Student Policies
Student Requirements for Checking Out Books
- All fees must be paid
- Must have a validated Student ID
- Must be registered for the course for which the rental book is adopted
Student Requirements for Checking Out Books (Distance Education Students)
- All fees must be paid
- Must have a validated Student ID
- Must be registered for the course for which the rental book is adopted
- Rental books can be shipped if requested via phone at (985) 549-3780. Shipping charges will be posted to the student's Southeastern account.
Email Notifications
- Check your email regularly for messages from Textbook Rental
- Email notifications are sent to your official email address each day a book is issued to your account
- Email notifications are sent to your official email address throughout the semester providing book return information
Student Fees
- $45 per course that require a rental fee
- $5.00 rental fee for research projects, comprehensive and CLEP exams, based on availability
Optional Purchase of Books
- Students do have the option of purchasing rental textbooks
- Rental fees will be refunded for textbooks purchased from Textbook Rental within the first three weeks of classes
- If a course requires two textbooks and only one book is purchased, the rental fee will not be refunded
Policies Regarding Marking in Books
- Light to moderate highlighting and underlining is acceptable
- Excessive marking in new books and markings which appear to be intentional damagemay be unacceptable
- Determination of excessive marking is at the discretion of Textbook Rental
Damaged Books
- Mildew, wet, or torn books are not acceptable
- Books without a barcode are considered damaged and are not acceptable
Drop Boxes Available
- Available for use during times that the Textbook Rental office is closed
- Automatically locks when full
- If box is full, DO NOT leave books outside; you must either return the books to the Textbook Rental office or use the drop box when not full
- Dropped books are checked in by barcode only (rather than Student ID)
- Books returned through Drop Box are checked in the following business day
LEONet - View My Books
- Check your LEONet - View My Books prior to returning books and immediately following to make sure that all books are returned
- Check your LEONet - View My Books for return deadlines
Fines
- Fines will be assessed for books returned on the 2nd business day through the 5th business day following the last day of final exams
- Any late book not returned by the 5th business day following the last day of final exams MUST BE PURCHASED