Open Educational Resources (OER)

Searchable collection of open textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at a low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.

All books in the Open Textbook Library have an open license, are complete textbooks, and are available as a portable file (e.g. PDF, ePub).

The Open Textbook Library is supported by the Center for Open Education and the Open Textbook Network.
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Kishwaukee College has access to the Open Textbook Library via Library SmartSearch.

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Look under "Tweak Your Results" on the left and select Author/Creator. Click Open Textbook Library

A nonprofit organization and initiative of Rice University committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. OpenStax provides access to free, peer-reviewed textbooks.

Curates and provides access to a listing of open textbooks in mathematics. These open textbooks are available in digital format, but can also be ordered in print format for a reasonable price.

Features curated collections of Open Textbooks and supplementary resources organized by discipline and provider. Includes the following disciplines: Applied Science, Arts and Humanities; Business & Communications; Career & Technical Education; Education; U.S. & World History; Law; Life Science; Mathematics; Physical Science; Anthropology, Archeology, Cultural Geography & Linguistics; Economics; Political Science; Sociology & Social Work; and Psychology.

Subject-based list of open & free textbooks that may be appropriate for community college courses. Most textbooks have Creative Commons licensing, GNU-Free Document Licenses, or are government documents that reside in the public domain.

LibreText provides open access textbooks and courses covering many disciplines.

LOUIS – the consortium in Louisiana who also received a U.S. Department of Education grant to create open textbooks. Their project was to create resources for dual enrollment courses.

The Pressbooks Collections Hub is a space to explore and find great open textbooks to adopt and/or adapt for the classroom. Pressbooks Directory provides an index of 5,041 books published across 143 Pressbooks networks in many college disciplines.

Search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from many different sources and contains thousands of records. OASIS is being developed and updated by SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.

Helps you find Open Educational Resources. The OER Metafinder launches a real-time, simultaneous search across 21 different sources of open educational materials as you hit the Search button. Sponsored by George Mason University.

collection of shareable course materials, including syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments designed by teams of college faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and other experts. Some of our materials (also called open educational resources, or OER) are paired with low cost textbooks ($30 or less). Many of the courses can be taught at no cost to students. Unless otherwise noted, all materials are shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY) license. OCL courses and materials have undergone testing for accessibility and have been designed using the industry-standard Quality Matters (QM) rubric for assessing the quality of online courses.

Growing selection of open textbooks for a variety of subjects and specialties. Discover open textbooks that have been reviewed by faculty, meet our accessibility requirements, and/or include ancillary materials (quizzes, test banks, slides, videos, etc.).

Search for Open Educational Resources by academic disciplines.

A catalog of textbooks in the STEM fields such as Math, Computer Science, Engineering, and others.

Titles from 1982-2004 and includes almost 2,000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. More than 700 of the titles are available to the public.

Collection of open textbooks on writing gathered by faculty and staff at Colorado State University.