Textbooks
Q: Do you have the textbook for my class?
A: Probably not. The Thompson Library generally does not keep textbooks used for various classes. Using the author or title, you can look in the Mirlyn catalog to see if the library owns a particular book. The library makes no effort to buy textbooks, and in fact, generally avoids buying them. Textbooks are designed for classroom use and are presumed to present the state-of-the-art of a field. They go dangerously out of date very quickly.
Sometimes instructors put textbooks and articles on Reserve. You can look them up on the Mirlyn search box on the Thompson Library homepage. Feel free to ask at the Reference Desk for help with this or anything else.
