Research Guides: Faculty Library FAQ: Open Access Textbooks

Open Educational Resources

Open educational resources (OER) are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes. There is no universal usage of open file formats in OER.

The term OER describes publicly accessible materials and resources for any user to use, re-mix, improve and redistribute under some licenses.^{[1] -- Wikipedia}

Search Resources below to find OER.

George Mason Open Access Resource Metafinder
Find open access education resources that can be downloaded free or for minimal cost. HINT: select specific databases below the search window. This can add up to significant savings for students.
Open Textbooks from eCampusOntario
eCampusOntario has created this new virtual Open Textbook Library, established to offer learners a repository of resources which are licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. With 180-texts available, and growing, educators from a variety of colleges and universities reviewed these texts to assess their quality and alignment to popular, post-secondary subject matter. Learners can download any of the textbooks for no cost or print at low cost.