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 red with white text were added through the library's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Textbook on Reserve initiative to provide textbooks for courses that focus on DEI-related topics.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| APC 201 | WRIGHT: HEALTH COMMUNICATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY | 2ND ED |
| ART 256 | LIDWELL: UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN | 2010 ED |
| ATH 175 | ROLAND: Cuban Color in Tourism and La Lucha | |
| 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 171/172 | MARIEB: HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 11TH ED |
| BIO 171/172 | MARIEB: HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY MANUAL | 13TH ED |
| CJS 245 | BALES: TO PLEAD OUR OWN CAUSE | 2008 |
| CJS 245 | STICKLE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING | 2019 |
| CJS 245 | BALES: THE SLAVE NEXT DOOR | 2010 |
| CMR 101/107 | WARREN: FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING | 14TH ED |
| CMR 105 | KERIN: MARKETING: THE CORE | 6TH ED |
| CMR 108 | BEATTY: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS LAW | 7TH ED |
| CMR 181 | RUTKOSKY: MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 | 2019 |
| CMR 207 | WARREN: FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING | 14TH ED |
| CMR 242 | MARIOTTI: ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 4TH ED |
| CMR 244 | PENG: GLOBAL | 4TH |
| CMR 263 | O'GUINN: PROMO2 | 2ND ED |
| CMR 282 | DAVIDSON: MICROSOFT EXCEL 365 | 2019 |
| CMR 401 | LUSSIER: LEADERSHIP | 6TH ED |
| EDP 201 | O'DONNELL: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3RD ED |
| EDT 181/182 | HEWITT: CONCEPTUAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE | 6TH ED |
| EDT 190 | FRASER: TEACH | 2ND ED |
| ENG 111 | KENNEDY: THE BEDFORD GUIDE FOR COLLEGE WRITERS | 12TH ED |
| ENG/BWS 338 | THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, VOL. 2 | 3RD ED |
| ENG/LAS 254 | THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO | REPRINT |
| ENG/LAS 254 | INK | |
| ENG/LAS 254 | THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET | REVISED |
| ENG/WGS 232 | The Complete Stories Flannery O'Connor | Revised |
| ENG/WGS 232 | TALUSAN:THE BODY PAPERS: A MEMOIR | |
| ENG/WGS 232 | ALL-AMERICAN GIRL | |
| ENG/WGS 232 | HERNANDEZ: THE KISSING BUG | |
| ENG/WGS 232 | DIAZ: WHEN MY BROTHER WAS AN AZTEC | |
| FSW 261 | MARRIAGES, FAMILIES, AND RELATIONSHIPS: MAKING CHOICES IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY | 14TH ED |
| GEO 101 | RUBENSTEIN: The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography | 13TH ED |
| HST 296 | BEVINS: THE JAKARTA METHOD | |
| HST 296 | MALLOY: OUT OF OAKLAND | |
| IDS 159 | TAKAKI: A DIFFERENT MIRROR | REV ED |
| IDS 159 | HEUBERGGER: CULTURAL DIVERSITY: BUILDING SKILLS FOR AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, AND APPLICATION | 3RD ED |
| IDS 159 | WILLIAMS: IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS | |
| 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 |
| MUS 185 | Bakan: WORLD MUSIC: Traditions and Transformations | 3RD ED |
| PSY 111 | OPENSTAX: PSYCHOLOGY (Online) | 2ND ED |
| PSY 111 | OPENSTAX: PSYCHOLOGY (Print) | 2ND ED |
| WGS 201 | SHAW: GENDERED VOICES, FEMINIST VISIONS | 7TH ED |
Last updated 2-24-23
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).