{"id":322,"date":"2021-02-05T20:18:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/chapter\/finding-open-content\/"},"modified":"2021-02-17T17:33:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:33:22","slug":"finding-open-content","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/chapter\/finding-open-content\/","title":{"raw":"Finding Open Content","rendered":"Finding Open Content"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nBy the end of this section, you will be able to:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Demonstrate how to conduct a preliminary search for open educational resources.<\/li>\n \t<li>List three resources that can be used for finding OER.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThere are many different places used to host OER, from institutional repositories to grant-funded websites. Consequently, not all OER are easy to find. In this chapter, we will review some methods you can use to locate OER for your course.\n\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FbwuMQM-NG8?start=7&amp;feature=oembed[\/embed]\n\n<strong>Attribution:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cHow to Find and Evaluate OER\u201d by Abbey Elder is licensed under a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0 International license<\/a>.\n<h1>THE SEARCH PROCESS<\/h1>\nThere are four easy steps any instructor can take when looking for open content:\n<ol>\n \t<li>Identify keywords related to your course and its learning objectives.<\/li>\n \t<li>Search OER repositories and aggregators for any relevant resources.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review the resources you\u2019ve located for fit, currency, accessibility, and any other rubric you deem necessary when judging teaching materials.<\/li>\n \t<li>Reflect&nbsp;on the materials you have located.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nFor a more guided approach through this process, download a copy of our&nbsp;<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1h7Uef_UnC5sxk0366Pve2ipOJlqdPIuL-sMZOy16XvQ\/edit?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OER Treasure Hunt Worksheet in Google Docs<\/a>.\n<h1>SEARCH TIPS<\/h1>\n<h2>Start Broad<\/h2>\nSearching for OER can be difficult when you\u2019re starting from a narrow perspective. For the most results, start with a broad search focused on your discipline. Once you\u2019ve brought together a large collection of resources, then you can begin to limit your results.\n<h3>OER Search Scenario<\/h3>\nBarbara teaches a course on abnormal psychology. She wants to find videos, readings, and case studies related to this topic for her course. Here is an example of a search strategy she can follow by starting broad:\n<ol>\n \t<li>Search the&nbsp;<strong>Open Textbook Library<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u201cPsychology.\u201d Peruse the Tables of Contents of listed textbooks to find chapters or sections focusing on topics covered in the course.<\/li>\n \t<li>Search&nbsp;<strong>OASIS<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u201cabnormal psychology.\u201d Since OASIS searches content on multiple repositories, limiting your search a little more can be useful. These can then be sorted by format, type, or date.<\/li>\n \t<li>Search&nbsp;<strong>YouTube<\/strong>&nbsp;for videos on specific topics related to Abnormal Psych. Since YouTube contains so many different types of content, being specific is more important on this platform.<\/li>\n \t<li>As a last-ditch effort, do an&nbsp;<strong>Advanced Search in Google<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u201cAbnormal Psychology\u201d (we will discuss this more below).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nBy the end of these searches, Barbara has compiled the following list:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_3iBSXuuLtZ0_RDnB1lWhC33UBWdfII8Clq5IjQAfkc\/edit?usp=sharing\">Abnormal Psychology OER List in Google Docs<\/a>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Check Your Understanding<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nTry out your own search using simple keywords. What did you find from your initial search? When did you decide to start narrowing your results? What\u2019s missing?\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Keep an Open Mind<\/h2>\nYou don\u2019t have to jump into a fully open course right away. Start small by adding OER lesson plans to your coursework, or wait and see what OER are published next semester. The number and breadth of OER available are changing every day. Although there might not be resources available for your course right now, that may not be the case next year or even next month. Including OER in your regular assessment of materials for use in your course is a great first step for finding resources you can adopt in the future.\n<h2>Filter by Usage Rights in Google<\/h2>\nGoogle is a familiar resource for many of us, and it is also useful for finding openly licensed content. The Advanced Search<em>&nbsp;<\/em>feature in Google allows you to filter results by&nbsp;<strong>Usage rights<\/strong>. Filtering by usage rights will limit your results to works with certain licenses listed on the webpage, usually Creative Commons licenses. There are a few options to choose from in the Usage Rights list, but we recommend starting with \u201cfree to use or share\u201d to retrieve the broadest set of results.<a id=\"return-footnote-33-1\" class=\"footnote\" title=\"Adding &quot;OER&quot; to your search terms can help you locate materials created for sharing if your Google search is retrieving too many results.\" href=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/oerstarterkit\/chapter\/finding-oer\/#footnote-33-1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-1317\" src=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/Google-Advanced-Search-1.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Google Advanced Search interface with &quot;usage rights&quot; highlighted.\" width=\"566\" height=\"320\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Advanced Search interface screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nRemember when using this method that Google trusts what users tell it about an item\u2019s copyright status. Although a resource may be labeled CC BY or even CC 0, you should trust your instincts if you aren\u2019t sure whether the item you are reviewing is actually under copyright. Contact a librarian or a university lawyer if you have questions.\n\nThis chapter has provided a short overview of some tools and techniques you can use to find OER. In the next chapter, we\u2019ll provide a more comprehensive list of search tools grouped by topic and type.\n\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">REPOSITORIES AND SEARCH TOOLS<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nBy the end of this section, you will be able to:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Identify four search tools for finding open educational resources.