Evangel University Libraries: Open Educational Resources: Find OER

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Google Advanced Search
Search by usage rights for content published on the Internet under open license. Choose "free to use share or modify" or any other category.
Mason OER Metafinder
Real-time federated search for OER content across 21 resources, including MERLOT and OER Commons

LibreTexts Library Tour

Popular Open Textbooks Collections & OER Repositories

LibreTexts
LibreTexts provides 300+ learning objects related to math, science, and social sciences, including textbooks, ancillary materials such as 3D visualizations and simulations, lab experiments, homework exercises, and course shells.
OER Remixer allows instructors to adapt and assemble texts drawing from content across the LibreText platform. The platform offers Print-on-Demand options.

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Under "Explore the Libraries" tab you will find all subject areas in English and Spanish.
Open Textbook Library
Created by the University of Minnesota to support development of high-quality open textbooks in various subjects. Peer-reviewed.
SUNY OER
Open ready-to-adopt textbooks curated by subject areas. All of them contain ancilllary materials and faculty resources.
MERLOT
Free, peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials maintained by the California State University System. NOTE: Not all materials are openly licensed or free of charge. To search for these specifically, use the Advanced Search option and search by License.
OpenStax
Initiated by Rice University, their free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed to ensure they meet the scope and sequence requirements of college introductory courses.
BC Campus OpenEd
Open textbooks for the first- and second-year subject areas in the British Columbia's public, post-secondary system. Searchable by "ancillary resources," "faculty reviewed" tags. Print-on-demand options available.

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Textbooks with ancillary resources: https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?lists=ancillary
Open Culture - Textbooks
Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgeable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. Below, find a meta list of 200 Free Textbooks, and check back often for new additions.
OASIS
Wide breadth of materials including textbooks, images, videos, audiobooks, MOOCs and other learning objects.
Khan Academy
Practice exercises, instructional videos, and reference materials.
University of North Georgia
Textbooks and OER with focus on literature, history, art, music, American government, accounting.

OER Commons

Open Textbooks Hub
Free, adaptable, openly licensed textbooks and supplemental resources.
OER Commons - Advanced Search
Provides college-level open textbooks from higher education institutions around the world. Content can be searched by level of education, subject area, material type, media format, and more.

OER by Material Type

Open Education Consortium
OER can include full courses, textbooks, or any instructional materials. Search the collections assembled by the OE Consortium by: OER Repositories; Open Textbooks; Open CourseWare; Open Access Journals; Open Books; Digital Media.
Finding OER
Search by General OER Collections, Textbooks, Course Materials, Books and Journals, Image, Video, and Audio, and Primary Sources in this guide provided by East Tennessee State University Libraries.
XanEdu - Custom Book Catalog
Find a book to fit your course. Custom books authored by faculty at institutions around the world at affordable prices. Check the educators' resources, including options for publishing your own custom book, course pack, lab manual, and more.