Research Guides: Faculty Resources for Online Teaching: Textbooks

Textbooks by Publisher

Major textbook providers have opened up free access for students until the end of term. Refer to their websites for details. (Please see the providers websites for full list of participating publishers.)

Cambridge University Press
Free online text books - HTML format on Cambridge Core. Access available until end of May 2020.
Students can access through Vital Source & RedShelf
Elsevier / Science Direct
Science Direct textbooks available free for 90 days. Title list can be located here.
Students can access through VitalSource and Redshelf
Pearson
If your class uses a Pearson product that is supported by an ebook through VitalSource or RedShelf, your students may be able to get immediate access at no charge.
Cengage
Working directly with faculty to provide access to digital platforms and Cengage Unlimited. RepFinder
Students have free access to online platforms and textbooks through Cengage Unlimited
Taylor & Francis
Offering students free access to our ebook content through the remainder of the spring 2020 semester via our partners, VitalSource, Kortext, and Red Shelf.
Macmillan Learning
Free access to textbooks through end of the semester through VitalSource and Red Shelf
American Psychological Association
APA Publishing is helping to support students and faculty at colleges and universities that have shut down their campuses and moved classes online. VitalSource and RedShelf are working with APA and other publishers to ensure that students continue to have access to a wide range of course content, including over 160 APA book titles and the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. These ebooks will be offered free of charge through VitalSource and RedShelf until May 25, 2020.
Ohio State University - Linguistic Textbooks
Opened linguistics textbook which is used at hundreds of universities worldwide.
Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Springer/Nature
Links to press release and spreadsheet of available titles.
Access more than 500 key textbooks across Springer Nature’s eBook subject collections for free. In addition, we are making a number of German-language Springer medical training books on emergency nursing freely accessible. These books will be available via SpringerLink until at least the end of July.

Textbooks by Platform

These platforms provide textbooks by many publishers. Some of the those publishers have recently made some of their textbooks freely available on these platform. Students will need to create an account (one for each site) using their syr.edu email address and search for the textbook by title, ISBN and author. Access expires May 25, 2020/

REDSHELF

American Psychological Association
Elsevier
Macmillan Learning
Pearson
Taylor & Francis

VITALSOURCE

American Psychological Association
Cambridge University Press
Elsevier
Macmillan Learning
Pearson
Taylor & Francis