<\/li>\n \t<li>Identify at least two search tools for finding openly licensed media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIn the last chapter, we reviewed some strategies for finding OER. Below, a set of available repositories, search tools, and resources are listed to help you find the right OER for you.\n<h1>BEST BETS<\/h1>\nWhen starting your search for OER, it\u2019s best to begin in a place with a wide variety of options. The websites listed below each have a different focus, but they are good places to start if you aren\u2019t sure what to look for.\n<ul>\n \t<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Open Textbook Library<\/a>&nbsp;is a great resource for finding open textbooks. If you want a textbook and nothing more, this is the place to start.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/browse-our-collection\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BCCampus Open Textbooks<\/a>&nbsp;collects resources created, reviewed, or adopted by instructors at British Columbia universities. Materials can be filtered by Accessibility as well as whether they have been adopted by BCCampus courses, include ancillary materials, or have been reviewed by faculty.<\/li>\n \t<li>Curated lists of OER, like<a href=\"http:\/\/instr.iastate.libguides.com\/oer\/findbysubject\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;the Iowa State University Library Guide to OER<\/a>, can be useful for exploring a selection of open content in your subject area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>FEDERATED SEARCH TOOLS<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption aligncenter wp-image-563\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-563\" src=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/SUNY-OASIS-1024x543.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the SUNY OASIS Search interface.\" width=\"490\" height=\"260\"><\/div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.geneseo.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUNY\u2019s Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS)<\/a>\n\nOASIS is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier by searching multiple sources for OER and other open content at once. OASIS currently searches for open content from 79 different sources and contains approximately 330,000 records.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oer.deepwebaccess.com\/oer\/desktop\/en\/search.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Mason OER Metafinder<\/a>\n\nThe Mason OER Metafinder (MOM) links to a wide array of open content, including open access books and articles, documents in the public domain, and OER. Because of its large breadth of resources, we recommend that you start your MOM search with only a selection of the \u201cOER-specific sites\u201d checked, rather than all the materials it can include.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MERLOT<\/a>\n\nMERLOT is a project that was started in 1997 by the California State University system. The repository includes thousands of resources contributed by members, including original content and links to resources found through other platforms.\n<h1>INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS<\/h1>\nInstitutional repositories (IRs) aren\u2019t just for sharing copies of research articles and student theses. They can also be used to store and share OER. Although not every college shares OER through their institutional repository, the colleges below do share collections of OER specific to their institution:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oer.galileo.usg.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Galileo Open Learning Materials<\/a>&nbsp;(Georgia higher ed institutions)<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umich.edu\/find\/find-open-educational-resources\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OpenMichigan<\/a>&nbsp;(University of Michigan)<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/find-by-department\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MIT OpenCourseWare<\/a>&nbsp;(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>SUBJECT-SPECIFIC REPOSITORIES<\/h1>\nSome open educational resources are shared through subject-specific repositories. A few notable examples of this type, including open publishers that specialize in one discipline, are listed below:\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chemcollective.org\/home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chem Collective<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Chemistry<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learncheme.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn Chem E<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Chemical Engineering<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nobaproject.com\/browse-content\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noba Project Psychology Modules<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Psychology<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coerll.utexas.edu\/coerll\/materials\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL)<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Languages<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opengeography.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Geography Education<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Geography<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/engineertech.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Engineering Technology Simulations<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Engineering, Physics<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhET Simulations<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Physics, Physical science, Geology, Chemistry<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillscommons.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkillsCommons<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Career &amp; Technical Education (CTE)<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/\">Green Tea Press Textbooks<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Computer Science, Programming<\/em>&nbsp;(Bayes, Python, MATLAB, Java, DSP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>OER BY COURSE<\/h1>\nSome colleges choose to share information about which OER their instructors assign in courses. These lists can give you a good idea of what other instructors in your discipline have adopted and (if they have provided a review), what they think of their adopted resource.\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cool4ed.org\/facultyshowcase\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COOL4ED Faculty Showcase<\/a>&nbsp;(California universities and colleges)<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openoregon.org\/resources\/\">Open Oregon Educational Resources<\/a>&nbsp;(Oregon universities and colleges)<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-nys.org\/assessments\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OPEN NYS Faculty Assessments<\/a>&nbsp;(New York State universities)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>OPEN CONTENT (NOT EXPLICITLY OER)<\/h1>\nNot all open content is made to be used in the classroom, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t integrate them into your course. Open access book chapters and openly-licensed media can be great additions to your course.