OER: Open educational resource that is free for you to use and share. Some also have licenses allowing for adaptation and remixing. For more information on OER, visit with the OER at Valencia College Libguide.
No Cost: Educational resource that the library owns with unlimited user rights or is available for free but does not allow adaptation. These are not OER, but they are free to your students.
Limited User: Educational resource the library owns that at least 3 users can view at a time. This type of resource is similar to the physical reserve collection model except that it is online and there is no 2 or 4 hour time limit the way there is with physical checkouts.
This LibGuide provides curated OER, no cost, or limited user textbooks and alternatives for those currently on reserve at the East Campus Library. With the physical libraries closed, students no longer have access to Reserve versions of textbooks. Our goal is to increase textbook access and affordability for students.
Don't see your course yet or don't have a textbook currently on reserve? We're happy to put your course at the top of the list (first come first served) for finding an OER or no cost replacement for your class, just fill out the OER Request Survey below.
Have you used one of the books on this guide or another that isn't? Please share with us using the Faculty OER Review Survey below, and we'll add your review and/or resource.
Resources are labeled with icons to indicate whether they are:
OER: Open educational resource that is free for you to use and share. Some also have licenses allowing for adaptation and remixing. (Icon adapted from Open Scotland CC BY 4.0)
No Cost: Educational resource that the library owns with unlimited user rights or is available for free but does not allow adaptation. These are not OER, but they are free to your students. (Icon adapted from Debby Wang)
Limited User: Educational resource the library owns that at least 3 users can view at a time. (Icon adapted from Andrejs Kirma).