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COVID-19 Guide to Faculty Resources: Resources for Online Classes

This guide will direct you to some of the most useful library resources as well as access to publishers and vendors issuing extended access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Welcome

This guide highlights some of the most useful library resources to incorporate into your online classes. Additionally, many publishers and vendors are providing extended access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the library if you need any assistance finding or loading materials into your classes.

Cross-Disciplinary Library eBook Collections

EBSCO eBook Collection
Over 100,000 eBooks on all subjects
Gale eBooks (formerly "Gale Virtual Reference Library")
All subjects; extensive collection of reference books

Open Textbook Repositories

Open Textbook Library
Maintained at the University of Minnesota, this faculty-reviewed clearinghouse links to freely downloadable textbooks at various other sites.
OER Commons
Textbooks, plus a wealth of other open educational resources including labs, assignments, and lesson plans.
OpenStax
High quality textbooks in some subject areas.
Oasis
Curated collection of open textbooks and other OER managed by State University of New York
BC Campus OpenEd
Several of the books in the UMN collection are from this British Columbia initiative.
OpenALG
Georgia's affordable learning initiative resources and open textbooks.

Video Content

Films on Demand
More than 15,000 streaming educational videos
Films on Demand: Nursing Collection
Streaming videos on nursing topics
JoVE
Chemistry science video collection
Kanopy
More than 26,000 documentaries and feature films
Nursing Education in Video
Online nursing videos
JOMI
Peer-reviewed surgical video journal. Create an account with your LCCC email (@student.lccc.wy.edu or @lccc.wy.edu) to access videos.

Other Media Resources

Anatomy.TV
From Primal Pictures, medically accurate 3D interactive human anatomy. Contact the library for the Faculty Area login.
ARTstor
Digital art image collection compiled from museums around the world
Naxos Music Library
Classical, jazz & world music recordings; only 20 users at once, please log off when finished

Information Literacy and Critical Thinking Modules

Faculty Guide for Credo Instruct
This content is available for download in the Canvas Commons. Filter search to Laramie County Community College content and search for "library module" will bring up the modules.

Publishers offering extended access

Elsevier Science eBooks
Elsevier (ScienceDirect) has offered extended ebook access to existing subscribers. Most titles are for more advanced students or researchers.
JSTOR Extended Access
JSTOR has extended free access to thousands of ebooks (and journals) from participating publishers
Pearson
RedShelf
This textbook eReader is offering online access to many textbooks through 5/25. Create an account using your campus email address to borrow books.
Cengage
Free access to textbooks and course materials. Help with integrating to online classes

Last Updated: Mar 26, 2021 1:16 PM
URL: https://libguides.lccc.wy.edu/covid
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Subjects: Faculty Resources

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Faculty, Online learning