LibGuides: Affordable Course Materials and Open Educational Resources (OER): E-Textbooks Publisher Info

Major Publishers Offering Free E-Textbooks

Many of the major publishers are offering free, online access to higher education. If you have any questions about linking these textbooks in Canvas or how to access please contact Canvas 24/7 assistance by phone (855-778-9967) or live chat.

Also our Xavier Follett Bookstore is offering a way to access course textbooks using RedShelf. Click here for more information.

You can also find other ways to GET HELP at this page: https://www.xavier.edu/instructional-continuity/help

VitalSource Grants Free Access to Digital Content -

VitalSource is offering free access to digital learning materials through the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, to aid those students attending colleges and universities that have closed in response to COVID-19. Beginning today and going through May 25, 2020, students may access "an expansive catalog" of digital content if they attend a participating institution.

Participating publishers, campus retailers and independent bookstores in higher education include:

The American Psychological Association;
Barnes & Noble Education;
Cengage Learning;
eCampus.com;
Elsevier;
The Independent College Bookstore Association;
Macmillan Learning;
McGraw-Hill Higher Education;
The National Association of College Stores;
Oxford University Press;
Pearson Education;
SAGE Publishing;
Taylor & Francis;
W.W. Norton; and
Wiley.

APA publishing and 7th Ed. APA Citation Style Manual

Free Access to APA materials
As a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19), many colleges and universities have moved to online-only instruction and distance learning. We know that this means physical libraries are at limited capacity or closed entirely. We want to do what we can to help.

To support academic libraries and their many patrons, we are providing temporary free access to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th and 7th editions), the Concise Guide to APA Style, and more than 160 other books published by APA Books through VitalSource and RedShelf.

These will be available for free to instructors and students at participating nonprofit academic institutions affected by campus closures until May 25, 2020:

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is offering free, online access to higher education textbooks and coronavirus research during the COVID-19 outbreak.
In addition, existing customers are being offered free access to key reference works on request to help them overcome the disruption caused by the global response to the pandemic.

All 700 textbooks published and currently available in HTML format on Cambridge Core are available regardless of whether textbooks were previously purchased. Free access is available until the end of May 2020 and a full list of HTML textbooks published on the platform can be found here.

Cengage

Cengage
SEE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS BELOW FOR GAINING ACCESS TO TEXTBOOKS. Free access to our entire catalog - all of our online learning platforms and eTexts - through Cengage Unlimited, through end of term, to any student in any class at any U.S. college that has been impacted by COVID-19.
* By opening up Cengage Unlimited, students get access to high quality, proven materials and digital platforms across 675 course areas, all in one place.
* They also get access to our Cengage Mobile App, which enables them to access learning materials in the event that they do not have internet access or a computer at home.
* Open access resources for educators, both resources for general best practices and strategies that can be used by anyone using any product, and resources for using For U.S. colleges impacted by COVID-19, Cengage is offering students free access to all our digital platforms and 14,000 ebooks through Cengage Unlimited, for the remainder of spring semester.

Cengage ACCESS TO TEXTBOOKS
Instructions for account creation and access to e-textbooks at Cengage.

Pearson

Pearson
Colleges and universities across the world are getting creative with online options to keep students safe and healthy at home. Pearson is providing help and information for faculty and students who may be new to virtual teaching and learning.

Macmillan Learning

Macmillan Learning
If your school is transitioning from in-person to online classes b/c #COVID19 we're here for you. Our #edtech tools - LaunchPad, Sapling, FlipIt, iClicker & Lab Sims - are free this semester until July 1 for impacted customers using our print books

McGraw Hill

McGraw Hill
We are making our core digital learning platforms, McGraw-Hill Connect and ALEKS, available for free to any student and instructor who needs it for the remainder of this Spring 2020 term

Springer Nature Textbooks

Springer Nature Textbooks
With the Coronavirus outbreak having an unpretextbookscedented impact on education, Springer Nature is launching a global program to support learning and teaching at higher education institutions worldwide.