• USF Textbook Reserves Save the Day

    USF Textbook Reserves Save the Day

    Mayra Morfin (USF ’13) is pursuing a double major in psychology and public health and textbook cost is an issue for her....
  • USF Online Textbook Collaborative

    USF Online Textbook Collaborative

    Professor Joe Moxley, Director of First-Year Composition (FYC), along with the department’s faculty and graduate students, created...
  • Library’s Circulation to the Rescue

    Library’s Circulation to the Rescue

    Nicholas DeBadts (USF ’13) is a psychology major for whom textbook cost is a critical issue. He receives financial aid and...
  • USF Students Launch MyTextBookExchange.com

    USF Students Launch MyTextBookExchange.com

    Toby Thomson and Kenneth Costa are the two USF students behind Text Exchange, a new site launched in August for buying and selling...
  • Connecting Students with Research Literature

    Connecting Students with Research Literature

    Prof. Emanuel Donchin teaches in the Psychology Department and in the Honors College. His course, “The Mind and the Brain,”...
  • The Textbook of the Future

    The Textbook of the Future

    Prof. T.  Grandon Gill  (MIS) teaches two courses based entirely on his online textbook, Introduction to Object Oriented Programming...
  • Reserve Textbooks in Increasing Demand

    Reserve Textbooks in Increasing Demand

    Dennis Smith, Manager of Access Services at the USF library, knows that reserve textbooks are in great demand. He and his team...
  • e-Textbooks, Course Packs, and Textbook Rental Programs Gain in Popularity

    e-Textbooks, Course Packs, and Textbook Rental Programs Gain in Popularity

    Prof. Diane Austin teaches Web Design for Libraries, Information Architecture and WWW Design and Management. Because technology...

Spend Less on Textbooks

A service of the USF Tampa Library, the Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) helps counter the rising cost of an education by connecting students and faculty with alternatives to full-price textbooks.