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About College Books Galore: One thing I learned through my college years was that one of the major expenses of attending college was books. I've even overheard some speak of the price of books in terms of "sticker shock". Yet, while you pay extremely high prices for class books, book stores will only give you pennies on the original price when you return them. Then they turn around and charge near new price for these same used books. While there are bulletin boards where students can list their used books, there are virtually no other resources for a student to tap into to help alleviate this expense. Thus, the advent of College Books Galore (CBG). CBG is such a resource. Here, you can post your own books for sale as well as find books that have been posted for sale by other students at much more reasonable prices. As an added bonus, in the future, CBG will add facilities to search for essays/term papers. How the system works: All users are required to initiate a log-on to gain access to the system. Once a logon is established, a user may post books for sale or search books that have been posted. It is important to ensure that you enter a valid email address when you initiate you user information as the system depends on this information when a system user requests a book from a seller. Posting books for sale: A user may post as many books as they desire. Books will remain in the database for a period of six months, at which time, the book will be deleted. Searching for books: In searching for books, it is best to use a single keyword, an author's last name, or the ISBN if known. Entering additional data in your search criteria may limit or completely eliminate your result. Once you've found the book you are looking for, press the 'Request' button for the book you want. This process will automatically fire an email to the owner of the book, giving them your email address and the book requested (Title and ISBN). System performance: CBG is built on a high performance, SQL Server database systems allowing multiple simultaneous users with virtually no conflict.