OER by Subject

Open Educational Resources by Subject

Anthropology

Anthropology Texts

• College Open Textbooks.org – Anthropology
• Native Peoples of North AmericaFrom Open SUNY
• OpenEd – Anthropology

Anthropology Web Resources

• American Anthropological AssociationA list of anthropology related resources, some of which are open source.
• American Folklife CenterSuggestions for database searches for the types of organizations and internet resources.
• American Memory
• American Museum of Natural HistoryOver 250,000 objects have been digitally imaged and are accessible online.
• Anthropology CommonsFrom the site: The Anthropology Commons is “a repository of open primary sources critical to the study of anthropology and the history of the field.”
• Anthropology NewsIncludes feature articles, opinion columns, visual essays, AAA news, notes from the field, in memoriam notices, member profiles, section news, and more.
• Becoming HumanInteractive multimedia, research and scholarship to promote greater understanding of the course of human evolution.
• Cultural Anthropology Journal
• Department of Anthropology – Smithsonian
• EDSITEment!The best of the humanities on the web
• Humanities CommonsHumanities Commons is a trusted, nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work. The Humanities Commons network is open to anyone.
• Human Relations Area FilesFrom the site: “Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) is an internationally recognized organization in the field of cultural anthropology. Founded in 1949 at Yale University, HRAF is a not-for-profit membership consortium of universities, colleges, and research institutions. Its mission is to encourage and facilitate the cross-cultural study of human culture, society and behavior in the past and present.”
• OER Commons – Anthropology
• Open Anthropology
• The Open School of Ethnography & AnthropologyFrom the site: “To provide individuals with first-hand, experiential knowledge, cross-cultural understanding, and appreciation of Indigenous cultures, traditions, and histories; and, to enable greater positive interaction and exchange between peoples of different cultural communities and social worlds.”
• Registry of Anthropological Data Wiki
• WorldImages
  From the site: “The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It has just been selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in its historic collection of Internet materials. It contains approximately 100,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery.”

Anthropology Courses & Lectures

• Academic Earth – Anthropology
• Cultural Anthropology TutorialsCreated and Maintained by Dr. Dennis O’Neil, Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College
• MIT Open Courses – Anthropology
• Open Course Library – Anthropology
• OpenStax – Anthropology Videos

Art

Art Texts

• Boundless Art History
• College Open Textbooks.org – Art
• OrangeGrove – Arts
• Project Gutenberg – Arts Bookshelf

Art Web Resources

• Art Images for College TeachingFrom the site: “Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) began as a personal project dedicated to the principle of free exchange of image resources for and among members of the educational community.”
• Arts JournalFrom the site: “The site is a digest of some of the best arts and cultural journalism in the English-speaking world. Each day ArtsJournal features link to stories culled from around the internet, including blogs and more than 200 English-language newspapers, magazines and publications featuring writing about arts and culture.”
• Digital Archive of American ArchitectureThis archive consists of nearly 1,500 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings) plus explanatory material.
• Digital Archive of Art – Boston College
• EDSITEment!The best of the humanities on the web
• Europeana CollectionsMore than 51 million artworks, artifacts, books, videos & sounds from Europe.
• Humanities CommonsHumanities Commons is a trusted, nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work. The Humanities Commons network is open to anyone.
• The Met
• OER Commons – Art
• Open Educational Resources for Digital HumanitiesFrom the site: “The DHOER project is creating Open Educational Resources (OER) from a comprehensive range of introductory materials in Digital Humanities, enriched with multimedia and Web 2.0 components, made freely available to anyone. “
• Open Humanities Press – Film/PhilosophyFrom the site: “Film-Philosophy is an international journal dedicated to philosophically reviewing film studies, philosophical aesthetics, and world cinema. A substantial resource for both students and researchers, Film-Philosophy offers scholarly articles, a discussion forum and a gateway to the best of the Web for Film and Cultural Studies in general.”
• OpenLearn – History & the Arts
• Process.ArtsAn open online archive of arts learning resources
• SmarthistoryFrom the site: “Smarthistory is a leading resource for the study of art and cultural heritage. Our growing collection of videos and essays are designed to be engaging and conversational and cover art that ranges from the paleolithic to the present.”
• University of Washington Fashion Plate CollectionFrom the site: “The information for Fashion Plate Collection was researched and prepared by the UW Libraries Special Collections and Cataloging staff in 2002. Not all the plates from the collection were included in this database: the database consists of 417 digital images chosen from a larger group of fashion plates.”
• World Digital LibrarySearch more than 17,000 items about 193 countries between 8,000 BCE and 2000. 

Art Courses & Lectures

• ARTH 101 – Art Appreciation & Techniques
• KhanAcademy – Art History
• MIT Open Courses – Fine Art
• Open Course Library – Art
• Open Yale – Art HistoryFrom the site: “The Department of the History of Art at Yale offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses in art, architecture, and visual culture in their social and historical contexts. These courses are not characterized by a single methodological approach, but by a commitment to the firsthand investigation of works of art and to theoretically sophisticated multidisciplinary analysis. The undergraduate curriculum includes courses on Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and modern European and American art, in addition to courses on pre-Columbian, African, and Asian art. Students are encouraged to make use of original materials at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art.”

Astronomy

Astronomy Texts

• Astropedia Texts
• OpenStax – Astronomy

Astronomy Web Resources

• Adler Planetarium CollectionsFrom the site: “The Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy cares for, studies, and interprets the Adler collections. The Adler boasts one of the largest and most significant collections of historic scientific instruments in the world. In addition, the collections include rare and modern books, works on paper, photography, paintings, models, and archives.”
• AstroEduPeer-reviewed astronomy education activities.
• Astronomy CenterCollection of digital resources for college-level introductory astronomy faculty and students.
• Astronomy Image ExplorerFrom the site: “The Astronomy Image Explorer (AIE) has been designed as a convenient and efficient tool for researchers working in the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics to gain access to images published in peer-reviewed journals.”
• AstroopediaAstronomy learning tool.
• DioptriceFrom the site: “Dioptrice is the first step toward a richer history of the telescope through an inventory and description of surviving instruments created prior to 1775 held in museums and collections around the world. The database contains information on physical objects as well as depictions of refracting telescopes in early books, manuscripts, and works of art.”
• John Herschel Correspondence DatabaseAn index of all correspondence sent to or from John Herschel with 14,815 entries.
• NASA
• NASA Images
• National Science Digital LibraryServing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. 

Astronomy Courses & Lectures

• Astropedia Podcasts
• KhanAcademy – Cosmology & Astronomy
• MIT Open Courses – Earth Sciences
• NASA Videos

Astronomy Apps

• Mars GlobeFrom iTunes: “Take a tour of the mysterious Red Planet. This virtual globe combines a high-resolution satellite map with laser altimeter data and advanced topographic lighting to present the planet Mars as it appears from above. An Introduction and Guided Tour present some of Mars’ most intriguing features. You can leave the guided tour and explore Mars as you like; over 1500 surface features have been annotated with information and links. Mars Globe is a must-have app for anyone interested in our solar system.”
• Moon GlobeFrom iTunes: “Hold the Moon in your hands. Moon Globe turns your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad into a precision instrument for viewing Earth’s Moon. Satellite imagery and topographic laser altimeter data are combined to render the Moon with realistic lighting in realtime 3D.”
• PlanetsFrom iTunes: “3D guide to the solar system for aspiring astronomers.”

Bioethics

Bioethics Texts

• OER Commons – Bioethics

Bioethics Web Resources

• American Society for Bioethics & HumanitiesFrom the site: “The Society is an educational organization whose purpose is to promote the exchange of ideas and foster multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and inter-professional scholarship, research, teaching, policy development, professional development, and collegiality among people engaged in all of the endeavors related to clinical and academic bioethics and the health-related humanities.”
• Bioethics – UNESCO
• Bioethics.netFrom the site: “The bioethics.net website is currently maintained by the editorial staff of The American Journal of Bioethics. In service to anyone interested in bioethics, the website publishes information on the latest journal publications, events, job opportunities and current news.”
• PLOS OneFrom the site: “The world’s first multidisciplinary Open Access journal, PLOS ONE accepts scientifically rigorous research, regardless of novelty. PLOS ONE’s broad scope provides a platform to publish primary research, including interdisciplinary and replication studies as well as negative results. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported.”
• ScitableResources on genetics and cell biology. 

Bioethics Courses & Lectures

• Bioethics – EdXThis course explores fundamental moral issues that arise in medicine, health, and biotechnology.
• BIoethics – TED Talks
• Bioethics: The Law, Medicine & Ethics of Reproductive Technologies & GeneticsFrom the site: “This law course includes interviews with individuals who have used surrogacy and sperm donation, with medical professionals who are experts in current reproductive technologies like In Vitro Fertilization and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, and bioethicists and journalists who study the ownership and use of genetic information within human tissue.”

