Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Education has announced the company has joined VitalSource® in an effort to support students impacted by the recent COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Through the remainder of the Spring 2020 term, VitalSource will offer free access to eTextbooks for students at BNED campuses (including Eastern Iowa Community Colleges).
To view a list of publishers supporting this effort, please visit: http://get.vitalsource.com/vitalsource-helps
Who is eligible for the VitalSource Helps program?
Students meeting the following criteria are eligible to access free ebooks as part
of VitalSource Helps:
- Be enrolled in course(s) that began prior to March 16, 2020
- Use an institution-provided email address
How do students access VitalSource Helps content?
To get started, students should visit bookshelf.vitalsource.com Before students can begin searching for and reading ebooks, they will need to log-in
or create a Bookshelf account with their institution-provided email address.
It is important to note that, while students may use Bookshelf today as part of an
Inclusive Access program, they may access content via an LMS integration that does
not require an email address, or their account may be linked to their personal email
address. To access VitalSource Helps content, students must use their institution-provided
email address.
For students accessing Bookshelf for the first time:
Instructions on creating a Bookshelf account is available here: https://support.vitalsource.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402042010391-Create-an-Account Once students create an account with an institution-provided email address, they
should login and click on the “Explore” tab in the upper left corner of the screen.
For students with existing Bookshelf accounts linked to their institution-provided
email address:
Students with existing Bookshelf accounts linked to their institution-provided email
address will see a new tab called “Explore” when they login. This tab provides access
to the freely-available ebooks.
For students with existing Bookshelf accounts NOT linked to their institution-provided
email address, an article explaining how a student can check the email account associated
with their Bookshelf account, and how to change it to an institution-provided email
account to access VitalSource Helps ebooks is available here: https://support.vitalsource.com/hc/en-us/articles/201957733/
How long is the VitalSource Helps program available?
We and the publishers are offering free access to ebooks through May 25, 2020 to ensure
affected students are able to use required learning materials through final exams.
Once the free access period ends, students will maintain access to their Bookshelf
account. However, ebooks provided during the VitalSource Helps program will no longer
appear.
How many titles may be accessed for free as part of the VitalSource Helps ebook program?
Users may add up to seven titles to their account for free. There is a “counter” in
the lower left corner of the Bookshelf screen to help users keep track of the number
of books accessed.
What type of content is available as part of the VitalSource Helps ebook program?
VitalSource, publishers, and resellers have worked together to make tens of thousands
of ebooks available to allow students to find their required learning materials. Students
may access up to seven titles.
Custom content, interactive content, and content used for assessment is not included.
Commonly assigned materials from publishers, often referred to as “courseware” (like
Pearson’s MyLab, Cengage MindTap, WileyPlus, etc.) are not included in this program.
Questions? Call toll-free 1-888-336-3907, email eiccinfo@eicc.edu or contact the college nearest you and ask to speak to an advisor.
- Clinton Community College, 563-244-7000
- Muscatine Community College, 563-288-6000
- Scott Community College, 563-441-4000
It is the policy of Eastern Iowa Community College District not to discriminate in
its programs, activities, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, creed, religion, and actual
or potential family, parental or marital status, as required by the Iowa Code §§216.6
and 216.9, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d and
2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational
Amendments, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C.
§ 794), and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et
seq.). If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy,
please contact Debora J. Sullivan, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer/Equity Coordinator,
Eastern Iowa Community College District, 101 West Third Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801,
563-336-3487, djsullivan@eicc.edu or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights,
U.S. Department of Education, Citigroup Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1475,
Chicago, Illinois 60661-7204, phone number 312-730-1560, fax 312-730-1576, OCR.Chicago@ed.gov.