VitalSource Bookshelf, an eBook platform, is offering students access to seven free eBooks through May 25. They call this special offer “VitalSource Helps.”
Share the link below with your students.
https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/user/registration
Students must use their UNG email address and create a password to register with Bookshelf.
After they are registered, they can access books through the Bookshelf sign-in page, and within all native Bookshelf apps (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, etc.).
What is VitalSource Helps?
VitalSource Helps is a program designed to support students who may have lost access to course materials due to a campus moving to distance-learning to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This program is made possible by the leading publishers and resellers in U.S. higher education. The program offers free access to an expansive catalog of e-texts thorough May 25, 2020, to students and instructors at impacted 2 and 4-year non-profit institutions in the U.S., such as the University of North Georgia.
What if students or instructors on my campus cannot find the eBook they need?
If you do not see the publisher of a book required on your campus on this list, or can’t find a required course material by searching for its ISBN, title, or author, then that material is not available as part of VitalSource Helps. Most custom content is not included in VitalSource Helps.
Other Free eBook Providers
Cengage is providing free access to their online platforms and online textbooks via a Cengage Unlimited subscription through the end of the semester.
For current Cengage customers, they are extending access to their online platform or Cengage Unlimited subscription through the end of the semester.
McGraw-Hill Connect and ALEKS are available for free to any instructor who needs it for the remainder of the Spring 2020 term. Any interested instructor should contact his or her local representative.
Learn More
Cengage Unlimited Free Access (PDF)
ALEKS (Higher-Ed Math and Chemistry courses)