“Textbooks in the Open Textbook Library are considered open because they are free to use and distribute and are licensed to be freely adapted or changed with proper attribution.”
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 114 different sources and contains 440,336 records.
“The MERLOT” system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners, and researchers.”
OER Commons: “OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
OpenIllinois is another way to access OER Commons, and one can find OER specific to Illinois through CARLI (The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries of Illinois), of which Benedictine University Library is a member. OpenIllinois also endorses OER as means of review.
“The LibreTexts mission is to unite students, faculty and scholars in a cooperative effort to develop an easy-to-use online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of open educational resources (OER) to reduce the burdens of unreasonable textbook costs to our students and society.”
OER Project through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—full courses on social sciences, such as climate change and world history—hope to expand to other subject areas soon. It also includes an imbedded essay scoring platform and learning supports to enhance the courses
This search from the California State University system allows you to enter a textbook ISBN to find related free resources. This may be useful if you are looking to replace a standard text with something similar. This won't necessarily find all relevant open resources, so use other methods as well.
