Detailed Walk Through

DETAILED WALK THROUGH               WHAT YOU NEED CHOOSING YOUR CLASSES CHOOSING YOUR BOOKS CHECK OUT ORDER FULFILLMENT I'm ready to ORDER BOOKS! WHAT YOU NEED You will need a copy of your class schedule. The schedule will need your course names, course numbers, and section numbers to properly order your textbooks. You can go to elion to get this information. You will need to select the appropriate semester and the course detail schedule type. The weekly schedule type does not have all of the information you will need. CHOOSING YOUR CLASSES Use the lists to choose the courses that match your schedule. There may be some courses that you can not find. Either the professor has not submitted their requirements for the course or the sections are filled and Penn State will add more sections. You may also find that your class is there but there are no books listed. In this class, either the professor has not submitted their requirements for the course or there are no texts. Please add a note to the "customer notes" field (which you will see when you check out) indicating the class(es) that do not have required texts. If texts become available, we will add them to your order. You may also call or email us. CHOOSING YOUR BOOKS There are several things you will need to decide here. The right side of the page has a few options. The first field is "ADD?". With a check mark, just check the texts you would like to purchase. Next you need to decide on new or used. If you choose used we will give you the best used copy available. The last field is whether or not you would want us to "substitute". If we only have the texts new and you choose used, we will substitute it or vice versa. In addition, there may be a better value for a package or parts of packages, than you have chosen. Required books are the ones the professor has told us you need. Optional books are not required but may assist you with the required materials. Often they are study guides, solution manuals, or workbooks. Recommended books are not required but have been deemed very useful by students in past semesters. Alternative books are another version of the required texts. We provide an alternative version for a better value. The information is the same in both texts so you will have all the necessary course material. We recommend you choose "Ok to Substitute"to take advantage of this option. Packages/Parts of Package is a combination of textbooks for a particular class. Packages are generally a better value than purchasing the included texts separately. However, in some cases, SBS can offer used versions of the books contained in these packages. Because they're used, it will be a better value to purchase them separately then the new books in the package. Scenario: If all the items contained within the package(PKG) are required, the package(PKG) will be marked as required. The individual items contained in the package(PKG) will be listed and marked as "Parts of Package". By selecting each of the "Parts of Package" items and selecting "OK to Substitute", SBS will give the best value with no duplication of items. CHECK OUT Your cart will have the books you have selected listed at the top. You can review and edit your choices. Under that list on the left are the payment options and shipping/in-store pick up options. You will need to fill out the right side also. After you have completed the entire check out process and hit submit, you will receive a message with a confirmation number. This number will assist us in answering questions regarding your order and retrieving your order for in-store pick up. ORDER FULFILLMENT The books are selected according to what you have chosen. We will select the best used copies and find the best value of any packages or part of packages you requested. We process the order and charge you for the books we have. You will receive an email with an invoice listing the books and prices. The total on the invoice may differ from what you saw online. This is a result of substitutions and backorders. Backorders are books that are not in stock. We will do our best to add them to your order as soon as we receive them. The backordered books are not charged until they are added to the order. After you pick up your order, there will be no additional charges unless you specifically request us to do so. If you are having them shipped and you have backorder texts, we will call you with options. I'm ready to ORDER BOOKS!