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Research Guides

Pharmacy

Course Textbooks

The  School of Pharmacy Office of Academic Affairs and the Medical Sciences Library are committed to the academic success of RSOP students. Official RSOP textbook lists are managed by RSOP Academic Affairs, and supplemented by information from the MSL. Updating your textbook information with these offices allows:

• Informing students of the textbooks required and recommended for courses, which of those textbooks are available through the library, and where to access them online.
• Communication with faculty about any 
new editions or format changes of textbooks.

• Informing Library personnel of potential resource purchases, and updates on reserves cataloging for students and faculty.

Notes:

• In a clinical field, it is best practice to use the most up-to-date textbook editions available.
• The MSL collection policy prefers purchase of electronic access textbooks over print.
• Library purchase, cataloging, and shipping of print and electronic textbooks can take between 1-5 weeks, depending on the publisher.

Electronic Course Reserves

To place materials on electronic reserve:

  1. Review the Guidelines for Electronic Course Reserves Materials and assess your materials.

  2. Login to MSL Course Reserves and certify you understand the guidelines.

  3. Certification will be required once every 12 months. Once certified, you will no longer be presented with the certification screen.

  4. Upload electronic course reserve materials.

Open Access Resources

Open Access Textbooks at Texas A&M

The University Libraries have partnered with departments across campus to identify alternatives to their high-priced textbook or create Open Educational Resources to address cost concerns and customize course content. Traditional texts typically have far more content than necessary, or are only used for specific content areas (leaving much of the text unused) which can confuse students who are still learning how to distinguish and apply  core concepts.  Many TAMU faculty across the university have reported that their students needed loans to purchase texts, or did not purchase a text due to cost.

The facts are that between 2003 and 2013, college textbook prices rose approximately triple the rate of inflation in overall consumer prices during the same time. Additionally, more than half of all college students nationwide report not purchasing a textbook because of its price. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others and can be textbooks, full courses, lesson plans, videos, tests, or any other material or technique that supports access to knowledge.

If you are interested in seeing what types of open textbooks are available or partnering with the library, we recommend the OER Research Guide or contacting your librarian.

Open Access Week
The Texas A&M University Libraries advocates for open access, which can help address both the price barriers and the permission barriers that undermine global access to the products of Texas A&M’s scholarly and creative work and keep TAMU scholars from accessing the world’s scholarly literature. Join the Libraries in celebrating the annual International Open Access Week. For a listing of all activities, and to learn more about these issues, see our website.

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Copyright & Fair Use

Can I post materials (journal articles, book chapters, videos, films, etc.) on Blackboard or on electronic course reserve for student use? 

You might need to decide if the material you desired to use/share is fair use specifically whether the use is transformative. This guide provides some examples that might help you conduct the assessment.

Texas A&M University Libraries has principles and guidelines on placing materials on electronic reserve .

Please ask If you need answer to copyright questions or to address permission issues for your publications,