Fair Use Guidelines for Closed Online Classrooms: Library-licensed Content

Here are listed guides for finding materials based on their formats.

All allow reading the ebook through the browser, and many allow downloading for offline reading or transfer to a mobile device or dedicated ebook reader. Most of our ebooks are PDFs, and thus require no additional software to view.

The VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal is a catalog to assist Virginia public college and university faculty in finding and selecting open and affordable textbooks for their courses in one place. The Portal contains over 200,000 titles from VIVA’s shared library collections, open access textbooks, and ebooks available for VIVA to purchase on behalf of public colleges and universities throughout the state.

This page links to the page that will allow you to first find a library guide in your subject area; find the appropriate guide and click on it; on the guide page, there will be a profile image with an "Email Me" link to allow you to contact the subject librarian.