Please take about 20 minutes to practices finding OERs in one of the repositories below. Feel free to use the links provided here or to consult the Library's OER research guide for assistance. Please take a few notes during the process because we will be asking you to reflect on where you searched and what you found. If you find that you particularly like or dislike a repository, note that as well.

General Search

OER Commons
Offers 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
Compiles over 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 the Center for Open Education at the 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 includes faculty reviews. Supported by a collection of colleges, governmental agencies, educational non-profits, and other education-related organizations that are focused on driving awareness, adoption, 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 viewing with the option to order a low-cost print copy.
Open SUNY Textbooks
Repository for the State University of New York's open textbook publishing initiative. Supported by SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants.
BCcampus OpenEd
A repository of open textbooks that have been peer reviewed and adapted by faculty in British Columbia. Can be browsed by subject.
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 books 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, syllabi, 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.