Skip to Main Content

Open Education Resources

Finding Open Textbooks

Screenshot of OER By Discipline Guide cover. The title, "OER By Discipline Guide: McMaster University" appears in white letters on a maroon background.

Published by librarians at McMaster University, the OER By Discipline Guide lists relevant open textbooks for subject areas ranging from the liberal arts and social sciences to engineering. 

OpenStax logo The words "OpenStax" appear in dark gray print against a white background. A series of horizontal lines (green, orange, gray, yellow, dark blue) are used to represent stacked textbooks.

An open textbook project developed at Rice University, OpenStax offers open introductory textbooks that can be accessed in different formats. Books are also available in print, for a fee. All OpenStax texts have a CC-BY license, which allows users to remix and redistribute the work, so long as the original work is credited. 

 

  • Some OpenStax resources offer ancillary materials which are assignable in Canvas.  Directions can be found here.

The LibreText Commons hosts curated Open Educational Resources from all 16 libraries in the LibreVerse in one convenient location. We believe everyone should have access to knowledge and we are happy to share our OER corpus to everyone completely free.

 

LibreTexts is the adaptable, user-friendly non-profit open education resource platform that educators trust for creating, customizing, and sharing accessible, interactive textbooks, adaptive homework, and ancillary materials. We collaborate with individuals and organizations to champion open education initiatives, support institutional publishing programs, drive curriculum development projects, and more.

Open Textbook Library logo. "Open Textbook Library" appears in black font on a white background. An icon in the shape of a diamond, with pink, orange, marigold and purple sides, appears to the left of the words.

The Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota hosts nearly 700 open textbooks in a range of disciplines, which can be downloaded in multiple formats. Pay attention to the Creative Commons license of any book you may want to use, as remixes may not be a permitted use. 

Open Textbooks at OER Commons offers curated collections of textbooks by subject as well as links to Higher Education Open Providers.  The collection offers links to repositories sponsored by different institutions, such as: BC Campus, CUNY Academic Works, OpenOregon, and more.