You must have your Blugold ID to check out any textbooks from the IRR Department.
- Main texts for each course are usually rented. Some textbooks and other course materials may need to be purchased.
- If you drop a class, return your rental textbook from that class immediately so another student can use it.
- Rental materials are due on the last day of final exams, but you can bring books back at any time to avoid lines.
- You may only check out textbooks for courses you are currently enrolled.
If your rental textbooks aren’t returned by the last day of finals, you will be fined. Failure to return your books, and disregarding warning notices about returning them, will increase the fine and could adversely affect your credit rating.
If you wish to buy the textbook you’ve rented for your professional library, a purchase period is set each semester. Buy your current textbooks — or any textbook in the IRR inventory — for 25% off the publishers current list price.
Textbooks for online courses
UW-Eau Claire students may obtain textbooks for online courses in person from the University Bookstore or order online at www.bkstr.com/uwecbookstore. The following shipping charges apply if you prefer having your rental textbooks shipped:
- $7.99 for regular UPS ground shipments
- All orders placed online containing rental titles will incur a $2.00 Rental Handling fee, and a $.02 charge per title.
These shipping and handling charges apply to Continental U.S. orders only.
Online students receive a 7-day grace period from the last day of the term to allow shipping time. During this time your late fees do accrue on your account but will not show up unless your books do not arrive by this date. If your books arrive after the grace period, all late fees will become due on your account back to the original due date for the term. Your notices will show this grace period as a "due date" only due to the limitations of the notice verbiage.
Shipping your Rental books back to the Bookstore
If you have rental titles that you are not able to return in person, please ship them to arrive at the Bookstore by the due date in your notice.
- Shipping is at the students’ expense. Return labels are not provided.
- Regardless of the method you choose to ship, be sure to select a method that provides tracking on your package.
- Late Fees will continue to accrue until your books are delivered to the University Bookstore.
- We recommend shipping with UPS. We have daily delivery set up directly to Davies Center (excluding weekends).
- If you choose to ship back using US Postal Service, or any other method that is not UPS, please be aware of the following.
- Tracking your package will show the package as delivered when it arrives at the Post Office Annex in Altoona, WI.
- UW Mail Services will pick up packages on a regular basis then sort and deliver to each department on campus.
- This can cause delays, especially during the Holiday Break in December/January when there are building and office closures. These delays do not stop late fees from accruing and becoming due on your account.
If you have any questions about your circumstances, please email us at bookstore@uwec.edu and include tracking information if possible.
