The FRC Bookstore is located to the right of the main administrative building. It also houses a full-service Post Office and mailboxes for students. Besides textbooks, you can purchase online access codes, school supplies, snacks, drinks, clothing, gifts, and more.

Bookstore Contact
Bookstore Hours
Graduation Caps & Gowns
How to Buy Books
Shop for E-books
Bookshelf App
Cengage Unlimited
Financial Assistance Programs for Books
Summer 2021 Booklist
Textbook Return Policy
Used Textbook Buyback In-Person
Virtual Textbook Buyback
Post Office Boxes

Bookstore Contact

Bookstore & Post Office Manager: Rayen Lowry

Email: rlowry@frc.edu

Phone: 530-283-0202 ext 271

Fax: 530-283-9609

Bookstore Hours

Bookstore is OPEN:
Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Friday 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Beginning in May, Bookstore will open Monday to Thursday at 9:15 AM.

Bookstore closed in June and July.

We encourage all students/visitors to contact us by phone or email.

When visiting in-person:

Face coverings are required at all times
Please be respectful of posted capacity – maximum 5 persons
Please maintain 6 feet of social distance

Graduation Caps & Gowns

How To Buy Books

Credit card payments (VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express) can be processed over the phone 530-283-0202 ext 271. Books, school supplies, clothing and FRC Merchandise can be mailed, or prepared for pickup. Financial aid vouchers also accepted.

Online access codes (Cengage Unlimited, Health, Pearson math codes, McGraw Hill Connect, Wiley, eScienceLabs, etc) can be paid over the phone and emailed directly to students.

Shop for E-books

https://frc-store.vitalsource.com/

Support your local bookstore! 10% of all sales on this Vital Source website go to FRC Bookstore.

Your digital textbooks, all in one place.

Bookshelf App

Once you purchase e-books at our Vital Source Website, then download them onto any device with the Bookshelf App.

https://frc-store.vitalsource.com/bookshelf-features

Cengage Unlimited

You may save $ if enrolled in more than one of these classes for Spring 2021:

ANTH 120L Physical Anthropology Lab
ART 174 World Art Since 1500
BUS 104 Managerial Accounting
BUS 106 Principles of Economics/ Macro
BUS 115 Business Law
BUS 116 Human Relations in Business
ENVR 142 Intro to Environmental Science
GEOL 104 Historical Geology
HES 100/ HLTH 100 Principles of Healthful Living
HES 170/ HLTH 170 Intro Nutrition
HES 194 Principles of Physical Ed
PSY 102 Introductory Psychology with Kathleen King

Purchase Cengage Unlimited for a flat-fee of $119.99 on this website:

https://frc-store.vitalsource.com/products/cengage-unlimited-1st-edition-instant-access-1-cengage-unlimited-v9780357700006

Financial Assistance Programs for Books

Here are some of the programs available on-campus to help with the costs of books, online access codes and school supplies:

Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS)
https://www.frc.edu/eops/index
EOPS Book Voucher Application:
https://www.jotform.com/form/202196697256062
Student Equity and Achievement (SEA)
Spring 2021 Program Book Voucher/Book Loan Application:
https://frcforms.forms-db.com/view.php?id=74703
California Work Opportunities and Responsibilities to Kids (CalWORKs)
https://www.frc.edu/studentservices/calworks

Summer 2021 Booklist

Summer 2021 Booklist - Excel - updated 4/23/2021
Summer 2021 Booklist - PDF - updated 4/23/2021
Fall 2021 Booklist will be released in May.

Textbook Return Policy

NO RECEIPT—NO RETURN

A full refund may be given on new or used fall books if…

1. You present your cash register receipt.

2. You present your schedule showing the class has been dropped.

3. Summer & Fall 2021 books are returned by Wednesday, September 15th, 2021.

4. Books are returned in same purchase condition.
DO NOT WRITE IN BOOK, OPEN PLASTIC OR OPEN
SOFTWARE UNTIL CERTAIN YOU WILL NOT RETURN.

Check purchases subject to 3 week waiting period.

Card purchases will be refunded to your credit card only.

Used Textbook Buyback In-Person

Next Used Textbook Buyback In-Person is scheduled for two weeks: May 10th to 21st, 2021.

FRC Bookstore can pay up to 50% of the purchase price, no matter where you bought your books! No guarantees of the buy back of any book at any time. Bring all CD’s, DVD’s and supplemental materials purchased with your textbooks. No original receipt needed. Highlighting and writing in books OK. No water damaged books.