3 Finding Open Educational Resources
There are millions of educational resources — photos, illustrations, videos and film, audio clips, courses, articles, research — released with an open copyright licence or are in the public domain and available to you to use. Below are online libraries, projects, directories, repositories, and websites where you will find both individual objects and full resources. If you have difficulty finding what you need, be creative and look for the desired item – photo, graphic, video — in an article from one of the many open academic journals or an open text. Another trick is to use several synonyms when searching for a hard-to-find resource.
Note: Some repositories and collections contain items that range in user permissions from no copyright (for example, in the public domain), to CC licences, to all rights reserved. Make it your practice to check every resource’s licence to ensure it is truly open.
Need help finding OER? Contact your liaison librarian for assistance.
Chapter Attribution
This chapter is adapted in parts from:
- Self-Publishing Guide by BCcampus, licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence,
