Textbooks on Reserve
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The Library has provided textbooks on reserve for a selection of courses offered at Middletown since 2006. Below is the list of courses which currently have textbooks available on reserve or as licensed e-books. The items highlighted in gold with black text are textbooks for which we have multiple copies and we loan the textbooks for an entire semester (these were added thanks to grants earned by faculty in the associated academic department).
History and Purpose
In a collaborative effort, the Gardner-Harvey Library, Miami Middletown Student Government (MMSG), academic departments, and individual faculty members brought together, starting in Fall 2006, a reserve collection of textbooks for Miami Plan or other introductory courses offered at Miami University Middletown. The aim was and is to assist students who may not be able to afford the textbooks or who may be delayed in purchasing them, and to give all students in the courses an opportunity to make use of their required texts while on campus. Given the ever-rising costs of textbooks, this project is aimed at making these materials for learning as widely available as possible, which is certainly a part of the Library's mission. A bit more on our motivation can be found in this article. The program grew tremendously in 2008-2009 thanks to a gift from Robert and Nita Driscoll. Robert was an active member of the Middletown community and a patron of the Gardner-Harvey Library for many years. Mrs. Driscoll made this gift to the campus in memory and continuation of his efforts to support education. Textbooks have certainly not become cheaper, and this gift extends our reach to serve students. We have continued to purchase textbooks each semester, usually having a collection of approximately 100 textbooks available to cover roughly 100 Middletown courses. Once the textbooks are not used by students in courses at Middletown, we add them to the library's general collection, where they are borrowed by students and faculty in OhioLINK (sometimes for many semesters after they are last used on campus).
- Each textbook may be checked out for one day.
- Only one copy of each textbook is available in most cases.
- The textbooks are used for all sections of the courses offered at Middletown unless otherwise noted.
- Donations of current textbooks by faculty and students are encouraged to expand the project (and stretch our library funds).
- Miami University Online Bookstore - check to see which books are required for your courses.
- OhioLINK Central Catalog - search to see if you can borrow a textbook from an OhioLINK library.
- Open Textbook Collections - affordable alternatives to textbooks exist in open access textbooks and other materials (let your faculty member know).
| Course | Author: Title | Edition |
|---|---|---|
| BIO 115/116 | OPENSTAX BIOLOGY, VOL 1 & 2 (Online) | 2ND ED |
| BIO 115/116 | OPENSTAX BIOLOGY, VOL 1 (Print) | 2ND ED |
| BIO 115/116 | OPENSTAX BIOLOGY, VOL 2 (Print) | 2ND ED |
| BIO 121 | WITTGOTT: ESSENTIAL ENVIRONMENT | 6TH ED |
| BIO 171/172 | MARIEB: HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 11TH ED |
| BIO 171/172 | MARIEB: HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY MANUAL | 13TH ED |
| CMR 105 | KERIN: MARKETING: THE CORE | 2024 ED |
| CMR 108 | BEATTY: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS LAW | 7TH ED |
| CMR 242 | MARIOTTI: ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 5TH ED |
| CMR 244 | PENG: GLOBAL | 5TH |
| CMR 301 | WHETTEN: DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SKILLS | 9TH ED |
| CMR 302 | BERMAN: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE | 2ND ED |
| CMR 361 | DIB: THE 1-PAGE MARKETING PLAN | |
| CMR 401 | LUSSIER: LEADERSHIP | 6TH ED |
| EDP 201 | O'DONNELL: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3RD ED |
| EDP 256 | Friend: Special Education | 5th ed. |
| GEO 101 | RUBENSTEIN: The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography | 14TH ED |
| LIN 201 | LANGUAGE FILES | 12TH ED |
| MBI 111/161 | COWAN: MICROBIOLOGY A SYSTEMS APPROACH | 6TH ED |
| MBI 361 | MERRILL: INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY (Online) | 8TH ED |
| MBI 361 | MERRILL: INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY (Print) | 8TH ED |
| MUS 185 | MINDTAP: WORLDS OF MUSIC, SHORTER VERSION | 4TH ED |
| PSY 111 | OPENSTAX: PSYCHOLOGY (Online) | 2ND ED |
| PSY 111 | OPENSTAX: PSYCHOLOGY (Print) | 2ND ED |
| PSY 231 | Feldman: Discovering the Life Span | 5th ed. |
| SPN 101/102, 111, 201/202 | Blanco: Vistas | 5th ed |
| STC 262 | Wrench: Quantitative Research Methods for Communication | 4th ed. |
| WGS 201 | SHAW: GENDERED VOICES, FEMINIST VISIONS | 8TH ED |
| WGS 201 | SHAW: WOMEN'S VOICES, FEMINIST VISIONS | 6TH ED |
Last updated 3-3-25
In a collaborative effort, the Gardner-Harvey Library, Miami Middletown Student Government (MMSG), academic departments, and individual faculty members brought together, starting in Fall 2006, a reserve collection of textbooks for Miami Plan or other introductory courses offered at Miami University Middletown. The aim was and is to assist students who may not be able to afford the textbooks or who may be delayed in purchasing them, and to give all students in the courses an opportunity to make use of their required texts while on campus. Given the ever-rising costs of textbooks, this project is aimed at making these materials for learning as widely available as possible, which is certainly a part of the Library's mission. A bit more on our motivation can be found in this article. The program grew tremendously in 2008-2009 thanks to a gift from Robert and Nita Driscoll. Robert was an active member of the Middletown community and a patron of the Gardner-Harvey Library for many years. Mrs. Driscoll made this gift to the campus in memory and continuation of his efforts to support education. Textbooks have certainly not become cheaper, and this gift extends our reach to serve students. We have continued to purchase textbooks each semester, usually having a collection of approximately 100 textbooks available to cover roughly 100 Middletown courses. Once the textbooks are not used by students in courses at Middletown, we add them to the library's general collection, where they are borrowed by students and faculty in OhioLINK (sometimes for many semesters after they are last used on campus).