Students today are navigating more than just textbooks. They’re facing information overload, unfamiliar tools, and AI that often raises more questions than it answers. But learning doesn’t have to feel like that.
Introducing Bookshelf+, an AI-powered study partner that provides in-book support, helping students stay focused, confident and engaged, without ever leaving the instructor assigned content.
It’s not another chatbot. Bookshelf+ is based on a decades of learning science research and was developed with one purpose: to help students engage more deeply with instructor-assigned content. No switching tools. No guessing what’s credible.
Simply put, Bookshelf+ is what happens when AI meets learning science.
What can students do with Bookshelf+?
They can ask their book a question. Break down complex concepts. Compare key terms. Generate flashcards. Hear a passage read aloud in a natural, human voice. Even study in their preferred language. All rooted in the course content assigned by their instructor.
For instructors, it means AI that reinforces, not replaces, the work they’ve already done to select the right content. It’s a tool aligned with academic goals and instructional choices, not at odds with them.
For institutions, it’s AI with guardrails. Responsible, scalable, and grounded in decades of research on how students learn. Every response stays within the secure Bookshelf platform. Every interaction respects privacy. Every use supports insight, not surveillance.
And for publishers, Bookshelf+ amplifies the value of the content they’ve created. It deepens engagement without changing a word and provides new value to students without ever leaving the book.
Bookshelf+ includes:
This is AI done right because it has to be.
Bookshelf+ is trusted, grounded in learning science and built for today’s learner.
See what happens when AI meets learning science. Explore Bookshelf+ now.
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