COVID-19: Library Resources and Services

For U.S. higher education institutions experiencing unplanned, mid-semester impacts due to COVID-19, Cengage is offering students free access to all our digital platforms and 14,000 ebooks through Cengage Unlimited, for the remainder of this semester.

To help support online learning and remote research for the remainder of the semester, the following GSW book publishers have extended public access to all of their ebooks through June 30, 2020:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Canadian Science Publishing
Clay Minerals Society
Geological Society of America
Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
PSAAPG
SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology
Society of Economic Geologists
University of Wyoming

In this uncertain environment, it’s important that learning continues, even if it can’t happen in person. That’s why we’re providing access to expert faculty, best practices, and other online learning resources for people who are studying, teaching or working remotely.

More than ever, it is essential that faculty can easily find and access the online scholarship and course materials they require, so that they can focus on providing the best instruction possible. MUSE is here to serve course instructors with a brand new set of resources for discovering course content, facilitating online research, and helping to navigate the challenges and opportunities of e-learning.

In our new For Instructors area, teaching faculty may:
Access over 40 temporarily free books and articles about online teaching and learning, from MUSE’s participating university press and non-profit scholarly publishers;
Explore subject-specific lists of peer-reviewed content from MUSE suitable for use in courses and research;
Review tips for incorporating MUSE journals and books in class use

NOTE: NMT does not subscribe to Project MUSE, so faculty will only have access to those resources that don't require a subscription.

To ensure that all students have access to their course materials amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, we're partnering with the publishing community to provide you with up to 7 free eBooks from participating publishers. (Program applies to students at non-profit, semester-based schools, and access runs through May 25th.)

Read only version of a list of Vendor COVID-19 Related Donations and Pro Bono Access
This is a UIPO (and allies) community-sourced list of video and other licensed content that library vendors are making available on free or modified terms during the COVID-19 outbreak. We cannot vouch for any particular vendor, but will include press releases and other statements as we make them available.
This is a list ONLY for subscription or licensed content that is now being made available for free or on significantly reduced/discounted terms. It is NOT a list for various “how to move online and access our content remotely (for money)” webinars.
University Information Policy Officers, Vendor Love in the Time of COVID-19, © 2020

VitalSource Helps supports students at semester-calendar schools who may have lost access to course materials due to their campus moving online to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Students and instructors at impacted 2 and 4-year non-profit institutions in the U.S. and Canada can now access an expansive catalog of etexts, through May 25, 2020 in the US and April 30, 2020 in Canada, at no charge. This program is made possible by the support of leading publishers, campus retailers, and independent bookstores in higher education.
Students simply log into the VitalSource Bookshelf app using their school email address and can then find and view course materials from participating publishers via VitalSource’s Explore capabilities within Bookshelf.

As campuses and communities contend with the increasing impact of COVID-19, providing continuity of learning is more important than ever.
In the event of a quarantine or class cancellation, Wiley is dedicated to helping you and your students quickly move to an online solution. We are now offering FREE access to our courseware, WileyPLUS or Knewton Alta for the duration of this spring semester.
To request access to one of our courses, please complete all fields You will have access to the course within 72-hours, and will be contacted by the Customer Success Team to help you gain access.