Library policy states that for a prescribed print book, the Library will purchase a copy as a Teacher Reference. Teacher Reference books are kept behind the Library desk, and can be borrowed by the Unit Coordinator for the length of the Trimester. Teacher Reference books that are not collected by week five may temporarily be assigned into the Main Collection and made available to students.
Ebooks
MIT library has eBook titles available in in the collection from several providers
Prescribing ebooks over print can provide quick and equitable access to prescibed resources for all.
The Library can also investigate purchase or subscription to to stand-alone ebooks via one of our other vendors including EBSCO, Proquest, WileyOnline, and Cambridge Core.
O'Reilly Online Learning platform includes books, videos, learning paths, case studies and audio books. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy. MIT Library's current largest collection of ebooks is on O'Reilly, with a virtually unlimited access subscription
O'Reilly has a "playlist" feature that allows users to combine various O'Reilly content (ebooks, audio books, videos) into curated lists that can be shared with other O'Reilly users. O'Reilly Playlists can been used to create custom reading lists that replace prescibed texts.
