Faculty Textbook Ordering

As an instructor at South Central College, you will need to let the Tami Steinke, our college bookstore buyer know if you will be requiring any materials each semester you are teaching a course. Please fill out the textbook request form by clicking here. You will need to be logged into your South Central College Office 365 account to complete this form.

• Subject, #, and Section (Ex. BIOL 100-01) for each course you are teaching
• Title of book
• Is an E-Book allowed to be offered? (Y/N)
• Will this be a Cengage Unlimited Inclusive Access Course? (Y/N)
• Author
• Edition
• Publisher
• ISBN #
• Any required supplies such as goggles, lab coats, kits, ect.
• Estimated Enrollment

If you will not require any materials for your course(s) please enter this information on the textbook request form, or email [email protected] stating this for each course not requiring material. These courses will be listed as “No Text Required” on the bookstore website and the student e-services page.

No Text Required Materials

What does No Text Required mean?

• It means that no items need to be purchased or acquired by the student for the course
• Examples of Adoptions: Inclusive Access, Lab or Lecture Packets, Supply Kits, Physical books, eBooks/Access Codes, Required Supplies (calculator, goggles, lab coats, culinary hats & aprons)

Cengage Unlimited Inclusive Access Program

The Cengage Unlimited Inclusive Access (IA) program is a course material model in collaboration with top publishers that converts books into digital content and is provided through D2L instantly for students on the first day of class.  Inclusive Access is NOT a physical access code sold through the SCC Bookstore. A charge will be added to the student's E-Services account at the start of the second week of classes for inclusive access fees. 

Inclusive Access Fees

The Inclusive Access fee will be added to each student's account during the second week of the semester, after the drop/add period has ended. The registration page displays the amount that will be charged for Cengage Unlimited Inclusive Access under the textbook information. After the Add/Drop date, all enrolled students, who have not chosen to opt-out of the Inclusive Access materials or dropped the course, will be charged the Inclusive Access fee.  This will show as a New Textbook Charge on student accounts.  The exact amount charged can be found under each course on this site.

Out of Print Titles

Out of Print Titles are materials that can no longer be printed by a publisher/distributor, or titles that have not gone to a new edition.  Textbook Center staff may have difficulty acquiring enough copies of out of print titles to supply them for a course.  If a title has gone out of print, a Textbook Center staff member will reach out to request an alternative textbook or edition change.

Desk Copies

Faculty members can request a copy of the textbook (desk copy) for their own use free of charge from most publishers.  These items need to be requested by faculty members through the publisher or publisher representative. The Textbook Center is unable to order desk copies for faculty.  Limited student copies may be available for faculty purchase through the college based on current inventory and store needs.