Biology

Biology Texts

• Anatomy & Physiology – OpenStaxFrom the site: “Anatomy and Physiology is a dynamic textbook for the two-semester human anatomy and physiology course for life science and allied health majors. The book is organized by body system and covers standard scope and sequence requirements. Its lucid text, strategically constructed art, career features, and links to external learning tools address the critical teaching and learning challenges in the course. The web-based version of Anatomy and Physiology also features links to surgical videos, histology, and interactive diagrams.”
• Biology – LibreTextsFrom the site: “The Biology LibreTexts library is a principal hub of the LibreTexts project, which is a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop the next generation of open-access texts to improve postsecondary education at all levels of higher learning. The LibreTexts approach is highly collaborative where an Open Access textbook environment is under constant revision by students, faculty, and outside experts to supplant conventional paper-based books. The LibreTexts project is currently directed by UC Davis Professor and project Founder Delmar Larsen.”
• Biology – OpenStaxFrom the site: “Biology is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students in scientific inquiry, highlight careers in the biological sciences, and offer everyday applications. The book also includes clicker questions to help students understand—and apply—key concepts.”
• Boundless Anatomy & Physiology
• Boundless Biology
• Boundless Microbiology
• Concepts of Biology – BCCampus OpenEdFrom the site: “In this survey text, directed at those not majoring in biology, we dispel the assumption that a little learning is a dangerous thing. We hope that by skimming the surface of a very deep subject, biology, we may inspire you to drink more deeply and make more informed choices relating to your health, the environment, politics, and the greatest subject that are all of us are entwined in, life itself.”
• Concepts of Biology – OpenSTaxFrom the site: “Concepts of Biology is designed for the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors, covering standard scope and sequence requirements. The text includes interesting applications and conveys the major themes of biology, with content that is meaningful and easy to understand. The book is designed to demonstrate biology concepts and to promote scientific literacy.”
• Environmental Biology – OER CommonsFrom the site: “This open textbook covers the most salient environmental issues, from a biological perspective. The text is designed for an introductory-level college science course. Topics include the fundamentals of ecology, biodiversity, pollution, climate change, food production.”
• Microbiology – OpenStaxFrom the site: “Microbiology covers the scope and sequence requirements for a single-semester microbiology course for non-majors. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of the text make the material interesting and accessible while maintaining the career-application focus and scientific rigor inherent in the subject matter. Microbiology’s art program enhances students’ understanding of concepts through clear and effective illustrations, diagrams, and photographs.”
• Natural Resources Biometrics

Biology Web Resources

• Becoming HumanInteractive multimedia, research and scholarship to promote greater understanding of the course of human evolution.
• Biodiversity Heritage LibraryFrom the site: “The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.”
• BiofundamentalsFrom the site: “Introduction to evolutionary & molecular biology & genetics.”
• Biology 101 – Rutgers
• Biology Labs On-LineFrom the site: “Biology Labs On-Line is an open access web site that offers a series of 12 interactive, inquiry-based biology simulations and exercises designed for college and AP high school biology students.”
• The Biology ProjectProblem sets & tutorials.
• Encyclopedia of LifeGlobal access to knowledge about life on Earth
• Exploratorium – Microscope Imaging Station
• National Cancer Institute VisualsNCI Visuals Online contains images from the collections of the Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Cancer Institute.
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Photo LibraryFrom the site: “The NOAA Photo Library has been built so as to capture the work, observations, and studies that are carried on by the scientists, engineers, commissioned officers, and administrative personnel that make up this complex and scientifically diverse agency.”
• National Science Digital LibraryServing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
• PeerJFrom the site: “The award-winning biological, medical and environmental sciences journal.”
• PLOS OneFrom the site: “The world’s first multidisciplinary Open Access journal, PLOS ONE accepts scientifically rigorous research, regardless of novelty. PLOS ONE’s broad scope provides a platform to publish primary research, including interdisciplinary and replication studies as well as negative results. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported.”
• Rice Web Adventurs – MedMyst
• ScitableResources on genetics and cell biology.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Photo GalleryThe NRCS Photo Gallery contains natural resource and conservation related photos from across the USA.
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Digital LibraryFrom the site: “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.”
• United States Antarctic Program
• Virtual Biology LabVirtual Biology Lab is a free, online educational resource provided for educational purposes.

Biology Courses & Lectures

• BioInteractiveFrom the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Biology – EdXFrom the site: “Take free online biology courses in genetics, biotechnology, biochemistry, neurobiology and other disciplines. Courses include Fundamentals of Neuroscience from Harvard University, Molecular Biology from MIT and an Introduction to Bioethics from Georgetown.”
• Biology – Khan AcademyFrom the site: “Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We’ve also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.”
• Biology – MIT Open CoursewareFrom the site: “MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.”
• Open Learning Initiative

Business

Business Texts

• Advanced Business Law & the Legal Environment
• Boundless Accounting
• Boundless Business
• Boundless Finance
• Boundless Management
• Boundless Marketing
• Business Communication
• Business English
• Corporate Governance
• Developing New Products & Services
• eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Marketing in a Digital World
• Exploring Business
• Focusing on Organizational Change
• Fundamentals of Business
• Fundamentals of Global Strategy
• The Global Text Project – Business
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• International Finance
• Launch! Advertising & Promotion in Real Time
• Mastering Strategic Management
• Principles of Management
• Sustainability, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Business Web Resources

• AdPrin.comFrom the site: “This evidence-based site summarizes empirical research on how to develop persuasive communications and how to test their persuasiveness. It provides specific advice on what to do in what situations. It explains why the principles work and provides evidence on their effectiveness.”
• Break-Even SimulationWithin the Simulation, you will play the role of a business analyst at Tanro Corporation, a leading manufacturer of gas-powered lawn mowers.
• Bricks or Clicks.comFrom the site: “BricksorClicks.com puts you in the role of CEO at a traditional toy manufacturer. The company, called ToyBlocks Co., must confront the challenges of launching an online sales channel while managing and maintaining their current traditional sales channels. The Kellogg Case Simulation Team, Knowledge Dynamics, and Powersim Corporation have partnered to develop BricksorClicks.com for the DFC 2000.”
• Business Commons
• Case Studies – Institute for Corporate Ethics
• Communicaton Skills – MindTools
• CoreECONAn open-access platform for anyone who wants to understand the economics of innovation, inequality, and environmental sustainability.
• CPA ReviewCPA exam questions from author and professor Joe Hoyle.
• Financial Calculators
• Free Management LibraryAn online library for personal, professional and organizational development.
• Journal of Business Case Studies
• Marketplace.org
• MERLOT Business
• MIT Case Studies
• New York Times Case Studies
• Small Business Association Learning Center

Business Courses & Lectures

• Business Writing – Lumen Learning
• Corporate Communication – Saylor Academy
• GlobalEDGE
• KhanAcademy – Economics & Finance
• MIT – Introduction to Financial & Managerial Accounting
• MIT – Marketing Management
• MIT Open Courseware – Business
• OER Business – Dallas Community College
• Saylor Academy – BusinessTEDEd – Business

Chemistry

Chemistry Texts

• Boundless Chemistry
• Chemical Principles: CalTech
• Concept Development Studies in Chemistry
• Introductory Chemistry
• LibreTexts – ChemistryFrom the site: “The Chemistry LibreTexts library is a principal hub of the LibreTexts project, which is a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop the next generation of open-access texts to improve postsecondary education at all levels of higher learning. The LibreTexts approach is highly collaborative where an Open Access textbook environment is under constant revision by students, faculty, and outside experts to supplant conventional paper-based books. The LibreTexts project is currently directed by UC Davis Professor and project Founder Delmar Larsen.”
• Organic Chemistry – LibreTexts
• Thermodynamics & Chemistry
• Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry

Chemistry Web Resources

• ChemCollectiveFrom the site: “The ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use our content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using our virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. The ChemCollective is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon who are interested in using, assessing, and creating engaging online activities for chemistry education.”
• General Chemistry Interactive Simulations
• National Science Digital LibraryServing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
• Organic Structure Elucidation Workbook
• WebSpectraFrom the site: “Welcome to WebSpectra – This site was established to provide chemistry students with a library of spectroscopy problems. Interpretation of spectra is a technique that requires practice – this site provides 1H NMR and 13C NMR, DEPT, COSY and IR spectra of various compounds for students to interpret. Hopefully, these problems will provide a useful resource to better understand spectroscopy.”

