Course Books at the Library - Spring
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: 4/3/2026
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor | Status | Type | Title / Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS 124 | Thermodynamics+Stat Mech | Jensen, Mikkel Herholdt | Required | Book | Molecular Driving Forces / Dill |
| PHYS 151 | Advanced Modern Physics | Thornton Jr, Bob | Required | Book | Intro to Quantum Mechanics / Griffiths |
| PHYS 181 | Mod Phys for Everyone | Hodges, Christopher L. | Required | Book | Physics for Future Presidents / Muller |
| PHYS 186 | Musc-Acoustics Sci+Sound | Barniol Duran, Rodolfo J | Recommended | Book | Musical Acoustics / Hall |
| PHYS 5B | General Physics: Light, Electricity and Magnetism, Modern Physics | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Sears & Zemansky's college physics / Young, Hugh D. |
| 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 | Latino, Vincent T | Required | E-Book | AmGov / Barbour |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | Latino, Vincent T | Required | Book | AmGov / Barbour |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | Pryor, Joshua M | Required | Book | We the People: Essentials (print text)(w/Access Co / Ginsberg |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | Choppin, Corin | Required | Book | We the People: Essentials (print text)(w/Access Co / Ginsberg |
| POLS 1H | Honors Government | Sampanis, Maria | Required | Book | American Government: Rdgs & Cases / Woll |
| POLS 1H | Honors Government | Sampanis, Maria | Required | Book | Basics of American Politics / Wasserman |
| POLS 35 | World Politics | Sampanis, Maria | Required | Book | Preserving Power Through Coalitions / Sampanis |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | American government stories of a nation / Abernathy Scott F. |
| POLS 1 | Essentials of Government | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Keeping the republic - the essentials : power and citizenship in American politics / Barbour, Christine, |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | By the people : debating American government / Monroe, James A. |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Robert F. Kennedy and the death of American idealism / Palermo, Joseph A. |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | American government stories of a nation, Brief Edition / Abernathy Scott F. |
| POLS 1 | Essentials Of Government | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | California : the politics of diversity / Lawrence, David G., |