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

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Course Number	Course Name	Instructor	Status	Type	Title / Author
SOC 125	Social Inequalities	Varano, Charles S	Required	E-Book	Billionaire Wilderness / Farrell
SOC 125	Social Inequalities	Varano, Charles S	Required	Book	Billionaire Wilderness / Farrell
SOC 126	Sociology of Gender	Durden, Michelle	Required	Book	Unbound / Stein
SOC 140	Sociology of Education	Varano, Charles S	Required	Book	Home Advantage (Updated) / Lareau
SOC 140	Sociology of Education	Varano, Charles S	Required	Book	Inside the College Gates / Stuber
SOC 140	Sociology of Education	Varano, Charles S	Required	E-Book	Inside the College Gates / Stuber
SOC 140	Sociology of Education	Varano, Charles S	Required	Book	Subtractive Schooling / Valenzuela
SOC 150	Social Psychology	Ida, Aya Kimura	Required	Book	Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives / Rohall
SOC 150	Social Psychology	Shigihara, Amanda	Required	Book	Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives / Rohall
SOC 155	Criminology	TBD	Required	Course Reserve	Thelma & Louise /
SOC 155	Criminology	TBD	Required	Course Reserve	Mystic River /
SOC 168	Self+Society	Varano, Charles S	Required	Book	Alone Together / Turkle
SOC 168	Self+Society	Varano, Charles S	Required	E-Book	Alone Together / Turkle
SOC 168	Self+Society	Varano, Charles S	Required	Book	Going Solo / Klinenberg
SOC 168	Self+Society	Varano, Charles S	Required	Book	Hunger of Memory (Rack Size) / Rodriguez
SOC 168	Self+Society	Durden, Michelle	Required	Book	Writing for Social Scientists / Becker
SOC 2	You, Sociology and University	TBD	Required	Course Reserve	Writing in sociology : a brief guide / Moskovitz, Cary
SOC 3	Social Problems	TBD	Required	Course Reserve	Social problems / Macionis, John J.
SPAN 7	Spanish Read Proficiency	Boyer, Alba M	Required	Book	Spanish for Reading & Translation / Cash
SWRK 95	Introduction to Social Work	Hill Hughes, Mary	Required	Book	Days in the Lives of Social Workers / Grobman