Chemistry Courses & Lectures

• KhanAcademy – Chemistry Lectures
• KhanAcademy – Organic Chemistry
• MIT Open Courses – Chemistry
• MIT Video Lectures
• Organic Chemistry IFrom the site: “5.12 is an introduction to organic chemistry, focusing primarily on the basic principles to understand the structure and reactivity of organic molecules. Emphasis is on substitution and elimination reactions and chemistry of the carbonyl group. The course also provides an introduction to the chemistry of aromatic compounds.”
• Organic Chemistry IFrom the site: “This subject deals primarily with the basic principles to understand the structure and reactivity of organic molecules. Emphasis is on substitution and elimination reactions and chemistry of the carbonyl group. The course also provides an introduction to the chemistry of aromatic compounds.”
• Synthetic Organic Chemistry IIFrom the site: “This course focuses on general methods and strategies for the synthesis of complex organic molecules. Emphasis is on strategies for stereoselective synthesis, including stereocontrolled synthesis of complex acyclic compounds.”
• UCI School of Physical Sciences – Chemistry Lectures

Computer Science

Computer Science Texts

• A Brief Introduction to Operating Systems – Think OS
• Ebook Foundation – Free Programming Books
• Free TechBooksFree and open access computer science books, textbooks and lecture notes.
• How to Think Like a (Functional) Programmer
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist – C++
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist – Think Python
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist – Think PythonJava
• Learning Perl the Hard Way
• Learning with Python
• The Little Book of SemaphoresFrom the site: “The Little Book of Semaphores is a free (in both senses of the word) textbook that introduces the principles of synchronization for concurrent programming.”
• Operating Systems & Middleware: Supporting Controlled Interaction
• Physical Modeling in MATLABFrom the site: “Physical Modeling in MATLAB is an introduction to programming in MATLAB and simulation of physical systems.”
• Think BayesFrom the site: “Think Bayes is an introduction to Bayesian statistics using computational methods.”
• Think ComplexityFrom the site: “This book is about complexity science, data structures and algorithms, intermediate programming in Python, and the philosophy of science.”

Computer Science Web Resources

• Code AcademyLearn to code interactively for free.
• Computer Science Open Educational Resources PortalSearchable and browseable collection of computer science materials.
• LearnFree.org – Computer Science
• Microsoft Office Tutorials
• National Science Digital LibraryServing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
• Open Educational Resources for Digital HumanitiesFrom the site: “The DHOER project is creating Open Educational Resources (OER) from a comprehensive range of introductory materials in Digital Humanities, enriched with multimedia and Web 2.0 components, made freely available to anyone. “
• PLOS OneFrom the site: “The world’s first multidisciplinary Open Access journal, PLOS ONE accepts scientifically rigorous research, regardless of novelty. PLOS ONE’s broad scope provides a platform to publish primary research, including interdisciplinary and replication studies as well as negative results. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported.”
• Simon Sez Excel Tutorials
• Think Stats: Probably & Statistics for Programmers
• WISC OnlineInformation on basic computer science skills in programming, IT and web development.

Computer Science Courses & Lectures

• Academic Earth – Computer Science
• Basic Computer Skills
• Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation
• KhanAcademy – Computer Programming
• KhanAcademy – Computer Science
• MIT Open Courses – Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• Open Learning Initiative
• Programming Languages – Saylor Academy

Economics

Economics Texts

• Boundless Economics
• The Economics NetworkA compilation of economics textbooks.
• Introduction to Economic AnalysisFrom the site: “This book presents introductory economics (“principles”) material using standard mathematical tools, including calculus. It is designed for a relatively sophisticated undergraduate who has not taken a basic university course in economics. It also contains the standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that ought to be standard but is not. The book can easily serve as an intermediate microeconomics text. The focus of this book is on the conceptual tools and not on fluff. Most microeconomics texts are mostly fluff and the fluff market is exceedingly over-served by $100+ texts. In contrast, this book reflects the approach actually adopted by the majority of economists for understanding economic activity. There are lots of models and equations and no pictures of economists.”
• Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications
• Principles of EconomicsFrom the site: “Principles of Economics covers scope and sequence requirements for a two-semester introductory economics course. The authors take a balanced approach to micro- and macroeconomics, to both Keynesian and classical views, and to the theory and application of economics concepts. The text also includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. “
• Principles of Economics
• Principles of MacroeconomicsFrom the site: “Principles of Macroeconomics covers the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory macroeconomics courses. The text also includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to both Keynesian and classical views, and to the theory and application of economics concepts.”
• Principles of MicroeconomicsFrom the site: “Principles of Microeconomics covers the scope and sequence of most introductory microeconomics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts.”
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Quantum Microeconomics
• Macroeconimcs: Theory through Applications

Economics Web Resources

• Business Management & Strategy Journal – MacroThink InstituteFrom the site: “Business Management and Strategy (BMS) is an internationally online journal, peer-reviewed, published by Macrothink Institute. The journal encourages and publishes papers in the fields of operations management, production management, strategic management, marketing, economics, financial, information technology management, business analysis, business strategy, business development, enterprise management, human resource management and relevant subjects.”
• Open Economics Working GroupFrom the site: “The Open Economics Working Group is run by the Open Knowledge Foundation in association with the Centre for Intellectual and Property Law (CIPIL) at the University of Cambridge. Its membership consists of leading academics and researchers, public and private sector economists, representatives from national and international public bodies and other experts from around the world.”
• COREAccessible, relevant, real-world economics teaching, available and free to everyone.

Economics Courses & Lectures

• KhanAcademy – Economics & Finance
• Open Yale – EconomicsFrom the site: “The Department of Economics at Yale offers a wide spectrum of courses for both specialists and non-specialists alike. For undergraduate majors, a core of courses in macro- and microeconomics, mathematics, and econometrics is required. Advanced courses offer training in economic history, finance, theory, international and developmental economics, market organization, human resources, and the public sector. The graduate program covers a broad range of research interests and diverse methodologies. Learn more at http://www.econ.yale.edu/”
• Principles of MicroeconomicsFrom the site: “14.01 Principles of Microeconomics is an introductory undergraduate course that teaches the fundamentals of microeconomics. This course introduces microeconomic concepts and analysis, supply and demand analysis, theories of the firm and individual behavior, competition and monopoly, and welfare economics. Students will also be introduced to the use of microeconomic applications to address problems in current economic policy throughout the semester.”
• MIT Open Courses – Economics

Education

Education Texts

• Education Psychology
• Global Text Project – Education
• Merlot – Education
• OpenEd – Education
• Open Textbook Library – Education

Education Web Resources

• Association for Learning Technology Repository
• COOL 4 EDCalifornia Open Online Library for Education.
• EDSITEment!The best of the humanities on the web – including lesson plans.
• EdutopiaFrom the site: “A comprehensive website and online community that increases knowledge, sharing, and adoption of what works in K-12 education. We emphasize core strategies: project-based learning, comprehensive assessment, integrated studies, social and emotional learning, educational leadership and teacher development, and technology integration.”
• EduTopia – OER RoundupEducator’s guide to open educational resources for information about online repositories, curriculum-sharing websites, sources for lesson plans and activities, and open alternatives to textbooks.
• iBerryiBerry offers an open education directory, support for online learners, and a news aggregator.
• MERLOTFrom the site: “The MERLOT collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material.”
• North Carolina Learning Object Repository
• Open CultureFrom the site: “This collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students (kindergarten through high school students) and their parents and teachers. It features free video lessons/tutorials; free mobile apps; free audiobooks, ebooks and textbooks; quality YouTube channels; free foreign language lessons; test prep materials; and free web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science and computing.”
• Open Education Consortium
• PBS Learning Media
• USA.gov – EducationGovernment information on education including primary, secondary and higher education.
• WikiEducator

Education Courses & Lectures

• Core CompetenciesFrom the site: “This course is designed to provide early childhood education professionals with the knowledge and skills to assess their own level in terms of the eight core competencies, across the infant-toddler, preschool and out-of-school age range.”
• The Learning Classroom – Annenberg LearnerFrom the site: “The Learning Classroom: Theory Into Practice is a college course developed for students preparing to be teachers, as well as inservice K-12 classroom teachers and other educators.”
• OpenLearn – Education & Development
• Reading 101A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing
• UCI Open – EducationUniversity of California Irvine open online courses.

Engineering

Engineering Texts

• Basics of Fluid Mechanics
• Engineering Thermodynamics – A Graphical Approach
• A First Course in Electrical & Computer Engineering
• A Heat Transfer Textbook
• Non-Isothermal Kinetic Methods
• Operational Amplifiers: Theory & Practice
• Thermodynamics & Chemistry
• Treatise on Thermodynamics

Engineering Web Resources

• A.S. Army Corps of EngineersFrom the site: “The materials in this repository include information by and about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Most materials were published by USACE, but some collections contain materials by other government agencies written about USACE. All content is contributed by offices throughout USACE.”
• All About Circuits
• ANSI Incorporated by Reference PortalFrom the site: “The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Incorporated by Reference (IBR) Portal provides a one-stop mechanism for access to standards that have been incorporated by reference in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). These standards incorporated by the U.S. government in rulemakings are offered at no cost in “read only” format and are presented for online reading. There are no print or download options.

