LibGuides: No-cost course materials &amp; Open Educational Resources (OER): Find no-cost material

Find textbooks, course materials, and more in one search

The resources listed in this box allow you to search for a range of course materials--including textbooks, syllabi, lectures notes, videos, and more--in a single search.

Note that because these sites search a wide range of sources and types of resources, you're likely to get a large number of results. If you're looking specifically for textbooks, or would like to browse for materials within a specific discipline, see the resources listed in the other boxes on this page.

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OER Commons
Find open textbooks, full university courses, interactive mini-lessons and simulations, and other course material
MERLOT
Curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
OASIS
Searches across nearly 100 sources of open material, including textbooks, courses, and course materials

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Mason OER Metafinder (MOM)
Searches across 21 sources of OER, including textbook collections
GALILEO Open Learning Materials
OER materials from the University System of Georgia, including open textbooks
LibreTexts
Open textbooks and courses in a variety of disciplines developed by faculty, scholars, and students. Material in LibreTexts is not peer-reviewed.
LabXchange
Find textbooks, videos, course materials, simulations and more in a variety of scientific disciplines.

Find open textbooks

Resources listed here search collections of open textbooks. If you're interested in scholarly monographs or edited volumes, see the Find open scholarly books box.

Open Textbook Library
A collection of textbooks that have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher-ed institutions, or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.
OpenStax
Free peer-reviewed college textbooks.
Lumen Learning
Lumen offers complete digital courses, but the texts for each course are accessible without having to request access to the full course.
BC Campus
A collection of openly-licensed textbooks
Pressbooks Directory
An index of open books & textbooks published by a variety of institutions. Search and filter by keyword, subject matter, license, and more.
Milne Open Textbooks
A catalog of open textbooks authored and peer-reviewed by SUNY faculty and staff.
ISBN search
Enter the ISBN of your current textbook to see suggestions for related free online course materials

Find open scholarly books

Directory of Open Access Books
A directory of peer-reviewed academic open access titles
Library of Congress Open Access Books
Contemporary open access e-books from the Library of Congress collection. Searchable by subject, language, location, and date.
Open Research Library
A platform to discover open access book content.
NCBI Bookshelf
Online books on medicine and public health, from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Find free materials by discipline

The resources listed here allow you to browse for open course material -- including textbooks, syllabi, journals, and more -- by a particular subject or discpline.

OER by Discipline Directory
A list of open educational resources organized by discipline, updated as new ones are identified
OER subject guides
Guides to OER broken out by discipline. Compiled by librarians at Tacoma Community College.
OER by subject
Choose your subject from the list to see suggestions of textbooks, courses, and more
Open Textbooks for Engineering
A listing of open textbooks organized by engineering discipline.

Course material & syllabi

Lumen Learning
Digital courseware with interactive learning content and online homework.
Humanities Commons syllabi
Course syllabi shared by humanities scholars
MIT OpenCourseWare
Openly-available versions of MIT course content
Open Michigan
Course materials, videos, lectures, student work and more from the University of Michigan
Open Yale Courses
Free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught at Yale
Saylor Academy
Nearly 100 full-length courses at the college and professional levels.
Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets
Primary source collections exploring topics in history, literature, and culture developed by educators, with teaching guides for class use.
Project Biodiversify
A repository of teaching materials and methods aimed at enhancing human diversity and inclusivity in biology courses.

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