Most publishers will send desk copies or evaluation copies free of charge. To request a copy, you can visit the publisher website or email the representative directly.
Each department has different policies for textbook purchases. Please check with your department to confirm options for obtaining textbooks.
To submit a textbook adoption for your courses please visit the UK Bookstore’s website, https://aip.bncollege.com/app/courselist/ or by directly contacting them at AIPsupport@bncservices.com or phone at 1-877-713-6697. Please reach out to Jessica Guillen (Academic Affairs Administrator, Jessica.guillen@uky.edu) with any questions.
University of Kentucky library provides resources for finding textbook alternatives. You can find more information on the website: https://libguides.uky.edu/alternative_textbooks.
Below are different resources.
TSHS: The Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Resources Portal provides several good data sets. You can find the data sets here: https://www.causeweb.org/tshs/category/dataset/
Kaggle: Kaggle is an online community of data scientist. Provided on the website are over 40,000 free to use data sets. https://www.kaggle.com/datasets
Data Science Central: Data Science Central provides a page with 10 healthcare data sets. https://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/10-great-healthcare-data-sets
HealthData.gov: Healthdata.gov is a resource dedicated to making high value health data more accessible to entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers in the hopes of better health outcomes for all. https://healthdata.gov/
Berkeley Library: The University of California Berkely Library provides a list of National and California datasets. https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/publichealth/healthstatistics/rawdata
Kentucky Department of Public Health Data Resource Guide: The Kentucky Public Health Data Resource Guide provides easy access to public health data sourced to a variety of Kentucky-specific health-related surveys, surveillance systems and registries. https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/Pages/dataresource.aspx
Harvard Dataverse: Harvard Dataverse is a repository for research data. https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/harvard?q=&fq0=subject_ss%3A%22Medicine,%20He alth%20and%20Life%20Sciences%22&types=dataverses%3Adatasets&sort=dateSort&order=des c
Various CDC health survey datasets like NAMCS, NHAMCS, NSFG, BRFSS, NIS, NIS-Teen and similar (they are easy to find with a google search).
The Faculty Media Depot has both a video and audio studio to assist faculty in making instructional videos: https://www.uky.edu/tlai/elearning/faculty-support/faculty-media-depot.
The Teaching and Learning Toolbox is a good resource for information on technology for the classroom. Per the website: Welcome to the Teaching and Learning Toolbox. Our mission is to provide you with proven technology resources as well as regular tips and tricks that can simplify incorporating technology into your courses. From hardware, software, apps to pedagogy, we hope this website will become your teaching and learning resource center. Enjoy your visit and we look forward to you becoming a member of our teaching and learning community. http://teachingandlearningtoolbox.com/
Provided on the website is a technology tool resource list. The list can be found here: http://teachingandlearningtoolbox.com/storage/app/media/resources/Accounting%20Toolbox%20w_L ogo_%20Resource%20List_REV_032020.pdf
