly and cheaply order your CS textbooks.** ★ | | ||
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| ===== Multi-Site Searches ===== | ===== Multi-Site Searches ===== | ||
| The following sites search a number of sites and calculate the cheapest option available. | The following sites search a number of sites and calculate the cheapest option available. | ||
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| ===== Online Books ===== | ===== Online Books ===== | ||
| - | The [[http://www.lib.utexas.edu|UT Library website] provides access to [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/etext.html thousands of books online]], although not that many on computer science. | + | The [[http://www.lib.utexas.edu|UT Library website]] provides access to [[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/etext.html|thousands of books online]], although not that many on computer science. |
| **Advnatages of eBooks** | **Advnatages of eBooks** | ||
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| Even if UT doesn't have the book, or if all copies are checked out, you can still borrow it from another library via two methods: | Even if UT doesn't have the book, or if all copies are checked out, you can still borrow it from another library via two methods: | ||
| - Interlibrary Loan -- the UT libraries will find the book and have it shipped, if you have the time. Request via [[https://lib-pclcz020.austin.utexas.edu/Illiad/IXA/illiad.dll|InterLibrary Services]]. | - Interlibrary Loan -- the UT libraries will find the book and have it shipped, if you have the time. Request via [[https://lib-pclcz020.austin.utexas.edu/Illiad/IXA/illiad.dll|InterLibrary Services]]. | ||
| - | - If you're in a rush, uou can find the book yourself via [[http://utexas.worldcat.org/|WorldCat], and go to that library to use the book. If the library is part of [http://www.texshare.edu/generalinfo/about/programspub.html TexShare] (and most colleges and public libraries in Texas are), then [http://lib.utexas.edu/services/borrower/texshare.html get a TexShare card from the UT libraries]] so that you can check out the book at the other library. | + | - If you're in a rush, uou can find the book yourself via [[http://utexas.worldcat.org/|WorldCat]], and go to that library to use the book. If the library is part of [[https://www.tsl.texas.gov/texshare/libraryuser_card.html|TexShare]] (and most colleges and public libraries in Texas are), then [[http://lib.utexas.edu/services/borrower/texshare.html|get a TexShare card from the UT libraries]] so that you can check out the book at the other library. |
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