How this practice supports access: The ERAU DDL Undergraduate Course List contains a link to a description for each offered course. Each course description includes a link entitled "Book Sale and Buy Back." The link in each course description leads to a common textbook sales page on which a listing header indicates the number of books available for sale. The default listing for available books requires users to search for books in groups of ten (in effect, as search engine results) arranged alphabetically by course. The user also can change the number of results to display on one page. Furthermore, there is a book search feature that allows students to search by course, campus, location, and title.
Specific listings of books for sale contain a complete array of book information (ISBN#, Title, Author, Date Posted, Asking Price, Condition/Comments) as well as contact information (Name, Email, Home Phone, Work Phone, Location, Campus).
The testbook sales page has clear instructions for how to post books for sales by creating a user profile. There is also a rating feature where book sellers can be rated by buyers and have their ratings be displayed.
The textbook sales page also contains appropriate disclaimers making it clear that ERAU provides this as a service but is not responsible for handling disputes and/or other consequences for using the service.
