Textbook Nova is a search engine dedicated to helping you find the right books you need for school and educational purposes. If you are having trouble finding the correct books for this semester, have no fear; Textbook Nova is here!

Home Page

When you first come to the textbook nova homepage you are presented with two simple search options.

You can choose to either enter text for your search in the top bar or select a category from the drop down menu. If you choose to select a category, you will be brought to Search Results page as soon as the menu closes. If you need to locate a book by using the title, author, or even the ISBN number you can enter your query into the text box and then press the Search button. When you perform any type of search the website will bring you to the Search Results page, unless you are looking for an ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 number. In that case if the website finds the book assigned to that ISBN number it will bring you directly to the Details Page.

Search Results Page

Once the site does a search for your query or category you will be brought to a page with a list of books that fit your criteria.

In this example we have searched for "Computer Science" and see that we have a few results already showing up. If you click on any of the rows in this table it will bring you to the Details Page.

Details Page

In this page the specifics about one book are shown to the user.

A large image of the book cover is shown to the top left and underneath that are the two ISBN numbers assigned to this book. On the right-hand side you can see the full title, author, publisher, binding type, and other details about this book. To see where to purchase the book click on the link at the top of the page or on the book cover.

You are also able to rate each book depending on how close it was to what you are looking for. If this is exactly the correct book for your class you can give it 5 stars, if it is nowhere near what you need you can give it 1 star.

Underneath the book details page is another place where you can vote to say what you are using the book for. This feature helps shoppers confirm that this is the correct book for the class that they are taking. If you are looking at a book you need for a High School class, but the votes indicate that it is mostly used in Master's programs; then you know something is wrong. To place a vote use the drop down menu and select what type of degree you will be using this book for.

If you scroll further down on the Details page you will also see other helpful things like a description of the contents of the book, user reviews, and similar books.