Ordering Textbooks Online

AC Online students can order textbooks online through Connections: The Campus Store. There are two options available:

  • Full-time students should use the Booklist feature which will identify all course textbooks required based on your current registration. Find out more online here.
  • Part-time course registrants should order textbooks course-by-course using the Textbook Search feature. Follow the instructions below.

Instructions: Search By Course

Before you begin, please make sure you have a copy of your course registrations for the upcoming semester including the course codes and titles. This can be found in your ACSIS account.

1. Go to Connections: The Campus Store.

2. Select Books, then Search by Course from the main toolbar.

How to order text books online

3. Select AC Online as your campus.

How to order text books online

4. Select the term you are purchasing books for.
NOTE: it is very important you choose the correct term. Course updates, as well as textbook edition changes, may result in different book requirements from one semester to the next.

How to order text books online

5. Choose “View Courses for all Programs.” A full course list will populate, sorted alphabetically by course code. Reference your course list to select each course, and click “GO” at the bottom of the page.

How to order text books online

6. A new page will open listing all courses and indicating the required textbooks if any.

a. If your course does not require a textbook, it will state “No Resource Required.”

How to order text books online

b. If your course has a suggested but non-mandatory requirement, it will indicate “Suggested” instead of “Required.”

How to order text books online

7. Select “Buy New” to add each resource to your cart.

How to order text books online

8. Select “In Cart” to go to your cart and complete your payment.

How to order text books online