Alternative Print Choices:
We’re pleased to provide Life both as the full book and as a cluster of paperback alternative versions. Thus, instructors who want to use less than the whole book, or who want their students to have more portable units, can choose from the following options

	Volume 1, The Cell and Heredity, includes: Part One, The Science and Building Blocks of Life (Chapters 1-3); Part Two, Cells and Energy (Chapters 4-8); Part Three, Heredity and the Genome (Chapters 9-14); and Part Four, The Genome in Action (Chapters 15-20).
	Volume II, Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology, includes: Part Five, The Patterns and Processes of Evolution (Chapters 21- 25); Part Six, The Evolution of Diversity (Chapters 26-33); and Part Nine, Ecology (Chapters 52-57).
	Volume III, Plants and Animals, includes: Part Seven, Flowering Plants: Form and Function (Chapters 34-39); and Part Eight, Animals: Form and Function (Chapters 40-51).
	Loose-Leaf version. This shrink-wrapped, unbound, 3-hole punched version is designed to fit into a 3-ring binder.  Students take only what they need to class and can easily integrate any of your personal hand-outs and resources you provide during the term with this version.

Alternative Electronic Choices:
Life eBook. The Life, Eighth Edition eBook is a complete online version of the textbook that can be purchased online, or packaged with the printed textbook. Available both as a stand-alone and within BioPortal, the ebook offers a substantial discount from the price of the printed textbook. This online version of Life gives your students an efficient and rich learning experience by integrating all of the resources from the student website directly into the ebook text. It also incorporates additional features unique to the ebook, giving your students new ways to learn the material.

In addition, the ebook offers instructors unique opportunities to customize the text with their own content. Key features of the eBook include:

For Students:

	Integration of all student website activities and animated tutorials
	In-text self quiz questions
	Interactive summary exercises
	Custom text highlighting
	A flexible Notes feature that allows students to add their own notes to any page
	Complete glossary, index, and full-text search features

For Instructors:

	A powerful notes feature that can incorporate text, Web links, and documents directly into the text
	Easy integration of instructor media resources, including videos and supplemental photographs
	Ability to link directly to any ebook page from other sites

New for the Eighth Edition, BioPortal is the digital gateway to all of the teaching and learning resources that are available with Life. BioPortal integrates the Life textbook, all of the student and instructor media, extensive assessment resources, and course planning resources all into a powerful and easy-to-use learning management system. All of this means that your students get easy access to learning resources, presented in the proper context and at the proper time, and you get a complete learning management system, ready to use, without hours of prep work. Features of BioPortal include:

	eBook
	- Completely integrated with all media resources - Customizable with notes, sections, images, and more
	Student Resources
	- Animated Tutorials and Activities - Assessment: Online Quizzes and Interactive Quizzes
	Instructor Resources
	- Complete Test Bank - All quizzes - Media resources: Videos, PowerPoints, Supplemental Photos, and more
	Assignments
	- Quizzes and exams - Assignable textbook sections - Assignable animations and activities - Custom assignments
	Easy-to-Use Course Management
	- Complete course customization - Custom resources/Document posting - Announcements/Calendar/Course Email/Discussions - Robust Gradebook