\n<h2>Open Access Publishers and Repositories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\">Directory of Open Access Journals<\/a>&nbsp;(DOAJ): Open Access journal articles<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/\">Directory of Open Access Books<\/a>&nbsp;(DOAB): Open Access books<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\">Project Gutenberg<\/a>: Public domain books and documents<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed?holding=nlmlib\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PubMed<\/a>: Open access journal articles<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plos.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Library of Science<\/a>&nbsp;(PLoS): Open access journal publisher<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/\">Open Book Publishers<\/a>: Open access book publisher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CC-licensed Media<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.creativecommons.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC Search<\/a>: A federated search tool for finding content available under a CC license<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dp.la\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Public Library of America:<\/a>&nbsp;Public domain images, videos, recordings, and texts<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search#!?searchField=All&amp;showOnly=openAccess&amp;sortBy=relevance&amp;offset=0&amp;pageSize=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>: High-quality open images from the Met<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pexels<\/a>: Public domain and CC-licensed photographs and stock images<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unsplash:<\/a>&nbsp;Public domain and CC-licensed photographs and stock images<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>: Public domain and CC-licensed images and figures<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/imghp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Image Search<\/a>: Images. Use the Tools\/Usage rights button to filter by license<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youtube:<\/a>&nbsp;Videos. Use the Advanced Search\/CC license option to see open content<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Music Archive<\/a>: Public domain and CC-licensed music and sound bytes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"background-color: #ff00ff\">GETTING HELP<\/span><\/h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n \t<li id=\"footnote-33-1\">Adding \"OER\" to your search terms can help you locate materials created for sharing if your Google search is retrieving too many results.&nbsp;<a class=\"return-footnote\" href=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/oerstarterkit\/chapter\/finding-oer\/#return-footnote-33-1\">\u21b5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<hr>\n\nAttribution: <a href=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/oerstarterkit\/chapter\/finding-oer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"The OER Starter Kit\"<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a>Abbey Elder<\/a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>\n","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>By the end of this section, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate how to conduct a preliminary search for open educational resources.<\/li>\n<li>List three resources that can be used for finding OER.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are many different places used to host OER, from institutional repositories to grant-funded websites. Consequently, not all OER are easy to find. In this chapter, we will review some methods you can use to locate OER for your course.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=FbwuMQM-NG8%3Fstart%3D7%26feature%3Doembed<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attribution:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cHow to Find and Evaluate OER\u201d by Abbey Elder is licensed under a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0 International license<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>THE SEARCH PROCESS<\/h1>\n<p>There are four easy steps any instructor can take when looking for open content:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Identify keywords related to your course and its learning objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Search OER repositories and aggregators for any relevant resources.<\/li>\n<li>Review the resources you\u2019ve located for fit, currency, accessibility, and any other rubric you deem necessary when judging teaching materials.<\/li>\n<li>Reflect&nbsp;on the materials you have located.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For a more guided approach through this process, download a copy of our&nbsp;<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1h7Uef_UnC5sxk0366Pve2ipOJlqdPIuL-sMZOy16XvQ\/edit?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OER Treasure Hunt Worksheet in Google Docs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>SEARCH TIPS<\/h1>\n<h2>Start Broad<\/h2>\n<p>Searching for OER can be difficult when you\u2019re starting from a narrow perspective. For the most results, start with a broad search focused on your discipline. Once you\u2019ve brought together a large collection of resources, then you can begin to limit your results.<\/p>\n<h3>OER Search Scenario<\/h3>\n<p>Barbara teaches a course on abnormal psychology. She wants to find videos, readings, and case studies related to this topic for her course. Here is an example of a search strategy she can follow by starting broad:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Search the&nbsp;<strong>Open Textbook Library<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u201cPsychology.\u201d Peruse the Tables of Contents of listed textbooks to find chapters or sections focusing on topics covered in the course.<\/li>\n<li>Search&nbsp;<strong>OASIS<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u201cabnormal psychology.\u201d Since OASIS searches content on multiple repositories, limiting your search a little more can be useful. These can then be sorted by format, type, or date.<\/li>\n<li>Search&nbsp;<strong>YouTube<\/strong>&nbsp;for videos on specific topics related to Abnormal Psych. Since YouTube contains so many different types of content, being specific is more important on this platform.<\/li>\n<li>As a last-ditch effort, do an&nbsp;<strong>Advanced Search in Google<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u201cAbnormal Psychology\u201d (we will discuss this more below).