Low Cost/No Cost Textbook Alternatives

The Triton College Library offers multiple resources to help students access textbooks and course materials.

• Library Resources: incorporate relevant, current articles from library databases in your course materials
• Course Reserves: place one or more copies of your publisher textbooks on course reserves for students to access
• Course Reserve Form 

What is OER? Does free equal open? What is a Creative Commons license?
If you are interested in learning more about Open Educational Resources, explore the Triton College Library Guide to OER:

• Triton College Library Guide to OER 

Additional Resources

• Open Washington Attribution Builder 
• OER Handbook for Educators 
• Free to Learn: An Open Educational Resources Policy Development Guidebook for Community College Governance Officials 
• Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources

Check out some of the OER initiatives at higher education institutions across the United States.