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Open Access & Open Educational Resources (OER): Additional Open Access Resources

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DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA

Discover 51,293,811 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.

FLICKR

This group is for people who contribute their photos to the public domain, meaning that anyone can modify their photos, use it for commercial purposes and without the need for contribution.

PIXABAY

Find your perfect royalty-free image or video to download and use. ✓ Royalty-free ✓ No attribution required ✓ High quality images.

VECTOR STOCK

Download Free Vector Art, Stock Images, Free Graphic Vectors, Free Vector Clipart, High-res Vector Images, Free Symbols, Icons, Vector Silhouettes and more.

Additional Resources

CORE

A search engine for open access research papers.

GALILEO

GALILEO Open Learning Materials brings together open educational resources throughout the University System of Georgia, including open textbooks and ancillary materials.

THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOR OPEN SCHOLARSHIP (HELIOS Open)

The Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS Open) is a cohort of colleges and universities committed to collective action to advance open scholarship within and across their campuses. Leaders from US colleges and universities have joined this community of practice, working together to promote a more transparent, inclusive, and trustworthy research ecosystem.

INTERNET ARCHIVE

A non-profit digital library with millions of free ebooks, audio recordings, videos, images, and more.

LIBRETEXTS

LibreTexts is the adaptable, user-friendly open education resource platform that educators trust for creating, customizing, and sharing accessible, interactive textbooks, adaptive homework, and ancillary materials. We collaborate with individuals and organizations to champion open education initiatives, support institutional publishing programs, drive curriculum development projects, and more.

MASON OER METAFINDER (MOM)

Real-time federated search for OER content.

https://oer.deepwebaccess.com/oer/desktop/en/search.html

Additional Resources (cont)

MERCKS MANUALS

The Merck Manuals are a comprehensive medical information source covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine. They are offered as a free public service to health care professionals and the general public.

MERRIAM-WEBSTER MEDICAL DICTIONARY

Search the most up-to-date and comprehensive medical dictionary from the reference experts at Merriam-Webster.

MIT OPENCOURSEWARE

MIT OpenCourseWare is a web based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. Since 2001, MIT OpenCourseWare has been creating new opportunities for millions of learners and educators, sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) from MIT and helping to lead a global revolution in free access to knowledge”

OASIS

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 115 different sources and contains 455,499 records.

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.

OPENSTAX 

OpenStax is the world’s largest publisher of open education resources (OER) and a provider of interactive learning technologies and education research for high school and college. We are a nonprofit initiative of Rice University.

OPEN@WRLC.ORG

Make a difference in your students' lives with free, openly-licensed classroom materials. Open Educational Resources (OER) are free or low-cost alternatives to costly commercial classroom materials. They are peer-reviewed and published with an open license, which gives professors the ability to download, edit, and share them without worrying about copyright. 

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