Slingshot Bookstore

The Slingshot Choice Subscription Model saves students time and money by automatically delivering all your required course materials based on your class schedule. The cost of the materials will be billed to your student account alongside tuition and other fees. You may opt out of the Slingshot Choice Subscription and opt back in anytime through your Slingshot Online Account. Simply login with your Ohio Dominican University email address and password to manage all your Slingshot preferences.

All new students are automatically enrolled in this program with a preference for rental books set as the default, as it is the most affordable. You will stay opted in for future semesters unless you opt out. This applies to all new undergraduate, graduate, and online students.

If you started at ODU before Fall 2022, you were NOT automatically enrolled in this program. You can view your current enrollment status and make changes in your Slingshot Online Account.

Check your ODU email regularly for emails from Slingshot letting you know that your books are ready. You can also review your transaction history through the Slingshot Online Account.

Physical materials like print textbooks, lab supplies, and other kits will be automatically delivered to the campus bookstore located in the Griffin Student Center, and you will receive an email when they are ready to be picked up. You may change your preferred delivery method to another address in your Slingshot Online Account. Please note that a shipping fee will be applied when items are shipped to an off campus address.

Digital materials billed through Slingshot will be available through your Slingshot Online Account. After you receive an email from Slingshot letting you know that your digital materials are available, click on “My Course Materials” to access your Slingshot eBooks through their eReader.

Please note: Some required course materials might not be delivered through the Slingshot bookstore. These other materials will likely be accessed through PantherLearn, such as Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Inclusive Access textbooks. Check with your professor about how to access these materials.

Students who have opted out of the Slingshot Choice Subscription Model can still buy books through the Slingshot Online Account. Click on the “Buy Books” tab, search by your schedule, by course, or by ISBN, and enter your payment information to complete the transaction online. You’ll retrieve your books and other course materials in the same way detailed above.

Please note that the Slingshot bookstore on campus does not have a browsing inventory of books, so if you need to buy physical books for class, plan ahead. It may take a few days for the book to be sourced and for it to arrive in the Slingshot bookstore in the Griffin Student Center.

If you are opted into the Slingshot Choice Subscription Model, the cost of your physical books, digital books, and other required course materials will be applied to your student account and appear on your online billing statement alongside tuition and other fees. You will pay for Slingshot materials online through the ODU Business Office.

If you are NOT opted into the Slingshot Choice Subscription Model, you can use a credit card or debit card to purchase required course materials through the Slingshot Online Account. Click on Buy Books and search for your course.

Please note: You may also be billed on your student account through the Business Office for Inclusive Access materials even if you are opted out of the Slingshot Choice Subscription Model. If you wish to opt out of Inclusive Access, you will do that through the Course Materials module in your PantherLearn shell. Opting out of the Slingshot Choice Subscription Model does not automatically opt you out of Inclusive Access and vice versa.

If Slingshot acquires a book for you and bills you for it, but you already own it or do not need it for whatever reason, you can return it during the first week of class with no penalty. Simply return it to the campus bookstore located in the Griffin Student Center.

When a class is added, Slingshot will automatically be notified and will deliver your new course materials. If you drop a class, return the materials to the campus store in the Griffin Student Center, or contact customer support for a return shipping authorization to avoid a non-return fee. Once Slingshot receives the item back, they will credit your student account through the ODU Business Office. Please do this within a week of dropping the class, or you may be charged a restocking fee.

If you need to return a book you don’t need within the first week of class or return a rental book at the end of your rental period, bring the materials to the Slingshot campus store in the Griffin Student Center, or contact customer support for a return shipping authorization to avoid a non-return fee.

You can choose “buy new” or “buy used” as your Slingshot preference in your Slingshot Online Account. You can also choose “rent” and then opt to purchase specific books after you’ve decided which ones you want to keep. In this case, you are charged the rental price up front and the remainder of the price later on. And don’t worry—you can write in or highlight a rental book like you own it.

You will get your textbook type preference (i.e., rent, buy used, or buy new) most of the time but not always. Slingshot starts by trying to fill your requirements according to the preference you select. However, sometimes there may not be a used copy of a book available, and certain types of books cannot be rented, such as workbooks or textbooks with access codes.

Log into the Slingshot Pro Adoption Portal using your Ohio Dominican University email address and password. Click on Adopt from the menu. Review existing auto-adoptions to verify they are correct or add a new adoption. Confirm your students can see your adoptions by logging into the Slingshot Online Account. Click on the “Buy Books” tab and search by course.

If no materials are required for your course: you will still need to provide an adoption in the Slingshot Pro Adoption Portal. Choose the “No materials required” option, and then add a few details about your adoption in the Notes section for students. For example, if you’re using an Open Educational Resource, you could provide the title and URL. Or if all resources will be provided in PantherLearn, let your students know.

Faculty can find additional adoption support videos, handouts, and information in the Slingshot module of the Faculty Resource Center page on PantherLearn.

Please note: Slingshot does not provide faculty members with free review copies or “desk copies” of books adopted in your courses. You will need to create an instructor account with the textbook publisher and receive a review copy directly from them.

You can stop by the Slingshot campus bookstore in the Griffin Student Center to talk directly with our on campus bookstore manager or you can call the on campus bookstore at (614) 251-4545. You can email the bookstore at ohiodominican@slingshotedu.com or ask questions after hours at the Slingshot Support website.

Faculty can find additional contact information in the Slingshot module of the Faculty Resource Center page on PantherLearn.