Open Educational Resources (OER)
This guide is intended to provide SNHU faculty/staff information and support in researching open educational resources and copyright/licensing.
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License Information
All original content in this guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 This link opens in a new window International License. 3rd-party content including, but not limited to images and linked items, are subject to their own license terms.
Searching for OER
Start with an integrated search.
- Google Advanced SearchUse advanced search criteria to limit your results to resources that are openly licensed under a Creative Commons license. Scroll down to see the "Usage Rights" menu.
- OASIS This link opens in a new windowOpenly 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 61 different sources and contains 160,072 records. It was developed by SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.
- MOM This link opens in a new windowMason OER Metafinder (MOM) is a real-time, simultaneous search across the content of 17 different sources of open educational materials and was developed by George Mason University.
- California Community CollegesCurated list from the of the California Community Colleges system.CCC and SNHU have transfer pathway partnerships, making this a helpful resource for general education classes. Developed by the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges.
- OpenStaxOER repository from Rice University.