Terms
These terms describe the rules this application follows. They are not a substitute for advice from your school’s lawyer.
Updated November 9, 2026
Use
WithinSource is for reading approved books and asking questions about them. Use it for your own learning, a class, or the public shelf. Do not use it to break into another school, another account, or a book you are not allowed to read.
Books
You may read a public-shelf book, or a school book assigned to a class you belong to. A school decides which of its books are approved. Do not place a book on the public shelf unless it can be shared there. Buying a copy is not, by itself, permission to put that book in the shared library.
School books stay in that school. They are not published to the public shelf.
Accounts
An account is for one person. Keep the password to yourself. A school code is only for someone that school has invited. Joining a school moves the account from the public shelf to that school. A teacher still adds you to a class before school books and assignments appear.
By creating an account, you agree to these terms and the Privacy notice.
Answers
Bookie answers only from the books you can read, and it can refuse when those books do not support an answer. An answer is not a grade, a medical opinion, or a promise that every relevant passage was found. Check the cited pages.
Closing an account
You can delete the account from Settings. That deletion is permanent. A school may also remove a student from a class or close a school account it issued.