Your digital course materials will be available in Belmont's learning management system, Canvas, on the first day of classes. Once you’re in Canvas, look for the BruinBooks link in the course and click that link.

Some items will display a Read Now button, which will require you to create your own VitalSource account, if you have not already created one, before you can proceed with access. Any digital items accessed as Read Now will also be available on the digital bookshelf through your personal VitalSource account at vitalsource.com for the duration of the license provided.

If you see Launch Courseware for an item, you will simply click that link and you will be launched into the publisher’s website.

If you see a courseware item without a Read Now or Launch Courseware link, those items will be set up through a separate publisher link in the modules area of the course in Canvas.

Canvas Digital BruinBooks are billed to your student account approximately one month prior to the first day of classes. You can opt out of any materials you want to decline, and your student account charges will be adjusted. The opt out deadline for each semester is one week from the official first day of classes.

Required print books and physical course materials will be available for purchase on our virtual bookstore. If it's not required as digital in Canvas, then you'll likely find it at the link below.

Click here to purchase your physical books!!

You can ship your print books to your home address or to campus to pick up! If shipping to campus, please use the default address of 1508 Delmar Avenue. Please do not ship to 1900 Belmont Blvd or 1700 Portland Ave to avoid delays in receipt of your order.

Charges for orders on the virtual bookstore occur in real time, so your print book orders will be charged to your student account at the time you place the order. Rental books require a credit card to be entered for rental late fee charges in the event the rental book is not returned to our print vendor at the end of the semester. Otherwise, orders cannot be charged to a credit card.

No action is required for opt in. You will need to click the opt out button for e-books you don't need to purchase through this program, but you must do so before the end of the drop/add period occurring at the beginning of a given semester.

Yes. When you make changes to your course schedule, those changes will reflect in Canvas and reveal the required digital materials for that course. In some cases of dropping a course and adding a new one, you may find that you dropped a course with a required digital material and added a course that requires only a print book. It's a good idea to refer to the Virtual Bookstore to see if there are any print or other physical course materials required (more about print in a second).

Generally, no. If you have an extenuating circumstance, please reach out to [email protected].

If you prefer print format, you can opt out of the digital version on Canvas and purchase through a third party provider of your choice.