Order Textbooks Online

Book Purchasing and Module/Syllabi Instructions

School for Professional Studies students must purchase textbooks online through MBS Direct. This company distributes books to hundreds of colleges and universities all over the country. They also offer the advantage of selling books back to them if you wish.

The following is instructional information to make book buying easy for The School for Professional Studies’ students.  All students taking a course at any of our SPS sites will need to purchase books through MBS Direct.

ORDERING BOOKS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS:

REMEMBER: You have an assignment due the first night of class. Don’t forget to view your class syllabus.

1). Click the area of  your course (such as Business or Economics for an economics class for a business class).

2). Choose the specific course you are taking and the module will show up.

To obtain the modules/syllabi you will need Adobe Reader; if you do not have Adobe Reader, free versions are available at www.adobe.com.

How to order books:

1). Please visit the MBS Direct site.

2). Click ‘Buy Course Materials’ at the top left of the screen once in the MBS site.

3.) IF YOU HAVE FINANCIAL AID TO COVER YOUR BOOKS, please call 1-800-325-3252.

4). Click on the session in which you are taking your course (5 week I, II, or III or 8 week I. or II). Please make sure that it is for the current semester!

5). Click on the course you are taking.

6). Click submit and the book required will show up along with the price and if they have new or used.

7). From here just follow the directions to purchase and have it delivered to your home or work.

ORDERING BOOKS FOR MAED (Canfield) PROGRAM:

1). Please visit the MBS Direct site.

2). Click ‘Buy Course Materials’ at the top left of the screen once in the MBS site.

3). Click on ‘Canfield MAED—(current semester)’ [ex.: Canfield MAED Summer 2007]

4). Click on the course you are taking.

5). Click submit and the book required will show up along with the price and if they have new or used.

6). From here just follow the directions to purchase and have it delivered to your home or work

We at the School for Professional Studies are committed to customer service for our students.We gladly welcome all feedback on this new procedure for book purchasing. If you have any problems with this process, contact Stephanie Zaratsian at 330-490-7269 and she can walk you through the process.

Thank you and good luck with all your educational endeavors,

The School for Professional Studies Staff

After you have completed thereading of  these new instructions,  please proceed to the MBS website.