  Standards available on the ANSI IBR Portal include those developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and other standards developing organizations (SDOs) that have signed a terms and conditions agreement with ANSI. To access the standards in PDF format, go to the Hosted by ANSI tab above. All users will be required to install the FileOpen plug-in and accept an online end user license agreement prior to accessing any standards.”

• Collinslab
• DesmosFrom the site: “We built the best-in-class HTML5 Desmos graphing calculator, which millions of students around the world use for free. That calculator catches stellar reviews in app stores and from happy users on Twitter. We also create activities on top of that calculator, helping students use a powerful tool to experience all the curiosity, beauty, and sense that math has to offer. Those activities were used so often by so many teachers around the world that we decided to create an Activity Builder, helping every teacher create digital math activities that equal and exceed the activities we create ourselves.”
• Digital Archive of American ArchitectureThis archive consists of nearly 1,500 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings) plus explanatory material.
• MatWebMatWeb’s searchable database of material properties includes data sheets of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Photo LibraryFrom the site: “The NOAA Photo Library has been built so as to capture the work, observations, and studies that are carried on by the scientists, engineers, commissioned officers, and administrative personnel that make up this complex and scientifically diverse agency.”
• National Science Digital LibraryServing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
• PHET Interactive SimulationsInteractive science and math simulations. From the site: “Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.”

Engineering Courses & Lectures

• Embry Riddle MOOCsFrom the site: “Embry-Riddle Worldwide offers MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) to anyone with an Internet connection and a desire to learn about aviation. And they are free! Future MOOCs will be announced as scheduled.”
• Engineering Dynamics – MITFrom the site: “This course is an introduction to the dynamics and vibrations of lumped-parameter models of mechanical systems. Topics covered include kinematics, force-momentum formulation for systems of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion, work-energy concepts, virtual displacements and virtual work. Students will also become familiar with the following topics: Lagrange’s equations for systems of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion, and linearization of equations of motion. After this course, students will be able to evaluate free and forced vibration of linear multi-degree of freedom models of mechanical systems and matrix eigenvalue problems.”
• MIT Open Courses – Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• MIT Open Courses – Engineering
• OU Engineering Media LabFrom the site: “eCourses web portal is designed to assist both students and professors in basic engineering courses. The web site includes all instructional material to conduct a course and there is no cost to either the instructor or student. Features include eBook, database of homework/quiz/test problems, solution to all problems, lectures in both Quicktime and Flash format, computer grading, and utilities. To help facilitate communications between students, instructors, and TAs there is an integrate web board and collaborative drawing board. Each web-based course is controlled and administered by the instructor.”

Geography

A Note on this Page

This page contains links to information on physical geography, human geography and environmental geography. 

Geography Texts

• Directory of Open Access Books – Geography
• InTech Open Science – Earth & Planetary Science
• MERLOT – GeoScience
• OpenEd – Geography
• World Regional Geography

Geography Web Resources

• Canada Department of Conservation – Regulatory Maps
• CIA World FactbookFrom the site: “The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.”
• City-Data.comFrom the site: “By collecting and analyzing data from a variety of government and private sources, we’re able to create detailed, informative profiles for every city in the United States. From crime rates to weather patterns.”
• Directory of Open Access Journals – Geography
• Directory of Open Access Journals – Physical Geography
• Endangered Languages ProjectA worldwide collaboration to strengthen endangered languages.
• Famine Early Warning Systems NetworkFrom the site: “The Famine Early Warning Systems Network is a leading provider of early warning and analysis on food insecurity. Created by USAID in 1985.”
• FEMA
• Journal of Geography & GeologyJournal of Geography and Geology (JGG) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal published quarterly by the Canadian Center of Science and Education in both print and online versions.
• NASA
• National Association of Counties
• National Geographic Genographic ProjectFrom the site: “Since its launch in 2005, National Geographic’s Genographic Project has used advanced DNA analysis and worked with indigenous communities to help answer fundamental questions about where humans originated and how we came to populate the Earth. Now, cutting-edge technology is enabling us to shine a powerful new light on our collective past. By participating in the latest phase of this real-time scientific project, you can learn more about yourself than you ever thought possible.”
• National Hurricane Service
• National Weather Service
• NYPL Open Access Maps
• Old Maps Online
• Open GeographyThis website is dedicated to providing free or open curriculum and resources to anybody who is interested in our geographic world.
• Open Geography EducationA list of various geography related resources, including links to information on geospatial technology and professional organizations.
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
• Population Reference Bureau
• Storm Prediction CenterFrom the National Weather Service
• U.S. Census
• UNICEF
• UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
• Urban ObservatoryFrom the site: “The Urban Observatory is an interactive exhibit that gives you the chance to compare and contrast maps of cities around the world–all from one location. It aims to make the world’s data both understandable and useful.”
• US Committee for Refugees & Immigrants
• World Health Organization
• World Meteorological Organization
• WorldWatch InstituteFrom the site: “Through research and outreach that inspire action, the Worldwatch Institute works to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world that meets human needs. The Institute’s top mission objectives are universal access to renewable energy and nutritious food, expansion of environmentally sound jobs and development, transformation of cultures from consumerism to sustainability, and an early end to population growth through healthy and intentional childbearing.”

Geography Courses & Lectures

• Academic Earth – Earth Science
• Earth Science
• Physical Geography
• Tufts Open Courseware – GIS Tutorials
• World Regional Geography

Geology

Geology Texts

• Directory of Open Access Books – Geology
• MERLOT – GeoScience
• National Academy of SciencesTexts on Earth Sciences
• OER Commons – Geology
• Open SUNY Textbooks
• Open Textbook Library – Lab Manual for Introductory Geology
• Physical Geology

Geology Web Resources

• A.S. Army Corps of EngineersFrom the site: “The materials in this repository include information by and about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Most materials were published by USACE, but some collections contain materials by other government agencies written about USACE. All content is contributed by offices throughout USACE.”
• Canada Department of Conservation – Regulatory Maps
• Earth Policy InstituteFrom the site: “The Earth Policy Institute (EPI) was founded in 2001 by Lester Brown, the founder and former president of the Worldwatch Institute, to provide a plan of a sustainable future along with a roadmap of how to get from here to there. EPI works at the global level simply because no country can fully implement a Plan B economy in isolation. When its founder retired on June 30, 2015, the Institute was dissolved.”
• EPA
• Geology On-line LabsWith these activities, students complete a sequence of tasks that require observation, measurement, and data analysis. Upon successful completion, they receive a personalized certificate.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• KQED ScienceFrom the site: “KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond, by the flagship Northern California PBS and NPR affiliate.”
• Mineralogy Database
• NASA – Climate Change
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Photo LibraryFrom the site: “The NOAA Photo Library has been built so as to capture the work, observations, and studies that are carried on by the scientists, engineers, commissioned officers, and administrative personnel that make up this complex and scientifically diverse agency.”
• PeerJFrom the site: “The award-winning biological, medical and environmental sciences journal.”
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Photo GalleryThe NRCS Photo Gallery contains natural resource and conservation related photos from across the USA.
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Digital LibraryFrom the site: “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.”
• UN Environment
• United States Antarctic Program
• USGS Education
• USGS National MapFrom the site: “As one of the cornerstones of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Geospatial Program, The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other Federal, State, and local partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the Nation. It has many uses ranging from recreation to scientific analysis to emergency response. The National Map is easily accessible for display on the Web, as products and services, and as downloadable data. The geographic information available from The National Map includes orthoimagery (aerial photographs), elevation, geographic names, hydrography, boundaries, transportation, structures, and land cover. Other types of geographic information can be added within the viewer or brought in with The National Map data into a Geographic Information System to create specific types of maps or map views. The National Map is a significant contribution to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and currently is being transformed to better serve the geospatial community by providing high quality, integrated geospatial data and improved products and services including new generation digital topographic maps.”
• Utah Geological Survey

