Subject Guides

Open Educational Resources (OER)

This guide provides details about how the open access movement is impacting academic education and how to find appropriate low cost or zero cost materials for academic courses.

OER Sites

Multiformat

MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons
OERs provided through a network of educators
National Science Digital Library
Provides open access to STEM resources
Creative Commons Search
Combines the power of multiple sites to search for materials that have a CC license
Open Learn Works
Free educational projects
Internet Archive
An archive of millions of free digital materials
Digital Commons Network
Search across hundreds of institutional repositories
Jorum
UK repository for discovering OER

How to Google Open Resources

Visit Google Advanced Search, scroll down to Usage Rights option and select "Free to use, share, or modify"