Online booksellers list
This list is not comprehensive but we hope it will be a useful starting point if you need to buy books. Don't forget to check our catalogue to see whether the University Library offers copies for you to borrow for free or ebooks you can read online. The Portsmouth public libraries service also stocks some university-level textbooks, so it is also worth checking their online catalogue.
Online bookseller platforms
Abe Books - A leading second-hand bookselling platform
Amazon - Amazon Marketplace remains a useful place to find many sellers of new and second-hand books
Alibris - Usually more expensive than the other platforms but a solid fallback if you cannot find what you are looking for elsewhere
High street booksellers online
Hive - A platform bringing together local new and second-hand UK booksellers with free UK shipping
Blackwell’s - Blackwell's used to be our local University bookshop but this company has now largely retreated online
Waterstones - The last remaining national UK bookstore chain
Last but not least
The Book Nook - pre-loved books available to take away free from your Library
People in later years of your course and those graduating may also be only too happy to sell you second hand copies of their textbooks at discount prices - ask if your department does anything to facilitate the selling on of books