Geology Courses & Lectures

• BioInteractiveFrom the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Evolution of Physical OceanographyFrom the site: “Evolution of Physical Oceanography was created to mark the career of Henry M. Stommel, the leading physical oceanographer of the 20th Century and a longtime MIT faculty member. The authors of the different chapters were asked to describe the evolution of their subject over the history of physical oceanography, and to provide a survey of the state-of-the-art of their subject as of 1980. Many of the chapters in this textbook are still up-to-date descriptions of active scientific fields, and all of them are important historical records. This textbook is made available courtesy of The MIT Press.”
• Geology – LumenLearning
• Marine ChemistryFrom the site: “This course is an introduction to chemical oceanography. It describes reservoir models and residence time, major ion composition of seawater, inputs to and outputs from the ocean via rivers, the atmosphere, and the sea floor. Biogeochemical cycling within the oceanic water column and sediments, emphasizing the roles played by the formation, transport, and alteration of oceanic particles and the effects that these processes have on seawater composition. Cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and sulfur. Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the ocean. Material presented through lectures and student-led presentation and discussion of recent papers.”
• MIT Open Courses – Earth Sciences
• Open Yale – Geology & Geophysics
• Penn State Open Educational Resources Courseware Modules
• University of Oxford Podcasts – Geology
• USGS Public Lecture Series ArchivesAll recorded lectures from March 2002 until present

Health Sciences

Health Sciences Texts

• Anatomy and PhysiologyFrom OpenStax. A dynamic textbook organized by body system; covers standard scope and sequence requirements. Its lucid text, strategically constructed art, career features, and links to external learning tools address critical teaching and learning challenges.The web-based version also features links to surgical videos, histology, and interactive diagrams.learning challenges in the course.
• FreeBooks4Doctors600 medical texts sorted by specialty and listed alphabetically by title; includes some titles in other languages.
• Human PhysiologyFrom Wikibooks. Contains substantial content and is well-formatted. features sections on all traditional topics of human physiology and contains well-produced graphics. All but a few sections contain their own glossary of terms and review questions.
• InTech – Health SciencesMore than 2,300 open textbooks and 6 journals in a variety of subjects that fall under the heading of science, technology, and medicine.
• IOM ReportsInstitute of Medicine / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine publications and reports.
• NCBI / PubMed BookshelfA growing collection of biomedical books that can be searched.

Health Sciences Web Resources

• BioMed CentralOver 290 quality peer-reviewed open access journals in Biology, Clinical Medicine and Health.
• CDC WONDERAn online database from the Centers for Disease Control containing public health data.
• Center for Infectious Disease Research & PolicyThe Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP; “SID-wrap”) is a global leader in addressing public health preparedness and emerging infectious disease response.
• Drug Information PortalSearch for patient education, drug safety information, and research on over 60,000 medications.
• Drugs@FDA: FDA Approved Drug ProductsDrugs (brand name, generic, and over-the-counter) approved by the FDA from 1939 onward can be searched or browsed. Generate a list of drug approvals for a specific month. There are also free Android and Apple apps for this database.
• FDA Drug ShortagesInformation about drug shortages and discontinuations, updated daily. You can search the database by name or active ingredient, or look at specific treatment categories. This database has apps as well.
• FDA Online Label RepositoryThis repository contains drug label information submitted to the FDA. Search by name, ingredient, company name, and more.
• HealthMap.orgFrom the site: “HealthMap, a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children’s Hospital founded in 2006, is an established global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats. The freely available Web site ‘healthmap.org’ and mobile app ‘Outbreaks Near Me’ deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international travelers.”
• National Guideline ClearinghouseFrom the US Department of Health & Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, a resource for summaries of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• PEDroPEDro is a free database of over 17,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Citation details, abstracts and links to the full text are provided where possible. All trials on PEDro are independently assessed for quality.
• PeerJFrom the site: “The award-winning biological, medical and environmental sciences journal.”
• PLOS OneFrom the site: “The world’s first multidisciplinary Open Access journal, PLOS ONE accepts scientifically rigorous research, regardless of novelty. PLOS ONE’s broad scope provides a platform to publish primary research, including interdisciplinary and replication studies as well as negative results. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported.”
• PubMed Central (PMC)A full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the US National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
• REHABDATA(Open Access) A literature database on disability and rehabilitation. It covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities.
• TRIP DatabaseA clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use research evidence. Content types include images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news. Sources from 1997 – present.
• TOXNETU.S. National Library of Medicine resource for searching databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and toxic releases.
• U.S. National Library of MedicineContains archives, films, photographs, rare books and journals and lectures.

Health Sciences Courses & Portals

• Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Open CoursewareOCW offers open materials and images from more than one hundred courses developed by JHSPH.
• Open.Michigan – MedicalOpen courses and materials on a wide variety of medical topics. The mission of the U-M Medical School is to educate students, physicians, and biomedical scholars and to provide a spectrum of comprehensive knowledge, research, patient care and service of the highest quality to the people of the State of Michigan and beyond.
• MIT Open CoursewareOver 2000 courses to explore. You can browse by topic Health and Medicine.

History

A Note on this Page

Rather than organizing this page by format, we have divided the page into local, state, national and world history. Each category may contain information in various formats. 

Local History

• Clarkson University Archives
• Potsdam Public Museum
• SUNY Potsdam Archives
• St. Lawrence University Archives
• SUNY Canton Archives
• St. Lawrence County Historical Association

State History

• New York Heritage Digital Collections

  New York Heritage is a portal for learning more about the people, places and events that contributed to the making of New York State.

• New York State Archives

• NYS Historic Newspapers

  The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York’s unique history. To search the entire collection, use the Search Tab. Or, click on a county to search or browse geographically. 

United States History

• American Government

  From ushistory.org

• American History From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium

  From ushistory.org.

• American Memory

  From the site: “American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.”

• The American Yawp

  A free and online, collaboratively built American History textbook.

• Boundless US History

  Open source textbook

• Colonial North America Project

  From the site: “When complete, the Colonial North American Project will make available to the world digitized images of the archival and manuscript materials in the Harvard Library that relate to 17th and 18th century North America. Scattered through twelve repositories, these documents reveal a great deal about topics such as education, trade, finance, and religion in the United States and about the origins of the nation itself. “

• Digital Public Library of America

  From the site: “DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. The cultural institutions participating in DPLA represent the richness and diversity of America itself, from the smallest local history museum to our nation’s largest cultural institutions. Our core work includes bringing new collections and partners into DPLA, building our technology, and managing projects that further our mission through curation, education, and community building.”

• EDSITEment!

  The best of the humanities on the web

• History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877

  From the site: “History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877 is a downloadable, free-to-use textbook licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
  This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history.”

• Humanities Commons

  Humanities Commons is a trusted, nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work. The Humanities Commons network is open to anyone.

• JSTOR Daily

  From the site: “JSTOR Daily is an online publication that contextualizes current events with scholarship. Drawing on the richness of JSTOR’s digital library of more than 2,000 academic journals, thousands of monographs, and other materials, JSTOR Daily stories provide background—historical, scientific, literary, political, and otherwise—for understanding today’s often-confusing world. We’re proud to publish articles based in fact and grounded by careful research and to provide free access to that research for all of our readers.”

• JSTOR Open

  Explore academic content on JSTOR that is open to everyone, everywhere. Search thousands of free journal articles and open access book chapters.

• Open Humanities Press

• Open Yale – History

  From the site: “The Department of History is home to one of the most popular majors on the Yale campus and encompasses the histories of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. Courses range in focus from the earliest recorded historical periods up through the modern day. Students are required to study history from a variety of geographical, chronological, and methodological perspectives, utilizing source materials wherever possible. The department also houses the History of Medicine and Science major.”

• The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

  Sponsored by the American Philosophical Society and Yale University

• Papers of Benjamin Franklin

  The Franklin papers consist of approximately 8,000 items mostly dating from the 1770s and 1780s. These include the petition that the First Continental Congress sent to Franklin, then a colonial diplomat in London, to deliver to King George III; letterbooks Franklin kept as he negotiated the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War; drafts of the treaty; notes documenting his scientific observations, and correspondence with fellow scientists.

• Presidential Speeches – The Miller Center

  From the site: “The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history and strives to apply the lessons of history and civil discourse to the nation’s most pressing contemporary governance challenges.”

• U.S. History – Khan Academy

World History

• Ancient Civilizations

  From ushistory.org

• Anne Frank Cold Case Diary

  From the site: “On August 4, 1944, after more than two years in hiding at the Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam, Anne Frank was arrested. What led to the arrest remains unclear to this day. Betrayal seemed to be the only logical conclusion, but by whom and why? Until now, most investigation was done by writers, journalists and/or historians, but never by a team of forensic investigators using cold case techniques and supported by artificial intelligence.”

• Boundless Worldhistory

  Open textbook

• Digital Public Library of America

  From the site: “DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. The cultural institutions participating in DPLA represent the richness and diversity of America itself, from the smallest local history museum to our nation’s largest cultural institutions. Our core work includes bringing new collections and partners into DPLA, building our technology, and managing projects that further our mission through curation, education, and community building.”

• EDSITEment!

  The best of the humanities on the web

• Europeana Collections

  More than 51 million artworks, artifacts, books, videos & sounds from Europe.