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>By the end of these searches, Barbara has compiled the following list:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_3iBSXuuLtZ0_RDnB1lWhC33UBWdfII8Clq5IjQAfkc\/edit?usp=sharing\">Abnormal Psychology OER List in Google Docs<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Check Your Understanding<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Try out your own search using simple keywords. What did you find from your initial search? When did you decide to start narrowing your results? What\u2019s missing?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Keep an Open Mind<\/h2>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to jump into a fully open course right away. Start small by adding OER lesson plans to your coursework, or wait and see what OER are published next semester. The number and breadth of OER available are changing every day. Although there might not be resources available for your course right now, that may not be the case next year or even next month. Including OER in your regular assessment of materials for use in your course is a great first step for finding resources you can adopt in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>Filter by Usage Rights in Google<\/h2>\n<p>Google is a familiar resource for many of us, and it is also useful for finding openly licensed content. The Advanced Search<em>&nbsp;<\/em>feature in Google allows you to filter results by&nbsp;<strong>Usage rights<\/strong>. Filtering by usage rights will limit your results to works with certain licenses listed on the webpage, usually Creative Commons licenses. There are a few options to choose from in the Usage Rights list, but we recommend starting with \u201cfree to use or share\u201d to retrieve the broadest set of results.<a id=\"return-footnote-33-1\" class=\"footnote\" title=\"Adding &quot;OER&quot; to your search terms can help you locate materials created for sharing if your Google search is retrieving too many results.\" href=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/oerstarterkit\/chapter\/finding-oer\/#footnote-33-1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1317\" src=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/Google-Advanced-Search-1.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Google Advanced Search interface with &quot;usage rights&quot; highlighted.\" width=\"566\" height=\"320\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Advanced Search interface screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Remember when using this method that Google trusts what users tell it about an item\u2019s copyright status. Although a resource may be labeled CC BY or even CC 0, you should trust your instincts if you aren\u2019t sure whether the item you are reviewing is actually under copyright. Contact a librarian or a university lawyer if you have questions.<\/p>\n<p>This chapter has provided a short overview of some tools and techniques you can use to find OER. In the next chapter, we\u2019ll provide a more comprehensive list of search tools grouped by topic and type.<\/p>\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">REPOSITORIES AND SEARCH TOOLS<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>By the end of this section, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify four search tools for finding open educational resources.<\/li>\n<li>Identify at least two search tools for finding openly licensed media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the last chapter, we reviewed some strategies for finding OER. Below, a set of available repositories, search tools, and resources are listed to help you find the right OER for you.<\/p>\n<h1>BEST BETS<\/h1>\n<p>When starting your search for OER, it\u2019s best to begin in a place with a wide variety of options. The websites listed below each have a different focus, but they are good places to start if you aren\u2019t sure what to look for.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Open Textbook Library<\/a>&nbsp;is a great resource for finding open textbooks. If you want a textbook and nothing more, this is the place to start.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/browse-our-collection\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BCCampus Open Textbooks<\/a>&nbsp;collects resources created, reviewed, or adopted by instructors at British Columbia universities. Materials can be filtered by Accessibility as well as whether they have been adopted by BCCampus courses, include ancillary materials, or have been reviewed by faculty.<\/li>\n<li>Curated lists of OER, like<a href=\"http:\/\/instr.iastate.libguides.com\/oer\/findbysubject\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;the Iowa State University Library Guide to OER<\/a>, can be useful for exploring a selection of open content in your subject area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>FEDERATED SEARCH TOOLS<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption aligncenter wp-image-563\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-563\" src=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/03\/SUNY-OASIS-1024x543.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the SUNY OASIS Search interface.\" width=\"490\" height=\"260\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.geneseo.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUNY\u2019s Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OASIS is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier by searching multiple sources for OER and other open content at once. OASIS currently searches for open content from 79 different sources and contains approximately 330,000 records.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oer.deepwebaccess.com\/oer\/desktop\/en\/search.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Mason OER Metafinder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Mason OER Metafinder (MOM) links to a wide array of open content, including open access books and articles, documents in the public domain, and OER. Because of its large breadth of resources, we recommend that you start your MOM search with only a selection of the \u201cOER-specific sites\u201d checked, rather than all the materials it can include.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MERLOT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MERLOT is a project that was started in 1997 by the California State University system. The repository includes thousands of resources contributed by members, including original content and links to resources found through other platforms.<\/p>\n<h1>INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS<\/h1>\n<p>Institutional repositories (IRs) aren\u2019t just for sharing copies of research articles and student theses. They can also be used to store and share OER. Although not every college shares OER through their institutional repository, the colleges below do share collections of OER specific to their institution:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oer.galileo.usg.