TTC Library Services for Faculty

Affordable Learning Resources are quality, low- or no-cost educational resources that encourage student success while lowering student costs.  These resources include library-licensed resources, Open Educational Resources, and items freely available or in the public domain on the web.

While library-licensed resources are not OER and may come with copyright and licensing restrictions, using materials available through your library can save your students money. The library offers e-books, databases, and journals that can be easily linked to and freely accessed through D2L or your syllabus.

Open Educational Resources are educational materials offered freely and openly for anyone to use.  Most licenses allow resources to be shared, remixed or customized for your class.  Open educational resources include textbooks, full courses, course materials, modules, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other resources used to support access to knowledge. 

To learn more about affordable learning and how the library can assist you, go to Open Education research guide.  Contact Jessica Cerny (OER Librarian) for further assistance.

The PASCAL Faculty Textbook Portal is designed to assist faculty in finding and selecting open and affordable course materials. Using EBSCO’s Faculty Select interface, the Portal allows faculty to easily search and access quality Open Educational Resources (OER), over 400 PASCAL provided DRM-free e-books, EBSCO’s Open Access eBook Collection, and DRM-free e-books that faculty can request their library purchase.