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Textbooks are Important for Academic Success
Textbooks are essential to students’ learning in the college classroom. Access to a textbook, combined with course lectures, discussions, and activities, greatly improves students’ success in both the classroom and along your academic path. Sometimes, it can be challenging to figure out where you should get your textbooks and where to find the most affordable options. At Salem College we believe that your textbooks should challenge you academically, but NOT financially! Review the Summer & Fall 2025 Textbook List during registration to discover the required and/or recommended titles for each of your courses. Note "Column J" in the textbook list to determine if the library holds the title and will be placing it on course reserve at the beginning of the designated semester. Bookmark this page as textbook information will be continuously updated as new textbook submissions are processed. See below for online shopping and rental textbook options.
There are many textbook websites with books for sale or rent, including Amazon, Google Scholar, Better World Books, Cheapest Textbooks, Chegg, Bookfinder, ThriftBooks, and others. You can also check out buying or selling a textbook via the Salem College google group, Student Textbooks for Sale. Please remember to also review "Column J" in the Textbook List to see if your courses’ textbooks are available in the library.
Gramley Library at Salem College has an online library system where you can explore the library’s large selection of course texts, including print books, ebooks, articles, and media. At the beginning of each semester the library places as many as possible of the required and recommended textbooks for the current semester on “Course Reserves.” Ebooks and other electronic formats are the preferred format for library purchases allowing students to access the materials online at any time and location. Salem authentication (e.g. Salem username and password) is required if you are off campus. The majority of the library’s course reserves materials are in electronic format, however, some materials are not available for the library to purchase in electronic format and print copies must be purchased. Print copies are available to check out for 3 hours at a time in the library. Scanning and printing equipment in the library can assist students in maintaining access to print materials.
Please email library@salem.edu or stop by the Information Desk in Gramley Library for help. FAQ list coming soon!