Online Course Materials
- AccessEngineering This link opens in a new windowBrowse by "Course" to find readings and videos related to engineering course topics. View "Textbooks" to find the latest edition of many McGraw-Hill Education engineering textbooks. Click on the textbook's "Resources" tab for related labs, software, data, and more. Request instructor rights to view the related solutions manuals and PowerPoints. You can also set up a course so students can annotate and respond to each other's comments on course readings.
- eBooksConsider adopting an ebook for your course text or pulling from ebooks for course readings. This guide includes information on accessing ebooks the library has purchased as well as open access textbooks and other ebooks. In some cases, the library can purchase an unlimited access copy of an ebook.
- Streaming VideoIncludes links to streaming video collections available through library databases.
Academic Video Online (AVON)
The Chester Fritz Library subscribes to Academic Video Online (AVON), which offers unlimited access, public performance rights, and the ability to embed clips in Blackboard for more than 70,000 streaming videos. These include:
- Engineering Case Studies Online
- Engineering Disasters and Seconds from Disaster
- In Short: A Lesson on Almost Everything
- Modern Marvels, Man Made Marvels, and How Did They Build That
- Wiley For Dummies, SpringerNature (ethical hacking, TensorFlow, and more), PACKT Publishing (software and coding training)
- And many more from BBC, ABC, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, NOVA, and others!
More information about the AVON collection is available on the AVON webpage and LibGuide.
Select a channel or collection, search, or click on the filter icon to find a video of interest:
Virtual Reality
The Chester Fritz Library has a 24-headset Virtual Reality Classroom Kit purchased by the Computational Research Center. Students can also use their own VR headsets or access these resources from an internet browser without the immersive VR experience.
You can also create CAD models, video games, and device prototypes to use with the headsets in the Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AI/VR) Lab on the 3rd floor of the library.
- Google ExpeditionsLists nearly 1,000 free VR expeditions that can be downloaded to the Google Expedition app. Many include weblinks that can also be viewed on desktop browsers. Some include lesson plans.
- Google Expedition Lesson Plans on TESSearch or browse lesson plans related to Google Expeditions, including on glaciers, cells, the environment, and more.
- Poly Google ToursUser-created tours from Poly Google. Search by keyword or browse by category.
- Google Tour CreatorCreate your own virtual reality tour by using Google Earth scenes or uploading 360 image from Flickr or stitching together your own 180 images. The library has a 180 camera for checkout.
- YouTube Virtual RealityLists 360 videos on YouTube. These can be watched with the YouTube app on the VR headsets or online.