E-book information and more

Many commercial e-textbooks are not available for academic libraries to purchase. Publishers choose to make their e-textbooks for sale directly to students rather than libraries. As a result, when a textbook is assigned for a class, there may be a chance that the library is unable to purchase it. The University of Alberta Library has an official statement about this issue here. 

Publishers that will not sell e-textbooks to us:

• Pearson
• Cengage
• Houghton
• McGraw Hill
• Nelson (no longer publishing in post-secondary market as of June 2020)
• Oxford University Press Canada (Textbook Division)
• Elsevier imprints (especially in veterinary and health science) such as:
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • Mosby
  • Saunders
• Thieme

Thinking of assigning an ebook for a class, but it's not available? Explore alternatives like OER, which are teaching and learning materials that are freely and openly available. More information here.