Search within these recommended collections of OER materials to find materials.
Please don't hesitate to ask a librarian for suggestions! The best places to search may vary for your field.
These collections are associated with individual schools or curated by an organization.
Search in Spartan Search, the library catalog, to find thousands of open-access books and articles, some of which are OER.
Use the "open access" filter on the left side of your results to narrow to this type of material. As a reminder, OA materials are freely available but usually do not allow retaining, redistributing, remixing, or revising as an OER would.
You can search for OER in general search locations, although it may be frustrating if not done well. These are tips for more effective internet searches for OER.
Include "cc by" in quotation marks in the search bar to require an open license phrase is found in your results.
Internet searches like this one will return individual works, subject-focused collections, and library guides.
Add the word libguide to your search to find librarian-curated bibliographies. Look for urls with the word libguide or an educational institution's name.
Many search interfaces, including Google, have options to filter results by Usage Rights.
In Image and Video results, find these options under the Tools drop-down.
For typical web searches, find this option through the Advanced Search.
