Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization. The library currently includes 668 textbooks, with more being added all the time.
The Open Textbook Library is supported by the Center for Open Education and the Open Textbook Network.
Except where otherwise noted, content on the site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
| Name: | Open Textbook Library |
| Publisher/Provider: | University of Minnesota |
| Subjects included? | |
| Type of resource? | Platform with ebooks in fulltext. |
| Fulltext format? | |
| Accessibility? | Licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. Except where otherwise noted, content on the site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. |
| Login authentication required? | No |
| Number of concurrent users? | Multiple concurrent access (multiple people reading at the same time). |
| Download required? | No |
| Must be borrowed? | No |
| Number of days for download? | - - |
| Download and read offline? | Yes, if the device supports PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Download directly to a portable device? | |
| Copying? | |
| Printing? | |
| Text to speech? | |
| Export references? | |
| Export formats? | |
| How do I suggest a purchase? | |
| Restrictions? | |
| Interlibrary loan / Supply of copies to other libraries? | |
| Text and Data Mining (TDM) Policy: | |
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