Research Guides: Affordable Course Materials and Open Educational Resources (OER) for Faculty: Resources for Teaching and Learning During COVID-19

Are you a UCI Faculty Member or Instructor and Want Quick and Free eContent?

In the boxes below are links to publishers, presses, and aggregators that have currently relaxed access restrictions to their content.

Don't see a publisher listed on this page? For more in depth lists, please check these spreadsheets:

If you have any questions, please contact your Subject Librarian or the general Ask A Librarian.

COVID-19 Alert: HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS)

HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS)

Special Access for UCI faculty, staff, and students to obtain lawful access to specific digital materials in HathiTrust that correspond to physical books held by the UC Libraries.

Instructions on how faculty, staff, and students with an active UCInetID can find and read books: https://www.hathitrust.org/ETAS-How-To
Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.hathitrust.org/ETAS-User-Information#FAQ
UCI Library Page on ETAS: https://www.lib.uci.edu/hathitrust-emergency-temporary-access-service

Need Additional Help? Contact Ask A Librarian

Free and Open Academic Press Resources

ProQuest
Ebook Central is upgrading all owned ebooks from participating publishers to unlimited access through June 30th. Check participating publishers here: https://www.proquest.com/documents/Unlimited-Access-Participating-Publishers.html
EBSCO ebooks
Ebsco is working with publishers to provide free upgrades for existing e-book holdings.
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury resources are now available upon request through the end of May 2020, at no cost or obligation and on an unlimited access basis.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak. Over 700 textbooks, published and currently available, on Cambridge Core are available regardless of whether textbooks were previously purchased. Free access is available until June 13th, 2020. https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks.
Cengage - Open Textbooks and Course Material
Cengage is offering free access to the entire catalog through Cengage Unlimited to any students impacted by COVID-19.
Duke University Press
As institutions transition to online instruction, we can provide 90 days of complimentary electronic access to our book and journal content to support your online courses. If you would like to enable access for your institution, contact orders@dukeupress.edu.
MIT Press
To help faculty and students who are teaching and learning remotely, we are offering libraries complimentary access to our institutional eBook platform, MIT Press Direct: https://direct.mit.edu/books.
Sage Publishing
To help you navigate the challenge of transitioning to teaching online, SAGE has opened up access to resources to help you set up and manage an online course quickly and successfully, at no charge to you or your students. Resources include textbooks, courseware, journal content related to coronavirus, and tips from instructors.

Free and Open Resources

Dance resources from NYPL

Sotheby's resource links

National Gallery of Art free backlist

Shanghai Library late Qing and Minguo fulltext journal and newspaper databases