Math professor has zero-cost course by using e-textbooks

<div class="migrated-article">LSU Libraries makes textbooks available at no cost and just one click away. This semester, 45&nbsp;departments are using the service with 166 e-textbooks available to students now. Richard Moscatello is among several of the professors using the <a href="https://lib.lsu.edu/etextbooks">e-textbook service</a> offered through LSU Libraries. Moscatello teaches two out of four sections for MATH 2065, or Elementary Differential Equations. The required text for the course is <em>Ordinary Differential Equations</em>, which is available online from the Libraries, making this a zero-cost course for more than 230 undergraduate students. Moscatello shared a few things about his experience with e-textbooks so far. <a href="/sites/default/files/featured_images/mathprof.jpgdata-caption=" richard instructor of data-title="Richard Moscatello, Instructor of Mathematics"> <strong>What do you like most about e-textbooks offered through LSU Libraries?</strong> <em>The convenience. Students always tell me at the beginning of the semester "I don't have my book yet." Rather than slow down the class, I just tell them to get the electronic copy right away.</em> <strong>How long have you been using e-textbooks? Do you plan to continue using them in the future?</strong> <em>At least 3 years, and will continue to use them indefinitely.</em> <strong>With this being a math course, have some of your students expressed a preference for a physical textbook?</strong> <em>A few, but if they want to buy the physical book, I certainly don't have a problem with it</em>. This is a great way for professors to save their students time and money. More than 250,000 titles are available, and LSU Libraries will purchase a book for a&nbsp;course if it is not currently listed. For more information or to browse available titles, contact </a><a href="mailto:efrank7@lsu.edu&quot; target="_blank">efrank7@lsu.edu</a> or visit <a href="https://lib.lsu.edu/etextbooks&quot; target="_blank">www.lib.lsu.edu.ebooks</a>.</div&gt;