Textbooks

College/Program	Day	Date	Period 1	Period 2
			08:00 AM to 11:00 PM	11:30 PM to 02:30 PM
Foundation + Pharmacy + Medicine + Health Sciences	Sunday	17- Sept-17	Female + Male
Engineering	Monday	18- Sept-17	Female	Male
Business & Economy	Tuesday	19- Sept-17	Female	Male
Arts & Sciences	Wednesday	20- Sept-17	Female	Male
Sharia + Law + Education	Thursday	21- Sept-17	Female	Male
Foundation + Pharmacy + Medicine + Health Sciences	Sunday	24- Sept-17	Female + Male
Engineering	Monday	25- Sept-17	Female	Male
Business & Economy	Tuesday	26- Sept-17	Female	Male
Arts & Sciences	Wednesday	27- Sept-17	Female	Male
Sharia + Law + Education	Thursday	28- Sept-17	Female	Male
Foundation + Pharmacy + Medicine + Health Sciences	Sunday	01- Oct-17	Female + Male
Engineering	Monday	02- Oct-17	Male	Female
Business & Economy	Tuesday	03- Oct-17	Male	Female
Arts & Sciences	Wednesday	04- Oct-17	Male	Female
Sharia + Law + Education	Thursday	05- Oct-17	Male	Female

Note:
The distribution of textbook will be processed till end of the semester - Fall 2017.
The date of return the books: 1-10-2017 to 5-10-2017

The following important points and instructions are to be followed by students when receiving their textbooks:

1. Bring the student QU ID.
2. Print out the textbook list marked with required books. Please use this guide to view how to print your booklist.
3. Attend in the assigned day of textbook acquisition schedule.
4. Textbooks may be returned under the following conditions:
   • Returns will be accepted without any reasons or conditions after the 3rd week of begin semester. After this period, the textbook section will accept returns only if one of these two conditions exists:
     • Textbooks are found to have pages missing, print mistakes, or are in poor condition (from time of purchase).
     • Due to the cancellation of the course by the department / college attached with approval by College/Dept.
5. Electronic books cannot be returned after purchasing.
6. Students can contact textbook email ebooks@qu.edu.qa to buy access codes and mention the book title / book code which is usually start with following letter (BKSE or BKSET).
7. Textbook prices are available at Banner.
8. Payment can be made online by Visa Card or Master Card or direct payments to Cashier's Office at the Men's/ Women's Activities Buildings.
9. A student can receive an additional copy of a textbook for enrolled course according to the following conditions:
   • Attend in person and bring QU ID.
   • Fill the exception request form.
   • The student is requested to pay the textbook price in accordance with the rules in this regard.
10. A student can obtain a textbook as a reference according to the following conditions:
    • Attend in person and bring QUID.
    • Fill the exception request form.
    • The student will be required to pay the full price of the book without the 50% price reduction.
    • The student can buy the textbook after the completion of the regular acquisition period.
    • There is a surplus of copies of the textbook in question at the bookstore.
11. An authorized third party is permitted to receive the textbooks on behalf of students with special needs according to the following conditions:
    • The authorized third party must bring his/her Qatari ID or the student's QU ID card.
    • Complete the acknowledgment of receipt of textbooks form signed by the student and the authorized party.
    • Print out the textbook list marked with required books.

Form	PDF File
Acknowledgement of Textbook Receipt	Download
Textbooks Exception Request	Download

1. Go to MyBanner and click on "Enter Secure Area".

 

2. Enter your QUID and Password.

 

3. In the Main Menu page, Click on "STUDENT SERVICES".

 

4. In the Student Services page, Click on "STUDENT BOOKS".

 

5. Selects the registration term and click on Submit.

 

6. Before visiting The Textbook Section, please print and select the textbooks you may buy for the current semester. 

Electronic Books are now available for a number of QU courses. E-book codes start with (BKSE) for English books and start with (BKSET) for translated books.

Qatar University has adopted many platforms which are VitalSource Bookshelf, MyLabsPlus, MyMathLabs, ConnectPluS, WebAssign, WileyPlus …etc. for electronic books. Thus, Qatar University users can access it by purchase the code from Textbooks Section. Please follow the guides for accessing the e-book by following the steps that available for both the faculty members and students.

Attention: E-books is non-refundable and the student bears book fee.

Student Guides

Guide	PDF File	Youtube Video
Vitalsource Platform Registration Instructions	read	watch
Attractive Benefits available in ebooks – VitalSource Bookshelf	read	watch
MyLabsPlus Registration Instructions	read	watch
Connect Platform (McGraw Hill) Registration Instructions	read	watch
Epistemy Press Registration Instructions	read	Not Available
RedShelf Registration Instructions	read	Not Available
WileyPlus Registration Instructions	read	Not Available

 

Instructor Guides

Guide	PDF File
Instructor guide to adopt eBook in Vitalsource via Blackboard	read
Attractive Benefits available in ebooks – VitalSource Bookshelf	read
Instructor Registration to Connect Platform (McGraw-Hill)	read
Instructors Registration Instructions to Epistemy Press	read

• For direct support you can get back to your instructor except College of Business and Economics has provided Learning Zones to support and assist their students which are located in the CBE (H08) in the following rooms:
  • Female Students: Room A219
  • Male Students: Room E219
• For any technical issue you can contact support team based on the Platforms that you used:?

College/Department	Course Number	Electronic Platform	Email Address
Business & Economics Medicine Engineering Core Curriculum?	All courses except the ones relating to courses in mathematics and these physics courses PHYS101/102.	VitalSource OR BookShelf	Support team in VitalSource Company and for students who speak Arabic language only, please contact Afif Rustom. Or visit Vital Source website for further info.
Mathematics and Physics Department	MATH 103/ 101/ 102/ 119/ 221 PHYS 191/193	(MyLabPlus – MyMathLab)	Support team in Pearson Company and copy in your emails Mr. Nicolas
Mathematics and Physics Department	PHYS110	WebAssign	Mr. Ahmed Abdelsalam from Cengage Company
Department of Chemistry and Biological	CHEM 101 - CHEM 102 BIOM215	McGraw-Hill (Connect)	Mr. Shahed Ahmed from McGraw-Hill
Chemistry and Earth Sciences	CHEM351– CHEM391	WileyPlus	Support team in Wiley Company
Biomedical Sciences	BIOM510 – BIOM630	Redshelf	Support team in Redshelf Company
Business & Economics	MIST420	Epistemy Press	Support team in Epistemy Press  Company

The coordinators of the colleges now are able to send requisitions of collage textbooks for the semester by using Textbooks Workflow System. For more information on how to use the Textbook Workflow System, please find the below attached guides.

Book Creation User Manual

Book Requisition User Manual

Brief Guide for using Textbooks Workflow System

Textbooks Faculty Distribute
The coordinators of the colleges now are able to send faculty applications for required textbooks for the semester by filling the application form attached below , where textbooks section will collect it and send it to colleges and the coordinator for each college will sign the delivery receipt. Download Textbooks Faculty Distribute Form

To check out the most frequently asked questions,click here.

To read and follow our policies and procedures, click here

If you have any questions, inquires, or need further information about Text Books Section, please contact us at:

Tel:	(+974) 4403-3863	(+974) 4403-3849
E-mail:	For genral inquiries: books@qu.edu.qa	To order ebooks: ebooks@qu.edu.qa
Location	Building C03, next to Continuous Education Center, to see the map click here
Office Hours	7:30 am – 2:30 pm
Address:	Text Books Section, Student Services Department Student Affairs Sector, Qatar University P.O. Box 2713, Doha - QATAR