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Course Support Collection

Are you an instructor looking to assign a reading* to your class but want to
  • provide them with a no cost option and
  • give them the option to read a physical copy of the book?

The Library can help you! Below is a list of our Course Support Collection of titles. NSCC instructors can request use of a title for the semester. Is there something you're interested in assigning your class and don't see it below? Contact your liaison librarian!

*titles in the Course Support Collection are non-serial books that fall under a certain cost threshold and the library holds enough copies for a typical section of a course. For example, we cannot provide multiple copies of a textbook (though we can usually provide Textbook access via our Course Reserve collection. Click here for more info.)

Ready to request a book? Click here for the request form!

Current Course Support Collection Titles

Title Notes
All souls : a family story from Southie by Michael Patrick MacDonald Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Initially purchased to support ESL courses
Dear Martin by Nic Stone Initially purchased to support Gateway to College courses
Go ask Alice, Author anonymous Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.
Limbo : blue-collar roots, white-collar dreams by Alfred Lubrano Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : warrior for peace by Tanya Savory Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.
Night by Elie Wiesel ; a new translation by Marion Wiesel Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.
The boy who harnessed the wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer Initially purchased to support ESL courses
The four agreements : a practical guide to personal freedom by Miguel Ruiz Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.
The Pearl by John Steinbeck Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.
They called us enemy : written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker Initially purchased to support Gateway to College courses
Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson by Mitch Albom Initially provided to support FFL courses. Kindly donated by English department.