Textbook Express is a feature of the PrismRBS’s PrismWeb e-commerce platform for college bookstores. It receives the student’s schedule information from the campus website via a specially formatted link, and takes them to a page where all of the books and materials for their classes will be listed. From there, the student can add the books to their shopping cart and purchase their materials. This feature ultimately lets the student bypass the process of selecting course materials for each course individually.
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Resulting URL from the Textbook Express link:
http://(Your Bookstore URL HERE)/textbook_express/get_txtexpress.asp?remote=1&ref=2023&term=FALL+2012&dept=art&course=1201C§ion=5&dept=chm&course=3930§ion=1&dept=eng&course=3014§ion=3&dept=fre&course=3244§ion=1&getbooks=display+books
Links to Single Courses
Aside from creating links from a student’s schedule, the school may incorporate separate Textbook Express links to specific courses listed in an online course catalog or similar. Using the same parameters as listed above for the schedule link, single course links can be constructed. Here is an example of what linking to one specific course would look like:
http://(Your Bookstore URL HERE)/textbook_express/get_txtexpress.asp?remote=1&ref=2023&student=&term=Fall+2012&dept=acct&course=100§ion=01&getbooks=display+books
Links to Multiple Courses
Multiple courses can be included in the same link. Each course to be included in the link needs to have a term, dept, course, and section specified. Here is an example link with multiple courses in one link:
http://(Your Bookstore URL HERE)/textbook_express/_get_txtexpress.asp?remote=1&ref=2023&student=&term=FALL+2012&dept=CIVCF&course=1051§ion=01&term=FALL+2012&dept=CIVCF&course=1004§ion=03&term=FALL+2012&dept=CIVCF&course=1015§ion=01&term=FALL+2012&dept=CIVCF&course=1048§ion=01&term=FALL+2012&dept=CIVCF&course=1233§ion=02&term=FALL+2012&dept=DRAF&course=1113§ion=02&term=FALL+2012&dept=DRAF&course=1041§ion=01&term=FALL+2012&dept=CIVCF&course=0229§ion=04&term=FALL+2012&dept=SEMR&course=9209§ion=02&getbooks=display+books
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Important:When linking to Multiple Courses, note the change in the .ASP file. When linking to single courses, the .ASP file is get_txtexpress.asp. When linking to multiple courses, the .ASP file is _get_txtexpress.asp. |
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If the bookstore website uses Verba Compare, they can still use Textbook Express. The only difference is that Textbook Express links will need to be sent to the bookstore’s unique verbacompare.com address. Here is an example link to a Verba Compare site:
http://(Your Bookstore Here).verbacompare.com/textbook_express/get_txtexpress.asp?remote=1&ref=28&student=&term=Spring+2013&dept=PHIL&course=315§ion=S&getbooks=display+books
Textbook Express with Course Registration IDs
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Parameter | Definition |
step | This must be set to the value of “2” and is required. |
mode | This must be set to the value of “1” and is required. |
remote | This must be set to the value “1” and is required. |
ref | This is the bookstore’s site ID. It can be set to “2023” by default, or it can be the actual site ID as given by PrismRBS. It is required. |
student | This parameter is not required. |
regCampusX | The ‘X’ in the parameter name must increment for each course in the link. The value is equal to the term ID and is required. |
regIdX | The ‘X’ in the parameter name must increment for each course in the link. The value is equal to the course registration ID and is required. |
course_count | This is equal to the number of courses in the URL and is required. For example, if there are 3 courses in the link, course_count=3 |
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Here is an example link with course registration IDs:
http://(Your Bookstore URL HERE)/textbook_express.asp?ref=2023&step=2&mode=1®Campus1=0%7C0®Id1=0330®Campus2=0%7C0®Id2=0369®Campus3=0%7C0®Id3=0432®Campus4=0%7C0®Id4=0456®Campus5=0%7C0®Id5=0504&course_count=5
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