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Free textbooks

Open, legal resources

Trade

Marketplace

Buy and sell with real students

Help

Study videos

Get unstuck on any topic

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No cost, no gray areas

Free & legally open textbooks

Full courses' worth of material, openly licensed by the authors or held by your library — nothing here requires getting around a paywall.

Open license

OpenStax

Peer-reviewed, full-length textbooks for intro courses — bio, calc, psych, econ, and more — free to read online or download as a PDF.

openstax.org →
Open license

Open Textbook Library

A searchable catalog of hundreds of openly licensed college textbooks, reviewed by faculty for classroom use.

open.umn.edu →
Open license

LibreTexts

Open-source textbooks and course material across the sciences, math, humanities, and social sciences.

libretexts.org →
Your tuition

Library course reserves

Most campus libraries keep a physical or scanned copy of assigned texts on reserve, free to borrow for a few hours at a time.

See how to find it →
Low cost

Rental marketplaces

Chegg, Amazon Textbook Rentals, and campus bookstore rental programs run 60–80% cheaper than buying new.

Compare rentals →
Public domain

Project Gutenberg

70,000+ free ebooks — strong for lit, philosophy, and classics courses where the assigned edition is old enough to be public domain.

gutenberg.org →
Student to student

Buy, sell, or trade on your campus

Shared live with everyone. Posting requires a verified .edu account, so every listing is tied to a real student — not anonymous spam.

Meeting up: trade in a public campus spot — a library lobby, student union, or dining hall — and bring a friend if you can. Many campuses also have a safety escort service; check with campus police/security if you'd rather not meet alone. Syllabank isn't part of the trade itself and can't guarantee any listing — a verified email confirms someone's a real student at that school, not that the item or price is as described.
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Sell or trade a book

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Stuck on something?

Search a topic, find extra-help videos

Search any subject. Verified students can add a video they found helpful — YouTube links play right here.

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Help someone out

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Train your brain, don't just cram

Scholar Mode

Loose enough that it doesn't feel like homework, sharp enough that it actually sticks. Pick your major for a curated starting point, then use the brain trainer whenever you want a real workout instead of passive re-reading.

Your field

Major or minor

Maps to broad field groupings (STEM, health sciences, business, humanities, social sciences, arts) rather than every one of the 1,800+ specific majors out there — your career center will always beat a generic list on campus-exact clubs.

Resources for: no major entered yet

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Extracurriculars worth exploring

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The Brain Trainer

One open-ended question at a time. Write a real answer, not a guess — then decide if you want it graded gently or torn apart.

Settings
Dynamic questions & AI-read feedback
Blunt, honest criticism instead of encouragement
Balanced

Pick your major above, then hit "New challenge" to get your first question.

Focus timer
10:00
Verified student account

Log in / verify your .edu email

No password to remember — we email you a 6-digit code. This is what keeps postings tied to a real person instead of anonymous spam.

Step 1

My posts

Log in to see and manage what you've posted.

Watched course codes

Highlights matching listings when you're viewing that college's board — this doesn't email or push-notify you yet, since real alerts need a backend job, not just a browser tab.

Watch a course code from any college's marketplace board to see it here.

Reports I've filed

Shows here in-app once an admin reviews it — no email yet either, for the same reason as above.

Log in to see reports you've filed.

Syllabank+

Early access & extra perks

This is a concept preview, not a live billing system — no payment is collected anywhere on this page.

Planned perks

What Syllabank+ would include

  • No limit on active marketplace listings
  • Early access to new campus integrations first
  • Priority on requested study-help topics
  • An ad-free layout (there are no ads today either)

None of this is built yet — it's a placeholder for what a paid tier could offer later.

Join the early-access list

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Beyond textbooks

Campus essentials worth knowing

The offices and programs most students don't find out about until sophomore year.

Financial aid office
Ask about a "textbook scholarship" or "book voucher" fund specifically.
Food pantry
Most campuses run one now, usually through student affairs — no proof of need required at most.
Tutoring & writing center
Free, tuition-funded, and often under-used.
Registrar
Confirms your exact required edition before you buy anything.
Disability / accessibility services
Can provide accessible digital textbook formats at no cost if you qualify.