OERs / Open Access

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Is a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service which aims to create a collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone. It has 5,740,091 records from 522 different institutions.

OER Commons, created by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, was developed to serve curriculum experts and educators in discovering open educational resources (OER) and collaborating around the use, evaluation, and improvement of those materials. Resources on the site can be searched and filtered using an expanded set of descriptive data, including conditions of use. Teachers, students, and others enrich this “metadata” when they tag, rate, and review materials, and share what works for them.

Coverage: The Old Farmer’s Almanac is an online version of the North America’s oldest continuously published periodical.
Subject: General Works

Is a websites that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the internet. Listing over 20,000 free books on the Web.

Coverage: Contains collections of Open Access Journals (e.g. Directory of Open Access Journals) and journals in the special programs (Hinari, Agora, OARE).
Other programs will be added in the near future: INASP-PERI, eJDS.
Subject: General Works; History; Geography and Recreation; Social Sciences; Political Sciences; Law; Agriculture; Fine Arts; Education; Science and Technology.

 

Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization. The library currently includes 783 textbooks, with more being added all the time. The Open Textbook Library is supported by the Center for Open Education and the Open Education Network.

(Formerly OpenStax College) Is a nonprofit ed-tech initiative based at Rice University. Since 2012, OpenStax has created peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks, which are available in free digital formats and for a low cost in print. Most books are also available in Kindle versions on Amazon.com and in the iBooks Store. OpenStax’s first textbook was College Physics, which was published online, in print, and in iBooks in 2012. OpenStax has also launched OpenStax Tutor Beta, an adaptive courseware based on cognitive science principles, machine learning, and OpenStax content.

Is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a non-profit organizationcommited to making scientific and medical literature a public resource.

Is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published monthly by the Public Library of Science (PLoS). Subjects include bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions and viruses cause of plethora of diseases that have important medical, agricultural, and economic consequences.

Is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.

Is a freely accessible database created by NIH in 2004 to provide information abaut small organic molecules. It is designed for use as a research tool and as a starting point that may lead to the development of new medications. The database connects chemical information with biomedical research and clinical information, organizing facts in numerous databases into a unified whole.

Is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature. PMC currently provides free and unrestricted access to the full text of 104 life sciences journals, with more to come.

Is the first online library that provides access to the world’s largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles.