Course Books at the Library - Fall
Use the search below to find required and recommended course books and ebooks owned by the Library and other CSUs. For a complete list of books and media on reserve at in the Library, search Course Reserves.
Last Updated: 09/21/2026
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor | Status | Type | Title / Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS 30 | Science+Pseudoscience | Degraffenreid, William | Required | Book | Power of Critical Thinking / Vaughn |
| PHYS 30 | Science+Pseudoscience | Degraffenreid, William | Required | E-Book | The Power of Critical Thinking : Effective Reasoni / Vaughn |
| PHYS 30 | Science+Pseudoscience | Morris, Eliza J | Required | Book | Just a Theory / Ben-Ari |
| PHYS 116 | Adv Elect+Instrumentation | Moss, Josh | Required | Book | Practical Electronics for Inventors / Scherz |
| PHYS 116 | Adv Elect+Instrumentation | Moss, Josh | Required | E-Book | Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Editio / Scherz |
| PHYS 151 | Advanced Modern Physics | Block, Matt | Required | Book | Intro to Quantum Mechanics / Griffiths |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | Higgins, Valerie J | Required | Book | Basics of American Politics / Wasserman |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | Higgins, Valerie J | Required | Book | California / Cummins |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | Higgins, Valerie J | Required | E-Book | The Basics of American Politics / Wasserman |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | Vitaich, Jason | Required | E-Book | AmGov / Barbour |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | Vitaich, Jason | Required | Book | AmGov / Barbour |
| POLS 35 | World Politics | Sampanis, Maria | Required | Book | Preserving Power Through Coalitions / Sampanis |
| POLS 100 | Political Science Research Methods | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | The essentials of political analysis / Pollock, Philip H., |
| POLS 111 | Political Thought II | Brown, Mark B | Required | Book | Broadview Anthology of Social & Political Thought / Bailey |
| POLS 112 | Current Political Thought | Hertzoff, Andrew S | Required | Book | Origins of Totalitarianism / Arendt |
| POLS 112 | Modern Political Thought | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | POLS 112 Course Reader / Daily, Anna |
| POLS 119A | Socialism Marxism-Communism | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | The revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx / Callinicos, Alex |
| POLS 120A | Constitutional Law | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Constitutional law for a changing America : institutional powers and constraints / Epstein, Lee |
| POLS 130 | International Politics | Andersen-Rodgers, David R | Required | Book | Feeding the Hungry / Jurkovich |
| POLS 130 | International Politics | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | This changes everything : capitalism vs. the climate / Klein, Naomi |