How to install windows mac book air

Hi,
I'm trying to install windows onto my mac book air and bootcamp says I need an external optical drive. What is this and how do I get it?
Thanks,

Hello Niel,
Is there no way I can do this without buying yet another thing?? I need to get some software (MaxQDA) which was supposed to be coming out on Mac but seems to have been delayed until later in the year. This means I now need to purchase windows, purchase the software (rather than getting it free from the university) and by the sound of it I now need to buy a drive just to download it...It's very frustrating.
Thanks for your help anyway.

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