An educational coursepack is a collection of materials, usually copies, distributed to students in book form or in the classroom as handouts. These materials might be a collection of book chapters or articles used in lieiu of a textbook. College bookstores will offer coursepacks for sale or professors can obtain the rights from publishers to sell the coursepacks to students.
Check out this helpful link from Stanford University on Coursepacks and Copyright.
Linda Minteer/Centre College Bookstore Manager
