Library Guides: *Continuity of Library Services: Free Textbooks during COVID-19

Free Textbooks during COVID-19

Many publishers are providing unlimited access to their eResources (including textbooks, journals and ebooks) during COVID-19.

A selected list of vendors is available in the following Google Documents. The lists are frequently updated.

For many of these resources, you may be asked to create an account to access the ebooks. Always remember to check the terms of use before you sign up!

Publishers & Vendors Offering Access for Distance Learning & Research During COVID-19
The list is organized by the textbook publisher and includes instructions on how to access.
Publishers include: Oxford University Press, Houghton Mifflin, McGraw Hill, Follett and Gale, among others!
Internet Archive National Emergency Library
A collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed.
Open Access Resources
A list of free resources from various publishers, compiled by OCLS
Educational Netflix Documentaries now available to stream on YouTube
Netflix has now made several of its educational documentaries available on YouTube for teachers to share with students

ScienceDirect College Edition This link opens in a new window
The 256 textbooks currently on ScienceDirect will be automatically entitled to all active ScienceDirect customers for a period of 90 days. Users accessing ScienceDirect through remote access will need to log in to be able to use these books while campuses are closed. Access the title list: https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/sciencedirect/content/book-title-lists.