LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Finding OER

Finding OER

Mason OER Metafinder
This popular filter searches well-known OER repositories like OpenStax, OER Commons, MERLOT and sites like HathiTrust, DPLA, Internet Archive, and NYPL Digital Collections
Oasis
Oasis is a search engine developed at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library that searches open content from 114 different sources and contains 440,336 records
Open Stax
Peer-reviewed and openly-licensed textbooks on a variety of college-level topics
Merlot
Merlot is a repository of OER created by an international community of scholars and educators
Open Textbook Library
A repository of open textbooks that are reviewed by teaching faculty.
OER commons
“OER Commons offers a comprehensive infrastructure for curriculum experts and instructors at all levels to identify high-quality OER and collaborate around their adaptation, evaluation, and use to address the needs of teachers and learners.” (from the OER Commons Website) OER Commons was created by the nonprofit ISKME or the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
Open NCCC
Open NCCC is an OER initiative created by the North Carolina Community College System. This site is a place to discover and create OER as well as collaborate with faculty and staff across the system. It is a microsite of OER Commons.

This is not a comprehensive list of all OER sites. If you have any suggestions or questions please contact Jennifer Smith in the ACC Library Jennifer.Smith@alamancecc.edu

For other information about OER and adding resources to your courses contact the Distance Learning Office and Jennifer Jones.

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As an ACC student, you can check out a variety of different types of library materials. Here's a brief selection of what is offered.

Check out limits - 7 items at a time
Books - 7 books for 30 days
DVDs - 2 DVDs for one week
Audiobooks - 2 audiobooks for 30 days
Magazines - for use only in the library

In order to check out library materials, you are required to present your ACC student ID. If you do not have a student ID, please review this information on how to obtain one.