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OER Commons Advanced Search
Link out to the advanced search option for OER Commons.
Google Advanced Search
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Google Advanced Search Screen
PDF of an example search for an introductory health open textbook.

The Mason OER Metafinder (MOM)
Real-time federated search for OER content.
Information Request
Use this online form to request information on Open Educational Resources available for your course or discipline.

Recommending OER for Adoption

Administrative Review

Department Chair/Program Director

Approval/Rejection: complete the OER Adoption Checklist and submit to the appropriate Associate Dean or Dean

Associate Deans/Dean

Submit approved package to the Dean of Instruction along with Implementation Plan

BC OpenEd
A curated collection of open textbooks, many reviewed by British Columbia faculty.
OpenStax
Peer-reviewed. Openly licensed. 100% free. And backed by additional learning resources. Review our OpenStax textbooks and decide if they are right for your course. Simple to adopt, free to use. We make it easy to improve student access to higher education.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 53,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
Open RN
The Open Resources for Nursing program, hosted by Chippewa Valley Technical College and funded in part by the Department of Education, is creating open access textbooks for nursing. As of 2021, they have books on pharmacology, nursing skills, and nursing fundamentals with more to come.
Open Textbook Library
Hosted by the University of Minnesota, Open Textbook Library provides access to almost a thousand open textbooks in a variety of subjects. More textbooks are in development, so if you don't see what you need, check back again soon.