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Auraria Library has some textbooks for classes, but not all textbooks. You can search for textbooks the following ways:

Search Start My Research

Our library has some textbooks in our print collection, as well as some titles available online. The Start My Research tool on the library homepage searches for both. 

• Start at our homepage and look for the Start My Research box. Select the "Books only" option under the search bar, enter the title of your textbook, and click Search.
• For print books, the search result will include a status indicator that tells you if it's available, a general library location such as "2nd Floor Book Stacks," and a call number (a series of letters and numbers that tells you where to find it on the shelf).
• Print books in our stacks will also display a "Find It" button. Click on this button to see a shelf number and map for where your book is located. If you'd like additional help finding it, just stop by the Ask Us Desk.
• For eBooks, the search results will read “Full Text Online.” Click that link to access an electronic version of the book. You may be taken to a Skyline Catalog page where you'll need to click "CONNECT TO RESOURCE."
• If you’re off-campus, you’ll be asked to login with your CCD, CU Denver, or MSU Denver username and password to access the full text of an eBook.

Search Course Reserves

Course Reserves is our collection of textbooks that are reserved by campus instructors and kept at the library’s Ask Us Desk. Most items check out for 2 hours, although some can be borrowed for 4 hours, 1 day, or 3 days. These books have a limited checkout time so everyone in a course has access to them, and the library provides photocopiers and scanners. Here’s how to search course reserves:

• Start at the Course Reserves page. 
• If you know the title of the book, search for the title in the search bar under "Students: Locating Course Reserves."
• If the library has your textbook, write down its call number (usually a combination of letters and numbers) and bring that to the Ask Us Desk.
• If you don't know the title, but know your professor's name or course number, click on "search for materials here" under "Students: Locating Course Reserves." 
• On the following page, you can search with either your instructor’s name or your course number--just use the tabs near the top of the page to switch between the two search options.
• If the library has your textbook, write down its call number (usually a combination of letters and numbers) and bring that to the Ask Us Desk.

Ask Us if Another Library Has a Copy

If we don’t have a book locally, we might be able to find another library that has a copy. Stop by the Ask Us Desk on the library’s first floor, or click the Ask Us link on the library homepage and chat with us online.