SCSU Hilton C. Buley Library: Open Access and Open Educational Resources: Find OER

OER Search

CSCU Open
A network among CSCU libraries, supporting faculty in locating and adopting more affordable, quality educational content for their students.
CT Open Ed Resources
A Connecticut initiative to support OER in K-12 and universities.
GoOpen CT
The State of Connecticut’s public digital library of open educational resources by and for teachers, professors, students, and education leaders.

Visit the links below to browse libraries of OER materials.

Mason OER Metafinder (MOM)
Search 22 OER sites at the same time. More about MOM.
MERLOT
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.
OASIS
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.
Open Education Network's Open Textbook Library
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.
OpenStax
High-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks that are free online and low cost in print.
Open Syllabus - OER Metrics
OER Metrics tracks the adoption of openly-licensed textbooks and monographs in higher education, using licensing information from the Open Textbook Library and the Directory of Open Access Books.

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YouTube: Videos searchable by CC license

Google Images: Searchable by usage rights

Creative Commons: CC licensed video, audio, literary works, etc.

CCSearch: For now, images only

Flickr: The Commons: Institutions share images with "no known copyright restrictions" including those in the public domain

Flickr CC: Images are arranged and searchable by CC license

Wikimedia Commons: Images, videos, audio files searchable by CC license and public domain

The Public Domain Review: The journal hosts collections of public domain video, audio, images, books

Videvo: Free stock footage

Internet Archive: Free books, movies, music, etc.

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