CT > The Price is Right: 11 Excellent Sites for Free Digital Textbooks

Thu Aug 15 10:48:15 EDT 2013

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If you're committed to shifting your curriculum to e-textbooks, consider trying free first. Here are the best sites for digital books that won't cost your students a dime.

By Dian Schaffhauser | 08/14/13 |

Sure, there are plenty of options when you want students to try out digital textbooks — CourseSmart, CourseLoad, Flat World Knowledge, Chegg, textbooks.com, Apple, Amazon, Google Play, eFollet, and an ever-growing number of other sources. But little in education trumps free. That's one of the findings in a recently released research report from Educause, Internet2, and McGraw-Hill, which examined the value of digital materials in higher ed. "Faculty and students were both clear and consistent in their criteria for adopting digital course material," the report's authors wrote. Little surprise: The most important factor turned out to be cost.

With that in mind, we have hunted down the top sources for digital textbooks — all free. What you and your students do with them on Android devices, iPads, and laptops is up to you.

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See Also

LibGuide > OATs: Open Access Textbooks

IL 2012 Presentation: OATs: Open Access Textbooks > IL 2012 > Monterey CA > October 22 2012

Source, Full Text, and Links Available Via

http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2013/08/ct-price-is-right-11-excellent-sites.html

BTW: Recommendations of initiatives, projects, services, etc. not included in the LibGuide are most welcome !

Regards,

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Asociate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011

http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/

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