• History – EdX

  From the site: “Study world history online with courses covering a variety of subjects from ancient to modern. Topics include ancient Greek history, European art history, religion in history, human evolution and much more. Enroll in Harvard University’s popular ten-part series on the history of China or any of the many free courses offered.”

• Humanities Commons

  Humanities Commons is a trusted, nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work. The Humanities Commons network is open to anyone.

• Open Humanities Press
• OpenLearn – History & the Arts

• Open Yale – Art History

  From the site: “The Department of the History of Art at Yale offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses in art, architecture, and visual culture in their social and historical contexts. These courses are not characterized by a single methodological approach, but by a commitment to the firsthand investigation of works of art and to theoretically sophisticated multidisciplinary analysis. The undergraduate curriculum includes courses on Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and modern European and American art, in addition to courses on pre-Columbian, African, and Asian art. Students are encouraged to make use of original materials at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art.”

• Open Yale – History

  From the site: “The Department of History is home to one of the most popular majors on the Yale campus and encompasses the histories of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. Courses range in focus from the earliest recorded historical periods up through the modern day. Students are required to study history from a variety of geographical, chronological, and methodological perspectives, utilizing source materials wherever possible. The department also houses the History of Medicine and Science major.”

• The Public Domain Review

  From the site: “Founded in 2011, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.”

• University of Washington Fashion Plate Collection

  From the site: “The information for Fashion Plate Collection was researched and prepared by the UW Libraries Special Collections and Cataloging staff in 2002. Not all the plates from the collection were included in this database: the database consists of 417 digital images chosen from a larger group of fashion plates.”

• World Digital Library

  Search more than 17,000 items about 193 countries between 8,000 BCE and 2000.

• World History – Khan Academy

• World War and Society in the Twentieth Century: World War II Open Learning Course

  The free video lectures of this course are made available as part of Harvard Extension School’s Opening Learning Initiative.”The course World War and Society in the Twentieth Century: World War II is a thematic exploration of the war and its time through feature films, primary sources, and scholarly interpretations.”

Literature

Literature & Writing Texts

• Boundless Writing
• English Literature: Victorians & Moderns
• Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity
• Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature
• The Process of Research Writing
• Project GutenbergFrom the site: “Project Gutenberg offers over 54,000 free eBooks: Choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, especially older works for which copyright has expired.”
• World Masterpieces through 1650
• Writing CommonsFrom the site: “At Writing Commons, we are happy with the overall success of our project. Since 2011, when we launched at WritingCommons.org, we have hosted 6,315,882 users who have reviewed over 11 million pages. We are thrilled that students and faculty find our site to be helpful. Our ongoing mission is to be the best writing textbook possible. We also happen to be free. While we cannot perhaps claim yet that we are the best possible textbook for technical writing or creative writing courses, we are working on that.”
• Writing in College
• Writing Spaces

Literature & Writing Web Resources

• Academy of American Poets
• Center for Open Education Resources & Language Learning
• Digital Public Library of AmericaFrom the site: “DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. The cultural institutions participating in DPLA represent the richness and diversity of America itself, from the smallest local history museum to our nation’s largest cultural institutions. Our core work includes bringing new collections and partners into DPLA, building our technology, and managing projects that further our mission through curation, education, and community building.”
• Humanities CommonsHumanities Commons is a trusted, nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work. The Humanities Commons network is open to anyone.
• Invitation to World Literature – Annenberg LearnerFrom the site: “Annenberg Learner uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools.”
• ipl2 Special CollectionsFrom the site: “ipl2 is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment…The site is hosted by The College of Computing & Informatics at Drexel University, and a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science are involved in developing and maintaining the ipl2.”
• LiteraryHistory.comFrom the site: “Literaryhistory.com is an internet library of literary scholarship that has been continuously maintained since 1998. We catalog reputable reference materials for canonical English and American writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including peer-reviewed critical articles, books, and biographies.”
• The Public Domain ReviewFrom the site: “Founded in 2011, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.”
• Purdue Online Writing LabFrom the site: “The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.”

Literature & Writing Courses

• MIT Open Courses – Literature
• OpenLearn – English in the World TodayFrom the site: “How did English become the global force it is today? This free course, English in the world today, explores the status of the language and its worldwide diversity. It looks at how social and political factors influence people’s attitudes towards it, and at the relationship between one’s linguistic heritage and sense of identity.”
• English Composition I – Saylor Academy

Mathematics

Mathematics Texts

• Abstract Algebra: Theory & ApplicationsFrom the site: “Everything you wanted to know about abstract algebra, but were afraid to buy.”
• American Institute of Mathematics Approved Textbooks
• Boundless Algebra
• Boundless Calculus
• Boundless Statistics
• Combinatorics Through Guided DIscovery
• Elementary Differential Equations
• Highlights of CalculusFrom the site: “Published in 1991 by Wellesley-Cambridge Press, the book is a useful resource for educators and self-learners alike. It is well organized, covers single variable and multivariable calculus in depth, and is rich with applications. There is also an online Instructor’s Manual and a student Study Guide.”
• Historical Math Monographs – CornellThe Cornell University Library Historical Mathematics Monographs is a collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field. These were monographs that were brittle and decaying and in need of rescue.
• Introductory StatisticsFrom the site: “Introductory Statistics follows scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester introduction to statistics course and is geared toward students majoring in fields other than math or engineering. The text assumes some knowledge of intermediate algebra and focuses on statistics application over theory. Introductory Statistics includes innovative practical applications that make the text relevant and accessible, as well as collaborative exercises, technology integration problems, and statistics labs.”
• Linear Algebra
• Online Statistics Education
• Statistics Open TextsOpenIntro Statistics; Introductory Statistics with Randomization & Simulation; Advanced High School Statistics.
• Stitz Zeager Open Source Mathematics
• Street Fighting MathematicsSubtitle: The art of educated guessing and opportunistic problem solving.
• Trinity University Mathematics Textbooks & Publications

Mathematics Web Resources

• Applied Math & Science Education RepositoryFrom the site: “AMSER is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use.”
• DesmosFrom the site: “We built the best-in-class HTML5 Desmos graphing calculator, which millions of students around the world use for free. That calculator catches stellar reviews in app stores and from happy users on Twitter. We also create activities on top of that calculator, helping students use a powerful tool to experience all the curiosity, beauty, and sense that math has to offer. Those activities were used so often by so many teachers around the world that we decided to create an Activity Builder, helping every teacher create digital math activities that equal and exceed the activities we create ourselves.”
• DetexifyFrom the site: “Anyone who works with LaTeX knows how time-consuming it can be to find a symbol in symbols-a4.pdf that you just can’t memorize. Detexify is an attempt to simplify this search.”
• GeoGebraSolve equations, graph functions, create constructions, analyze data, explore 3D math.
• MathCentreFrom the site: “mathcentre was developed by a group from the Universities of Loughborough, Leeds and Coventry, the Maths Stats and OR Network and the Educational Broadcasting Services Trust in 2003. Important components of the site were developed through the sister project mathtutor which was funded by the HEFCE and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. mathcentre was upgraded in 2010 with funding from JISC. As part of this upgrade, mathcentre resources are being deposited in the JorumOpen and FETLAR repositories.”
• My OpenMathFrom the site: “MyOpenMath runs on the open source, IMathAS platform, providing free hosted use of this platform in support of free, open textbooks like the ones listed on OpenTextBookStore.com. The intent is to provide classroom use of the platform, without any required cost to students, for schools wanting a managed install of the IMathAS platform, and to provide students self-study opportunities.”
• National Science Digital LibraryServing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
• SageMathFrom the site: “SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It builds on top of many existing open-source packages: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Sympy, Maxima, GAP, FLINT, R and many more. Access their combined power through a common, Python-based language or directly via interfaces or wrappers.”
• Scottsdale Community College Math Blog
• Virtual Math Lab – West Texas A & M

Mathematics Courses & Lectures

• Highlights of CalculusFrom the site: “Highlights of Calculus is a series of short videos that introduces the basics of calculus—how it works and why it is important. The intended audience is high school students, college students, or anyone who might need help understanding the subject.”
• KhanAcademy – Mathematics
• KhanAcademy – Statistics
• MathCentre CoursesFrom the site: “mathcentre was developed by a group from the Universities of Loughborough, Leeds and Coventry, the Maths Stats and OR Network and the Educational Broadcasting Services Trust in 2003. Important components of the site were developed through the sister project mathtutor which was funded by the HEFCE and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. mathcentre was upgraded in 2010 with funding from JISC. As part of this upgrade, mathcentre resources are being deposited in the JorumOpen and FETLAR repositories.”
• Mathematical Association of America
• MIT Open Courses – Mathematics
• Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied ProbabilityFrom the site: “Welcome to 6.041/6.431, a subject on the modeling and analysis of random phenomena and processes, including the basics of statistical inference. Nowadays, there is broad consensus that the ability to think probabilistically is a fundamental component of scientific literacy.”
• Street Fighting Math – EdXFrom the site: “Teaches, as the antidote to rigor mortis, the art of educated guessing and opportunistic problem solving.”

