Search Tools
Want to see if there is OER out there for your discipline or course topic? Try these search tools to explore OER across many, many formats and institutions.
Overwhelmed? Keep in mind that if you are looking for a specific type of material (i.e., a textbook, or an open data set) it may be more useful to explore the focused collections found on the Open Textbooks and Open Access tabs of this guide. You might also consider working with a librarian to find suitable material.
- OASIS
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. Developed by SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library. - Mason OER Metafinder
Developed by George Mason University, MOM launches a real-time, simultaneous search across 21 different sources of open educational materials as you hit the Search button. - Merlot
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. Tens of thousands of learning modules, tutorials, readings, videos, textbooks, etc., all available for educational use.
Browse Open Textbook Collections
Browse these collections for entire textbooks to adopt, remix, and/or revise as licensing permits.
- Open Textbook LibraryUniversity of Minnesota's comprehensive listing of open textbooks, complete with faculty reviews.
- OpenStaxPeer-reviewed, openly licensed, 100% free. Hosted by Rice University.
- College Open TextbooksAggregation site with a focus on trying to develop better peer review of OERs. Search by subject, reviews and accessibility. Funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
- Directory of Open Access BooksSearch across many publishers and repositories at once.
- Milne Open Textbooks (formerly Open SUNY Textbooks)Milne Library Publishing at SUNY Geneseo manages and maintains Milne Open Textbooks, a catalog of open textbooks authored and peer-reviewed by SUNY faculty and staff. Milne Open Textbooks began as the project Open SUNY Textbooks: an open access textbook publishing initiative established by State University of New York libraries and supported by SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants.
- BC Campus Open EdThe B.C. Open Textbook Collection is home to a growing selection of open textbooks for a variety of subjects and specialties. Discover open textbooks that have been reviewed by faculty, meet accessibility requirements, and include ancillary materials (quizzes, test banks, slides, videos, etc.).
- OER CommonsRepository of OER materials including textbooks, activities, video, images, case studies, etc.