Please take about 20 minutes to practices finding OER in an OER repository. You can use the Library's OER research guide for guidance or use the direct links below. Take notes because you'll be asked to reflect on where you searched and what you found.

General Search

OER Commons
Find a wide variety of open resources, mostly in bite-size chunks for easy collection and remixing. Created by Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, supported in part by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
OASIS - OER search engine by SUNY Geneseo
Gathered more than 155,000+ records from 52 different sources that have been carefully selected in collaboration with SUNY OER Services. Some of the features of OASIS include the ability to limit search results by license, type, subject, source, and reviews available. Through OASIS, you can also suggest new sources to be added to the catalog and/or share items of interest through email.

Open Textbook Search

Open Textbook Library
An open textbook repository hosted by Center for Open Education based at University of Minnesota. All books have been "reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality".
College Open Textbooks
Organized by subject and with faculty reviews. A collection of colleges, governmental agencies, education non-profits, and other education-related organizations that are focused on the mission of driving awareness, adoptions, and affordability of open textbooks. Hosted by a consortia of twenty-nine educational non-profit and for-profit organizations
OpenStax
Peer-reviewed texts written by professional content developers. A nonprofit based at Rice University and supported by several foundations. Free online and has the option to order a print book at low-cost.
Open SUNY Textbooks
State University of New York's open textbook publishing initiative repository. supported by SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants.
BCcampus OpenEd
A repository of open textbooks, peer reviewed and adapted by faculty in British Columbia, Canada. Can be browsed by subjects.
Textbook Revolution
A student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials by teachers and professors. Pay attention to the license status of the book found here. Many of them may not be openly licensed.

Complete Courses

Modular Course Components

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Teaching and Learning
Global resources by higher education faculty, staff, and students. Learning materials include lesson plans, images, videos, syllubi, quizzes, exams, and even textbooks.
OpenStax CNX (Originally Connexions)
"a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc." Can also host your original content.