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Online Resources from University of Kentucky Libraries

Here is a list of free online resources made available by the University of Kentucky Libraries. Tools for finding free educational materials are shown in the box on the right.

Open Monographs and Textbooks

The following books are openly licensed and freely available online to everyone, researchers, instructors, and learners alike. If you are interested in finding out more about openly licensed textbooks, visit the Alternative Textbooks (Open Education Resources) guide.

Indexes and Repositories of Free Educational Materials

These tools are helpful for quick and comprehensive searches:

OASIS from SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library
Mason OER Metafinder from George Mason University Libraries

The following resources are also useful in finding available educational resources:

Open Textbook Library
Based at the University of Minnesota, the Open Textbook Library offers an expanding catalog of openly licensed textbooks that have been reviewed by faculty members.
MERLOT
Supported by an international community of higher education institutions, MERLOT provides access to free online teaching and learning materials.
OER Commons
This is an extensive index of openly licensed online resources for a variety of subjects at different education levels. OER Commons also encourages educators to form Hubs to create, organize, and share instructional materials.
OpenStax CNX
Operating out of Rice University, this repository carries both books and learning objects that are freely accessible online.
COOL4ed: Find FREE and OPEN eTextbooks
People can use this tool to find free and open textbooks from different sources. They can also enter the ISBN of a book to find related free textbooks.
Open Oregon: Educational Resources
This list shows what Oregon community college instructors have used to replace commercial textbooks. Those resources might be suitable for similar courses at other institutions.
WAC Clearinghouse
Supported by Colorado State University, the WAC Clearinghouse enables "scholarly exchange about communication across the disciplines."
SkillsCommon
This repository holds free and open learning materials for "job-driven workforce development." The materials were developed by community colleges across the US.
College Open Textbooks
This initiative aims to promote the adoption of open textbooks among community colleges and for the first two years (lower division) of universities.
OpenLearn Subjects
Powered by The Open University, this site divides thousands of free online learning resources into eight broad categories.
Open Learning Initiative Independent Learner Courses
The Open Learning Initiative provides free learning materials about languages and STEM subjects.
Teaching Commons
Maintained by Berkeley Electronic Press, this resource aggregates free textbooks and educational materials made available by higher education institutions.
2012 Book Archive
This is an archive of openly licensed entry-level college textbooks.
Open Culture
This site indexes a variety of cultural and educational materials, including textbooks, eBooks, audio books, and movies.
The Orange Grove
As Florida's repository of open educational resources, it holds openly licensed materials for higher education, vocational education, and continuing education.
PLOS Collections
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has curated collections of peer-reviewed journal articles on a variety of topics for research and educational purposes.
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
Operated by Bielefeld University Library in Germany, BASE indexes academic resources that are freely accessible online.
CORE
CORE is a free service that facilitates searches for and access to millions of open access research papers.
Paperity
This is a multidisciplinary index of open access journal articles that can be reused for research and educational purposes.