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Galileo Open Learning Materials<\/a>&nbsp;(Georgia higher ed institutions)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.umich.edu\/find\/find-open-educational-resources\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OpenMichigan<\/a>&nbsp;(University of Michigan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/find-by-department\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MIT OpenCourseWare<\/a>&nbsp;(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>SUBJECT-SPECIFIC REPOSITORIES<\/h1>\n<p>Some open educational resources are shared through subject-specific repositories. A few notable examples of this type, including open publishers that specialize in one discipline, are listed below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chemcollective.org\/home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chem Collective<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Chemistry<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learncheme.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn Chem E<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Chemical Engineering<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nobaproject.com\/browse-content\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noba Project Psychology Modules<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Psychology<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coerll.utexas.edu\/coerll\/materials\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL)<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Languages<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opengeography.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Geography Education<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Geography<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/engineertech.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Engineering Technology Simulations<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Engineering, Physics<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhET Simulations<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Physics, Physical science, Geology, Chemistry<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillscommons.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkillsCommons<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Career &amp; Technical Education (CTE)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/\">Green Tea Press Textbooks<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Computer Science, Programming<\/em>&nbsp;(Bayes, Python, MATLAB, Java, DSP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>OER BY COURSE<\/h1>\n<p>Some colleges choose to share information about which OER their instructors assign in courses. These lists can give you a good idea of what other instructors in your discipline have adopted and (if they have provided a review), what they think of their adopted resource.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cool4ed.org\/facultyshowcase\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COOL4ED Faculty Showcase<\/a>&nbsp;(California universities and colleges)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openoregon.org\/resources\/\">Open Oregon Educational Resources<\/a>&nbsp;(Oregon universities and colleges)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-nys.org\/assessments\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OPEN NYS Faculty Assessments<\/a>&nbsp;(New York State universities)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>OPEN CONTENT (NOT EXPLICITLY OER)<\/h1>\n<p>Not all open content is made to be used in the classroom, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t integrate them into your course. Open access book chapters and openly-licensed media can be great additions to your course.<\/p>\n<h2>Open Access Publishers and Repositories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\">Directory of Open Access Journals<\/a>&nbsp;(DOAJ): Open Access journal articles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/\">Directory of Open Access Books<\/a>&nbsp;(DOAB): Open Access books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\">Project Gutenberg<\/a>: Public domain books and documents<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed?holding=nlmlib\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PubMed<\/a>: Open access journal articles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plos.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Library of Science<\/a>&nbsp;(PLoS): Open access journal publisher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/\">Open Book Publishers<\/a>: Open access book publisher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CC-licensed Media<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.creativecommons.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC Search<\/a>: A federated search tool for finding content available under a CC license<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dp.la\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Public Library of America:<\/a>&nbsp;Public domain images, videos, recordings, and texts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search#!?searchField=All&amp;showOnly=openAccess&amp;sortBy=relevance&amp;offset=0&amp;pageSize=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>: High-quality open images from the Met<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pexels<\/a>: Public domain and CC-licensed photographs and stock images<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unsplash:<\/a>&nbsp;Public domain and CC-licensed photographs and stock images<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>: Public domain and CC-licensed images and figures<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/imghp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Image Search<\/a>: Images. Use the Tools\/Usage rights button to filter by license<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youtube:<\/a>&nbsp;Videos. Use the Advanced Search\/CC license option to see open content<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Music Archive<\/a>: Public domain and CC-licensed music and sound bytes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"background-color: #ff00ff\">GETTING HELP<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"footnote-33-1\">Adding &#8220;OER&#8221; to your search terms can help you locate materials created for sharing if your Google search is retrieving too many results.&nbsp;<a class=\"return-footnote\" href=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/oerstarterkit\/chapter\/finding-oer\/#return-footnote-33-1\">\u21b5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Attribution: <a href=\"https:\/\/iastate.pressbooks.pub\/oerstarterkit\/chapter\/finding-oer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The OER Starter Kit&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a>Abbey Elder<\/a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59125,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-322","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":315,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/322\/revisions\/416"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/315"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/322\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oldwestbury-publicfinanceandpublicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}