Music

Music Texts

• Basic Elements of Music
• Harmony ExplainedFrom the site: “How does music, in particular harmony, actually work, presented as a real, scientific theory of music? In particular we derive from first principles of Physics and Computation the following three fundamental phenomena of music: the Major Scale, the Standard Chord Dictionary, and the difference in feeling between the Major and Minor Triads.”
• Music & the ChildThis book explores a holistic, artistic, and integrated approach to understanding the developmental connections between music and children. This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children’s lives through play, games, creativity, and movement. Additionally, the book explores ways of applying music-making to benefit the whole child, i.e., socially, emotionally, physically, cognitively, and linguistically.
• Music AppreciationFrom the site: “an exposition of the philosophy, principles, and materials of music from the Baroque Period to contemporary period with illustrative examples from the Baroque Period, Classical Period, Romantic Period, Contemporary Classical Music and Popular Music. The course is designed to give the student an appreciation of music by exposing them to many musical styles, composers, historical trends, as well as increasing their aural, verbal and writing skills in describing music.”
• Music Appreciation: Its Language, History & Culture
• Open Music TheoryOpen Music Theory is an open-source, interactive, online “text”book for college-level music theory courses. OMT was built on resources authored by Kris Shaffer, Bryn Hughes, and Brian Moseley. It is edited by Kris Shaffer and Robin Wharton, and is published by Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing.
• The Physical Basis of MusicFrom the site: “The main purpose of this book is to explain certain physical considerations useful not only to a beginner learning how to play a musical instrument, but also to an accomplished musician trying to gain full technical mastery of an instrument. Some conscious understanding of the facts of physics and physiology, while obviously not necessary, can speed up the learning process for a beginner and may help the good performer to acquire a level of technical skill, accuracy, and endurance unlikely ever to be attained otherwise.”
• Sound ReasoningMusic is designed to express itself completely in sound. At its greatest, it creates a particularly concentrated, gripping and all-enveloping experience. It is able, with its transient presence, to create a sense of loss, longing or renewal, and to involve us emotionally in its destiny.
• Understanding Basic Music Theory
• Understanding Music: Past & PresentUnderstanding Music: Past and Present is an open Music Appreciation textbook co-authored by music faculty across Georgia. The text covers the fundamentals of music and the physics of sound, an exploration of music from the Middle Ages to the present day, and a final chapter on popular music in the United States.

Music Web Resources

• American Folklife Center
• American Memory – Notated Music
• Audio ArchiveDownload or listen to free music and audio.
• ChoralWikiFree choral music.
• Creative Commons – Free Music Archive
• Humanities CommonsHumanities Commons is a trusted, nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work. The Humanities Commons network is open to anyone.
• International Inventory of Musical Sources
• International Music Score Library ProjectPublic domain music.
• Lester S. Levy Sheet Music CollectionFrom Johns Hopkins
• Library of Congress Performing Arts Databases
• Mutopia ProjectMore than 2,000 pieces of sheet music.
• OER Commons – Music
• OER Commons – Music Appreciation
• Online Resources for Music Scholars
• Open Library – Scores
• Open Music LibraryFrom the site: “The Open Music Library is an initiative from Alexander Street to build the world’s largest free index of digital resources for the study of music. Curated by a community of music scholars, students, teachers and librarians, the Open Music Library brings together peer-reviewed journal articles, books and music scores from the world’s digital collections.”
• Petrucci Music LirbaryCollection of music in the public domain.
• The Public Domain Review – AudioFrom the site: “Founded in 2011, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.”
• Sheet Music ConsortiumThe Sheet Music Consortium provides tools and services that promote access to and use of online sheet music collections by scholars, students, and the general public.
• UR Research – ScoresScores and books in the public domain from the Sibley Music Library collection.

Music Courses & Lectures

• KhanAcademy – Music
• MIT Open Courses – Music
• MERLOT – Music

Philosophy

Philosophy Texts

• Concise Introduction to Logic
• Early Modern TextsOn this site you will find versions of some classics of early modern philosophy, and a few from the 19th century, prepared with a view to making them easier to read while leaving intact the main arguments, doctrines, and lines of thought.
• Elements of Deductive Logic
• Introduction to Formal Logic
• Introduction to Reasoning
• Modern PhilosophyBy Walter Ott
• Open Logic ProjectThe Open Logic Project is a collection of teaching materials on mathematical logic aimed at a non-mathematical audience, intended for use in advanced logic courses as taught in many philosophy departments. It is open-source: you can download the LaTeX code. It is open: you’re free to change it whichever way you like, and share your changes. It is collaborative: a team of people is working on it, using the GitHub platform, and we welcome contributions and feedback. And it is written with configurability in mind.
• OPEN SUNY Textbooks – Philosophy
• Teller Logic Primer

Philosophy Web Resources

• EDSITEment!The best of the humanities on the web
• Hermetically Open ProjectFrom the site: “The Hermetically Open project is an initiative of Esther Ritman, director of The Ritman Library, which has been set up to share the contents of the library and its field of thought online and make it more accessible to all.”
• Humanities CommonsHumanities Commons is a trusted, nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work. The Humanities Commons network is open to anyone.
• Open Humanities Press – Film/PhilosophyFrom the site: “Film-Philosophy is an international journal dedicated to philosophically reviewing film studies, philosophical aesthetics, and world cinema. A substantial resource for both students and researchers, Film-Philosophy offers scholarly articles, a discussion forum and a gateway to the best of the Web for Film and Cultural Studies in general.”
• Open Humanities Press – Religion & GenderFrom the site: “Religion and Gender is the first online, peer reviewed, international and open access journal for the systematic study of gender and religion in an interdisciplinary perspective. The journal aims to explore the relation, confrontation and intersection of gender and religion, taking into account the multiple and changing manifestations of religion in diverse social and cultural contexts. It analyses and reflects critically on gender in its interpretative and imaginative dimensions and as a fundamental principle of social ordering. It seeks to investigate gender at the intersections of feminist, sexuality, queer, masculinity and diversity studies.”
• OER Commons – Philosophy

Philosophy Courses & Lectures

• MIT Open Courses – Philosophy
• Open Yale – PhilosophyFrom the site: “The Department of Philosophy at Yale offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses in various traditions of philosophy, with strengths and a well-established reputation in the history of philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of art as well as other central topics. The Department has affiliated faculty members in the Law School, the Linguistics Department, the Political Science Department, and the Divinity School, and has close connections with the Cognitive Science Program and with the Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics.”

Physics

Physics Texts

• Boundless Physics
• College PhysicsFrom the site: “College Physics meets standard scope and sequence requirements for a two-semester introductory algebra-based physics course. The text is grounded in real-world examples to help students grasp fundamental physics concepts. It requires knowledge of algebra and some trigonometry, but not calculus. College Physics includes learning objectives, concept questions, links to labs and simulations, and ample practice opportunities for traditional physics application problems.”
• Motion Mountain – The Free Physics TextbookFrom the site: “Explore the motion of plants, animals, lightning, planets, charge, light and empty space itself! Be fascinated by molecular motors, black holes, the beauty of nature and of the concepts of physics, from the principle of cosmic laziness – least action – to gauge symmetry, the symmetry of charges and quarks!”
• Simple NatureFrom the site: “This is a calculus-based physics textbook meant for the type of freshman survey course taken by engineering and physical science majors, or for AP Physics C. It uses a nontraditional order of topics, with energy coming before force.”

Physics Web Resources

• ComPADRE Digital LibraryFrom the site: “The AAPT ComPADRE Digital Library is a network of free online resource collections supporting faculty, students, and teachers in Physics and Astronomy Education.”
• National Science Digital LibraryServing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
• Open Source PhysicsFrom the site: “The OSP Collection provides curriculum resources that engage students in physics, computation, and computer modeling. Computational physics and computer modeling provide students with new ways to understand, describe, explain, and predict physical phenomena. Browse the OSP simulations or learn more about our tools and curriculum pieces below.”
• PHET Interactive SimulationsInteractive science and math simulations. From the site: “Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.”
• The Physics ClassroomFrom the site: “The Physics Classroom is an online, free to use physics website developed primarily for beginning physics students and their teachers. The website features a variety of sections intended to support both teachers and students in the tasks of learning and teaching physics.”
• SymmetryFrom the site: “Hear the latest news, meet the people behind the science, and get the background information you need to gain fluency in the language of particle physics.”

