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OER Basics: Best Places to Look for OER

Where do I look? How do I know if it's valid

OER = Open Educational Resources, educational resources online that are open to anyone. The big questions with OER are generally, "Where do I look for OER materials?" and "How do I know if a source is high quality or valid?" This page will provide good places to seek out OER materials that have been vetted for accuracy and that other acacemic institutions are using. Please contact me with any questions.

Jeff Wahl, Library Director, CSU Global, jeffrey.wahl@csuglobal.edu, (720) 830-8790.

Easiest places to search

Other good places to search

OER LibGuides

A great way to search the Internet for OER resource is to seek out LibGuides created by librarians for OER resources on a particular subject. Here's a screenshot of a basic Google search for OER LibGuides on a particular subject.

Here are some links to some different searches like this for different subjects

Accounting OER LibGuides

Biology OER LibGuides

Chemistry OER LibGuides

Finance OER LibGuides

Healthcare OER LibGuides

Literature OER LibGuides

Management OER LibGuides

Marketing OER LibGuides

Math OER LibGuides

Project Management OER LibGuides

Psychology OER LibGuides

Sociology OER LibGuides

Writing OER LibGuides