Open Educational Resources (OER): Websites

CDC increases the health security of our nation. As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats.

The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books.

The Homeland Security Digital Library is a collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. Topics include maritime, unmanned aerial systems, terrorism, epidemics, and many more.

The Mason OER Metafinder launches a real-time, simultaneous search across 21 different sources of open educational materials as you hit the Search button.

The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.

Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 117 different sources and contains 388,707 records. OASIS is being developed at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.

OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.

The best free cultural and educational media on the web.

Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.

OpenStax publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks that are absolutely free online and low cost in print.

This list of OER was compiled by the University of Pittsburgh libraries. The list of open educational resources includes complete courses, open access books, large repositories, multimedia, images, and artwork.

USAGov's mission is to make it easier for everyone to find and understand the government services and information they need--anytime, anywhere, any way they want.

ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

Launched in 2009, the World Digital Library (WDL) was a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, with the support of UNESCO, and contributions from libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations around the world. The WDL sought to preserve and share some of the world’s most important cultural objects, increasing access to cultural treasures and significant historical documents to enable discovery, scholarship, and use.

Books, manuscripts, maps, and other primary materials on the site are presented in their original languages. More than 100 languages are represented in the WDL collection, including many lesser known and endangered languages.