Textbook: Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 13th edition by Karen C. Timberlake, Publisher: Pearson. The version of the textbook sold at the SMC bookstore is a loose-leaf version bundled with an online homework system called “Mastering Chemistry” (see below). Amazon link
Option #1: Bundle Package at SMC Bookstore
Cost: $196
Includes: Physical copy of Chem 19 textbook (loose-leaf version) and also a Mastering Chemistry access code
How do I get it: SMC bookstore
Option #2: Pearson Bundle Package deal for SMC students
Cost: $115.95
Includes: Electronic version of Chem 19 textbook (e-book) and also a Mastering Chemistry access code (note: the E-book is simply the electronic version of the textbook in Option #1)
How do I get it: Login to your SMC Canvas account at online.smc.edu. Click on the MyLab and Mastering Link. Create a Pearson Username & Password (or login if you already have one). Click the button below the area marked "Use a Credit Card or PayPal" to purchase the Pearson Bundle Package. Going forward, you will be logging in to Mastering Chemistry through the same process (login to Canvas and then click on "MyLab and Mastering"). Note: Make sure you disable your browser’s pop-up blocker (ad blocker). Otherwise, nothing will happen when you click on the “My Lab and Mastering” button in Canvas!
Option #3: Mastering Chemistry only
Cost: $68.95
Includes: Mastering Chemistry access code only
How do I get it: same process as Option #2, except select the “without eText option”
Option #4: Mastering Chemistry with loose-leaf paper textbook add-on (IDENTICAL to Option #1)
Cost: $68.95 + $44.97 (no shipping, no tax) = $113.92
Includes: same thing as Option #1 (but you will need to wait a few days to get the loose-leaf textbook
package to arrive in the mail)
How do I get it: go to Canvas à login to the Mastering Chemistry site by clicking on “MyLab and Mastering” à click on the button “eText” à Click on link “buy an unbound version of your book direct from Pearson at MyPearsonStore”
Additional notes:
- The 12th edition by Timberlake (ISBN-13: 978-0321933331) is similar enough to be used as well in terms of reading and studying
- The homework problems on Mastering Chemistry corresponds PROBLEM TO PROBLEM with the 13th edition (but not necessarily the 12th edition or earlier versions)