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Open Educational Resources (OERs): Use Library Resources

About Using Library Resources

Rickman Library subscribes to a wealth of materials you may wish to incorporate into your course assignments.  Students can access these resources at no cost.  While not technically Open Educational Resources, they do help to curb the cost of purchasing expensive textbooks.

The library is very interested in partnering with faculty to lower textbook costs for students.  Contact library@swu.edu to request an eBook purchase.

 

Library-Licensed Content

Rickman Library subscribes to a wealth of online materials you may wish to incorporate into your course assignments.  When you search the Library catalog you can filter your results by resource type and availability.

When using an eBook from our collections, please check the user-license information.  Some eBooks have a simultaneous user limit, while some are unlimited.

You can also browse the eBook collections the Library holds.

User License Information

To check the number of concurrent users allowed on an eBook title, click into the record for the book and scroll until you see the licensing information.