Find Your Textbook!
Textbooks are EXPENSIVE!
Every student hopes to find a copy of their textbook at a bargain price.
Buy or Rent? New or Used? Print or electronic?
This guide will help you find the textbooks you need
and make the best choices for how to get them.
What is in this Guide?
Use the list below or the tabs across the top of the page to find ways to find your textbooks and save some time and money.
Cengage Asks What Kind of Textbook Do You Prefer?
Choices for Finding Textbooks
How can you find the right textbook?
Buy the book new
Buy a used copy of the book
Rent the textbook
Buy an E-Book
Buy an E-Chapter
Get the book from the Oakton Library Textbook Reserve
Borrow the book from a Library
Textbooks are expensive
Reference Librarian
Ruth Whitney
Contact:
Ruth Whitney
Adjunct Faculty, Library Services
rwhitney@oakton.edu
Adjunct Faculty, Library Services
rwhitney@oakton.edu
847-635-1644 (Reference Desk)
847-635-1646 (Voicemail)
847-635-1646 (Voicemail)