Food for Textbook Program

Food for Textbook Program

Bring 10 cans of food to the Library to check out one textbook  or graphing calculator for the entire semester. Bring 10 cans of food for each item you want to check out. The food is donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Textbook quantities are limited – first come, first served. Please check to see if your textbook is available before bringing in your cans.

Until supplies run out, bring your canned food to the Library Information Desk anytime during open hours. You will need to know your book title and course number. Note that books cannot be checked out until the first day of the term. For example, books for spring cannot be checked out until the first day of the spring semester.

Important: Only Mission College students are eligible to check out material from this Program. A current Mission College Student I.D. Card is required to check out material from the Library. As with all Library material, the person to whom the item is being checked out must be present.

The Food for Textbook Program is made up of donated textbooks. Please consider donating your used textbooks to the Library. Textbook donations are accepted at the Library Check Out Desk. You do not have to donate a textbook to participate in the Food for Textbook Program.

How to determine which textbooks are available

Below is the list of the current textbooks available for this program. Click on the textbook title to see how many copies are available for checkout. Textbooks that are part of the Food for Textbook Program will list the location as MC Food for Textbook Collection in the catalog record. Refer to the Location List for a description of the different locations used in the Library's Online Catalog.

The list will be updated throughout the semester as donations are received. If your title is not listed or is listed as out of stock, please check back as additional copies may be added later.

Note: Graphing calculators are also available to checkout through this program. Refer to MAT on the list below for details.