Follow the steps below to locate relevant Open Educational Resources for your courses in the search engines and repositories listed at the bottom of the page:
Be Prepared to Invest Your Time: There is a growing number of OER in a variety of search engines and repositories and you will need to evaluate materials that will best meet your needs.
Consider What You Want: Rather than approaching your search intending to replace an existing textbook, focus on the learning outcomes you want for your students when finding and evaluating materials.
Browse to Relevant Subject Collections: Many OER repositories offer a breakdown of materials by subject area. Eliminate unnecessary subjects by limiting your search field to the relevant subject category.
Select Keywords: Similar to searching for other materials for teaching and research, identify keywords that align with your course content and learning goals.
Evaluate Promising OER: Use the Evaluating OER section of this guide to assess the relevance and quality of the OER you have selected.
Ask for Help: If you are having trouble locating relevant materials, contact one of our Research Librarians for a consultation.
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 115 different sources and contains over 440,000 records.
A public repository with over 2,000 textbooks. Hover over "Explore the Library" for a subject list. You may customize up to 5 texts or courses and store them in their Campus Bookshelves.
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) consists of thousands of open learning materials, which are reviewed for suitability for retention in the collection and some undergo a more extensive peer-review process. You may also sign up to become a peer-reviewer.
A public digital library of open educational resources from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Contains almost 200 health sciences resources.
A repository of high-quality open-access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, lectures, etc., curated by librarians and their institutions.
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 115 different sources and contains over 440,000 records.
A tool for learning about evidence based practice and a portal to evidence based practice resources. It contains 2 paths: one for public health nursing professionals and one for nursing professionals working in acute and ambulatory care.
A tool for learning about evidence based practice and a portal to evidence based practice resources. The guide was developed with a primary audience of acute & ambulatory care nurses but may be of interest to everyone interested in learning more about evidence based practice.
A tool for learning about evidence based practice and a portal to evidence based practice resources. The guide was developed with a primary audience of public health professionals but will be of interest to everyone interested in learning more about evidence based practice.
A tool for learning about evidence based practice and a portal to evidence based practice resources. The guide was developed with a primary audience of public health nurses but will be of interest to everyone interested in learning more about evidence based practice.
Part of the LibreTexts Medicine collection contains a subset of nursing textbooks. You may customize up to 5 texts or courses and store them in their Campus Bookshelves.
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) includes over 1,500 open learning materials in their nursing collection, which are reviewed for suitability for retention in the collection and some undergo a more extensive peer-review process.
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) includes over 200 nursing education open learning materials, which are reviewed for suitability for retention in the collection and some undergo a more extensive peer-review process.
Includes 7 OER Nursing Textbooks that incorporate virtual simulations developed by faculty based on the Wisconsin Technical College System State Nursing curriculum and the current NCLEX-RN Test Plan. Textbooks undergo national peer review by faculty, deans, industry members, and nursing students. This project was funded by a $2.5 million dollar grant from the Department of Education. Additional textbooks are expected to be added in the future.