Textbook Service

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Textbook Service Hours:
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Maymester and Summer textbooks will be available for rental beginning April 28th.

Spring textbooks must be returned no later than 5 p.m. Saturday May 10th.

Textbook Service is located in the lower level of the MUC room #0016. Students can come inside Textbook Service with their Cougar Card during posted business hours and pick up or return textbooks at anytime throughout the semester.

Please direct any correspondence to TBS staff via email at: textbook@lists.siue.edu

Off-Campus Student Mailed Textbooks: Student who do not have classes on campus have the option of having their required textbooks pulled by the TBS staff and mailed to them. PLEASE NOTE: Orders are shipped via UPS and could take 5-7 business days to arrive. Students are responsible for textbooks upon delivery. If the package is stolen or lost after it has been delivered by UPS to the address provided the student has the option of requesting a new shipment of books be sent but the student will be responsible for the charges associated with all books that were shipped that are not returned by the semester due date. Please be sure that the mailing address provided is correct and secure.

Textbooks will mailed via UPS at a cost of $15 for the first book and $3 for each additional book shipped.
The cost of mailing the books will be applied to the student’s account.
To have your textbooks mailed, you will need to fill out the SIUE Textbook Rental Order Form
TBS staff will process the order and ship the books to the address provided on the form.

Textbooks from previous semesters are no longer being accepted for return.

Books MUST be returned in person inside of Textbook Service, during listed business hours, or by mail to the following address:

US Postal Service Mailing address:
SIUE Textbook Service
Campus Box 1053
Edwardsville, IL 62026

UPS or FedEx Shipping Address:
SIUE Textbook Service Morris University Center Room: 0016
60 Hairpin Drive
Edwardsville, IL 62026

Please direct any correspondence to TBS via email at textbook@lists.siue.edu

Textbook Service is a textbook rental program that has been part of SIUE since the inception of the university. The rental program provides an economical alternative to purchasing most textbooks as the fee for the rental program is included in the student fees that are charged to all enrolled students. No matter how many books are needed for class, they will be provided to the student at no additional cost so there is no need to bring any money to get the required textbooks needed for classes. For additional information about the textbook rental system please view our Textbook Service FAQ page.

How do you get your books?

Students must have a current valid Cougar Card and be enrolled in classes to pick up their books. Students will need to come into Textbook Service and scan their Cougar Card at one of available stations, a list will printout with the books that are required for classes as well as the location of the books. The student will then need to go collect the books from those locations and bring them to one of the checkout stations where a staff member will check the student out and assign the books to the student. If a course requires digital media such as inclusive access, e-book, on-line help and so on that media will be distributed via the students blackboard account or by the individual courses instructor. Students are strongly encouraged to bring a backpack or some other type of strong bag with them when they pick up their books to make carrying their books back to their vehicles much easier and to protect the books in the event of inclement weather.
Students enrolled in off-campus classes have the option to have their textbooks mailed to them and can do so by filling out the SIUE Textbook Rental Order Form. For more information concerning off campus textbook ordering please visit the Textbook Service FAQs.

SIUE Mobile App: Download the SIUE Mobile App and access the Rental Books feature to see the required course materials for the courses that a student is enrolled in. This feature acts similar to the printed picklist that is available at Textbook Service but is not to be used in place of the printed picklist that is to be used when picking up books.

Web Based Student Picklist: This is a web based version of the mobile app student picklist. A students e-ID and password is required to access. Please note that this feature works much better in the mobile app and may not always work correctly.

Rental Books by Department and Course : This is a listing of all materials that have been requested for a course that is provided to enrolled students by Textbook Service.

Privacy laws require that the student and no one else pick up their books.

Hours of operation:
Textbook Service is open year round:
Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. closed on Saturday and Sunday.

Textbook Service will have extended and limited hours at various times during the semester. Those hours will be posted here and on our social media platforms.

SIUE Textbook Service

Where is Textbook Service?

Textbook Service is currently located in the lower level of the Morris University Center (MUC) room 0016 the former location of Cougar Lanes.

SIUE Textbook Service
Morris University Center
60 Hairpin Drive, Room 0016
Edwardsville, Illinois 62026

(618) 650-3020

All textbooks must be returned no later than 5 p.m. on the Saturday of final exams week. Books from previous semesters can no longer be accepted for return.