Finding by Discipline
There are numerous websites, repositories, and metasearch interfaces to help you locate OER beyond the few examples listed on the main page of this guide. Use the tabs on the left to browse OER and OA sources by discipline.
General/Multi-Discipline
- OASIS - Openly Available Sources Integrated Search This link opens in a new windowSelect "OER by Subject" at the top of the page: Anatomy & Physiology -- Anthropology -- Astronomy -- Biology -- Business -- Chemistry -- College Success -- Composition -- Earth Sciences -- Economics -- Education -- Fine Art -- Health & Nutrition -- History -- Humanities -- Information Literacy -- Literature -- Math -- Music -- Philosophy -- Physics -- Political Science -- Psychology -- Public Speaking -- Sociology -- Technical Writing -- Technology -- Women's Studies
- MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching) This link opens in a new window
- LibreTexts"The LibreTexts mission is to unite students, faculty and scholars in a cooperative effort to develop an easy-to-use online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of open educational resources (OER) to reduce the burdens of unreasonable textbook costs to our students and society."
Subjects: Biology, Business, Chemistry, Engineering, Geosciences, Humanities, Mathematics, Medicine, Photosciences, Physics, Social Sciences, Statistics - OPEN FL Student Open Access Resources (SOAR)A statewide, internet-based, searchable database of Open Education Resources (OER) curated by the students, librarians, faculty, and staff from the Florida College System (FCS) and State University System (SUS) institutions.
Credit
Appreciation to Ciara Hensley (UCF Adjunct Librarian, Spring 2018) for locating various open text collections and identifying which collections are likely sources for specific disciplines. The lists continue to be updated by current UCF Librarians.