Text Book Information
Students requesting alt-format materials must submit a list of the books or other materials they are seeking to the Office of Disability Services in accordance with the Alternate Format Text Request Procedures.
The easiest method for obtaining this information is by contacting the textbook department of the Barnes and Noble Bookstore at Boston University. However, during the busies part of each academic year, there may be delays in communicating with them. The following are on-line resources for locating complete information about your textbooks:
- Barnes and Noble
The Barnes and Noble website of new and used textbook information.
- FetchBook.Info
FetchBook.Info is a free service aimed at providing shopping tools for book buyers.
eText Libraries
- Boston University Medical Center Alumni Medical Library
The Boston University Medical Center Alumni Medical Library provides access to a variety of computerized software, online databases, textbooks, journals and other resources via their local server or over the Internet.
- Bartleby.com
Bartleby.com publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction and reference free of charge for the home, classroom and desktop of each and every Internet participant.
- Bibliomania
Bibliomania's library of classic literature, reference books and study resources provides 24/7 accessibility. It is a great way to bring the use of IT into literature lessons, and it saves on the cost of books.
- Project Gutenberg
The Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make information, books and other materials available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search.
- On-Line Book Page
The On-Line Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.
- University of Virginia Library's eText Center
1,600 publicly-available ebooks from the University of Virginia Library's eText Center, including classic British and American fiction, major authors, children's literature, American history, Shakespeare, African-American documents, the Bible, and much more.
- Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is the first public library of the Internet and is committed to providing library services to the Internet community, to learn and teach what librarians have to contribute in a digital environment, to promote librarianship and the importance of libraries, and to share interesting ideas and techniques with other librarians.
- Bookshare.org
Bookshare.org is an online community that enables people with visual and other print disabilities to legally share scanned books. Bookshare.org takes advantage of a special exemption in the U.S. copyright law that permits the reproduction of publications into specialized formats for the disabled.
Alternative Text (Audio, eText and Braille)
- DigiLife Media
Digilife Media creates digital and accessible texts for educational institutions,
government organizations, corporations, publishing houses and anyone
who needs hard copy text, or even electronic files, adapted to a more suitable
and accessible format. Digilife partners have years of experience working with
electronic texts and have developed some of the most advanced processes to
provide end-users the highest
quality results in the fastest possible turn-around.
- Louis Database of Accessible Materials
The American Printing House for the Blind currently houses the Louis Database of Accessible Materials for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired. Louis contains information about more than 152,000 titles of accessible materials, including braille, large print, sound recordings, and computer files from over 200 agencies throughout the United States. The Office of Disability Services uses this database as a resource for Boston University students.
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress
A free national library program of braille and recorded materials for blind and physically disabled persons is administered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Under a special provision of the U.S. copyright law and with the permission of authors and publishers of works not covered by the provision, NLS selects and produces full-length books and magazines in braille and on recorded disc and cassette.
- NBP (National Braille Press)
National Braille Press is a nonprofit braille printing and publishing house established in 1927 and is one of the world's leading producers of braille. The Office of Disability Services has an excellent relationship with NBP and makes use of them as a resource for Boston University students.
- RFB&B (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic)
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic is the nation's educational library for people with print disabilities. They provide educational materials in recorded and computerized formats from kindergarten through postgraduate level. The Office of Disability Services maintains an institutional membership to RFB&D in order to support the needs of our Students.
- Adobe PDF Generation
Adobe has developed multiple methods for converting Adobe PDF documents to a format that is more accessible to screen reading software. This is a free service designed to benefit individuals with both visual and reading disabilities.
- NBA (National Braille Association)
The mission of the National Braille Association, Inc. is to provide continuing education to those who prepare braille, and to provide braille materials to persons who are visually impaired.
Braille Music
- Dancing Dots Braille Music Technology
Dancing Dots Braille Music Technology, L.P., was founded in 1992 to develop and adapt music technology for the blind. In 1997 Dancing Dots released its first product, the GOODFEEL® Braille Music Translator. In addition to selling GOODFEEL®, the company is an authorized distributor for a wide range of assistive technology and music products.
- Music Section of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress
The Music Section of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress includes a circulating collection of braille, large print, and recorded instructional materials and a subscription program of magazines produced in braille, on cassette, and in large print.
- CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) Music Library
The Canadian National institute for the Blind (CNIB) Music Library currently houses one of the largest collections of braille music in the world; it is second only to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The collection consists of approximately 18,500 braille music scores for all types of instruments, and braille books on music.
- Braille Jymico
Braille Jymico is the first private company in Canada to transcribe musical scores according to the "Braille Music Notation, American Edition."
- RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind)
The Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) is located in the United Kingdom and offers a range of services to customers wishing to ascertain information about availability of braille music and music-related materials.
Please Note: These resources are provided as a service to the Boston University Community. Their inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by Boston University or the Office of Disability Services. The degree of accessibility of these sites may vary.
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