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BOOKSTORE/TEXTBOOKS

The Merced College Bookstore is located in the Student Union Building on the Merced Campus. The bookstores offer a textbook rental program inside the bookstore or online. You will find in stock exact new, used and digital textbooks and program supplies your instructors have requested each semester. In addition, we offer a large assortment of school supplies, electronics, computer accessories, study aids, art materials, nursing supplies, convenience, and collegiate clothing. The bookstore will buy back textbooks daily. Special orders and custom orders are welcomed any time. Regular bookstore hours are from 7:45am to 4:00pm Monday through Thursday and 7:45am to 3pm Friday. Extended business hours are offered during the beginning of each semester, please go to Bookstore website for details and extended business hours for both campuses.

Follett Access Textbook Program

Follett Access is a partnership between Merced College and Follett that allows you to rent or purchase textbooks at a reduced cost. The charge is posted directly to your Merced College Student Fees account and can be paid along with your college charges or using financial aid.

Merced College is making it easier for students to have textbooks on Day 1 of class and save money!

Here's how:

  • Register for Classes

  • Pay a simple, affordable, per-unit cost.

  • Check @campus.mccd.edu email

  • Get your textbooks

Learn more at Follett Access Textbook Program website.

Open Educational Resources (OER) / Zero-Cost Textbooks

Open Educational Resources (OER) are high-quality teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license, such as a Creative Commons license, that permits their free use and repurposing by others, and may include other resources that are legally available and free of cost to students. “Open Educational Resources” include, but are not limited to, full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, faculty-created content, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge (AB-798, section 67423, adapted from the Hewlett Foundation definition).