InfoGuides: Library Educational Resources: An Alternative to Textbooks: Reduce Textbook Costs

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Reduce textbook costs by assigning Library Educational Resources,

or, library-provided ebooks, articles, and media as required course materials.

What are Library Educational Resources (LER)? LER are library-provided electronic resources suitable for use as assigned course materials. Students can access LER on and off campus by using their university login credentials when prompted.

How about Open Educational Resources (OER)? OER are available for many subject areas. The advantages of OER include (1) OER often come with the option to adapt or repurpose the original and (2) OER are not dependent on your institutional affiliation or library budgets. See this page or contact Emilie Algenio at ealgenio@gmu.edu for more information about OER.

New Collections!

For most ebook resources here, you can link to an entire book or a single chapter, or you could post a DRM-free PDF chapter. All resources listed here are ideal for assigning to students!

Oxford Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume provides discussions of the central issues in a given topic. Access to all subjects.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
From March 2022-February 2023, we are piloting full access to ALL Oxford Handbooks Online. Let us know if you're using OHO in your classes!
SAGE Business Cases This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of business cases providing faculty, students and researchers with access to thousands of authoritative cases from over 100 countries. Topics include Marketing, Operations Management, Small Business & Entrepreneurship, International Business, Human Resource Management, and more. SAGE also provides instructor-only access to teaching notes. Please contact libcoll@gmu.edu to request your access code.
AccessMedicine Case Files Collection This link opens in a new window
Updated regularly, this comprehensive case collection helps students learn and apply basic science and clinical medicine concepts in the context of realistic patient cases.
Symptom Media Collection This link opens in a new window
Online mental health education and training film library. These innovative DSM 5 and ICD guided films offer visual guideposts to better understand what a particular mental health diagnosis looks like. Ranging from 30 seconds to 15 minutes, the films are currently integrated into undergraduate, graduate and professional courses as instructors use as: visual anchors for reference, lecture & discussion; help students identify, understand and recognize nonverbal cues & body language indicators; provide points of reference for cross comparisons & differentiate between diagnoses; learn assessment skills; and integrate in exams for competency testing.