Physics Courses & Lectures

• KhanAcademy – Physics Lectures
• MIT Open Courses – Physics
• Open Yale – PhysicsFrom the site: “The Department of Physics at Yale offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses in the various disciplines of the field, including five different introductory sequences for undergraduates, who may pursue either the B.A. or B.S. The graduate program provides research opportunities in numerous fields including atomic physics and quantum optics; nuclear physics; particle physics; astrophysics and cosmology; condensed matter; quantum information physics and applied physics. Learn more at http://www.yale.edu/physics”

Physics Apps

• NuclearFrom iTunes: “Nuclear is a high tech educational application that dynamically models an interactive atom in a beautiful and intuitive way. In Nuclear, you get to build all the elements of the periodic table via a simple mechanic of adding and subtracting the atomic building blocks of neutrons, protons and electrons. The goal of the app is to let you learn about each of the elements of the periodic table by constructing a stable version of that element. Once a stable element has been created, it is unlocked in the periodic table. Can you create and unlock them all?”
• Pocket PhysicsFrom the PlayStore: “Pocket Physics is easy to use, free education app that covers most of the vital concepts, equations, and formulas of physics. This education application is a must-have guide, whether you want to refresh your knowledge, prepare for an exam, or just refresh the core concepts of physics. Pocket Physics provides discrete explanations of critical concepts taught in an introductory physics course from linear motion to astronomy. It is also a perfect reference, full of formulas, equations, and images for students who need help with physics homework assignments.”

Political Science & Law

A Note on this Page

Rather than organizing this page by format, we have divided the page into executive, legislative, judicial and international politics sections. Each section may contain information in various formats. A miscellaneous section at the bottom of the page contains political science resources applicable to all areas of political science. 

Executive Politics

• American Presidency ProjectFrom the site: “The American Presidency Project (APP), non-profit and non-partisan, is the leading source of presidential documents on the internet. Our archives contain 128,328 documents and are growing rapidly.”
• Archive.org – Government DocumentsThis collection contains digital versions of United States Government documents as well as other government documents.
• Executive Orders
• Presidential Memoranda
• Presidential Nominations & Appointments
• Presidential Proclamations
• Public Papers of the Presidents

You may also want to check out our Legal Research Guide. While not all of the sources listed in it are open sources, many of them are, particularly the primary sources. 

Legislative Politics

• American MemoryThe Library of Congress’ American Memory collection includes Congressional Records up to 1875.
• Archive.org – Government DocumentsThis collection contains digital versions of United States Government documents as well as other government documents.
• Code of Federal RegulationsCodification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government
• Congress.govFormally under the title “Thomas Public Laws”. Coverage from 1989-date; also in print covering 1959-2002 (Call #: R345.11U58u)
• Congressional RecordOfficial record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.
• Federal RegisterOfficial daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents
• U.S. CodeCodification by subject of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
• U.S. Senate Home Page
• U.S. Senate Legislation & Records

You may also want to check out our Legal Research Guide. While not all of the sources listed in it are open sources, many of them are, particularly the primary sources. 

Judicial Politics

• Archive.org – Government DocumentsThis collection contains digital versions of United States Government documents as well as other government documents.
• The Bill of Rights – National Archives
• CourtListenerFrom the site: “The goal of the site is to create a free and competitive real time alert tool for the U.S. judicial system.”
• Oyez.orgOyez (pronounced oh-yay), a free law project from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Chicago-Kent College of Law and Justia.com, is a multimedia archive devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone. It is a complete and authoritative source for all of the Court’s audio since the installation of a recording system in October 1955.
• Supreme Court Justice Biographies – Oyez.org
• U.S. Supreme Court – Oral Arguments
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
• United States ConstitutionText of the United States Constitution

You may also want to check out our Legal Research Guide. While not all of the sources listed in it are open sources, many of them are, particularly the primary sources. 

International & Comparative Politics

• CIA World FactbookThe World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
• Council of EuropeFrom the site: “The text of all Council of Europe treaties, their explanatory reports, the status of signatures and ratifications, the declarations and reservations made by States, as well as the notifications issued by the Treaty Office since 2005, are available on this website. Texts of declarations and reservations as well as electronic notifications are available in the Council of Europe’s official languages only.”
• European Union
• The Hague Conventions, Protocols & Principles
• International Court of Justice
• MIT Open Courses – International Relations
• Treaties in ForceTreaties in Force is published annually by the Department of State to provide information on treaties and other international agreements to which the United States has become a party.
• U.S. State Department
• United Nations
• United Nations Treaty Collection

You may also want to check out our Legal Research Guide. While not all of the sources listed in it are open sources, many of them are, particularly the primary sources. 

Miscellaneous 

• Boundless Political ScienceOpen source textbook
• College Open Textbooks.org – Political Science
• MIT Open Courses – Political Science
• OER Commons – Political ScienceOpen source textbooks
• Open Learn – Society, Politics & Law
• Papers of Benjamin FranklinThe Franklin papers consist of approximately 8,000 items mostly dating from the 1770s and 1780s. These include the petition that the First Continental Congress sent to Franklin, then a colonial diplomat in London, to deliver to King George III; letterbooks Franklin kept as he negotiated the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War; drafts of the treaty; notes documenting his scientific observations, and correspondence with fellow scientists.
• WISC Online – Political Science

Psychology

Psychology Texts

• Boundless Psychology
• NobaExpertly compiled from Noba modules to fit the scope and sequence of common courses. Use them as-is or customize them to fit your needs. Instructor manual, PowerPoint presentations, and test bank available for many modules.
• Open Textbooks – Psychology
• Web Center for Social Research MethodsThe Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods.

Psychology Web Resources

• Animations for Teaching Psychology
• BioInteractiveFrom the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• The Brain from Top to Bottom
• Cognitive Psychology Wiki
• Go CognitiveFree educational tools for cognitive neuroscience.
• Great Ideas in PsychologyPodcast by Todd Daniel. From iTunes: “This is a podcast about the greatest ideas in the field psychology. It is based on my Introduction to Psychology class that I taught for over a decade. Come explore these fascinating topics with an entertaining and informative presentation of the basics. Perfect for all students of psychology, especially those in introductory classes.”
• Interpreting CorrelationsAn interactive visualization
• MERLOT – Psychology
• MERLOT Psychology Portal
• OER COmmons – Psychology
• Online Psychology LaboratoryOPL provides highly interactive resources for the teaching of psychological science.
• OpenLearn – Psychology
• The Psych FilesPodcast by Michael Britt. From iTunes: “The Psych Files is a podcast for anyone who wonders why we do what we do.”
• Social Psychology NetworkSocial psychology teaching resources.
• TeachPsychScience.orgResources for teaching research, statistics & writing in psychology.

Psychology Courses & Lectures

• CAUSE WebinarsArising from a strategic initiative of the American Statistical Association, CAUSE is a national organization whose mission is to support and advance undergraduate statistics education, in four target areas: resources, professional development, outreach, and research.
• Introduction to PsychologyFrom the site: “This course offers students an engaging introduction to the essential topics in psychology. Throughout this study of human behavior and the mind, you will gain insight into the history of the field of psychology, as well as explore current theories and issues in areas such as cognition, motivation, and wellness. The course has been updated to align with DSM-5.”
• Introduction to Psychology – Saylor Academy
• Memory & Cognition Tutorials
• MIT Open Courses – Brain & Cognitive Sciences
• Psychological Tutorials
• TED Talks – Psychology

Sociology

Sociology Texts

• Boundless Sociology
• Flatworld – Sociology Textbooks
• Introduction to Sociology
• Introduction to SociologyFrom the site: “Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories. The textbook presents section reviews with rich questions, discussions that help students apply their knowledge, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways. The second edition has been updated significantly to reflect the latest research and current, relevant examples.”
• Sociological Landscape: Theories, Realities & TrendsFrom the site: “More than the usual academic textbook, the present volume presents sociology as terrain that one can virtually traverse and experience. Each version of the sociological imagination captured by the chapter essays takes the readers to the realm of the taken-for-granted (such as zoological collections, food, education, entrepreneurship, religious participation, etc.) and the extraordinary (the likes of organizational fraud, climate change, labour relations, multiple modernities, etc.) – altogether presumed to be problematic and yet possible. Using the sociological perspective as the frame of reference, the readers are invited to interrogate the realities and trends which their social worlds relentlessly create for them, allowing them in return, to discover their unique locations in their cultures’ social map.”
• Sociology: Understand and Changing the Social World
• Sociology of the Family

Sociology Web Resources

• Europeana CollectionsMore than 51 million artworks, artifacts, books, videos & sounds from Europe.
• MERLOT Sociology
• OER Commons – Sociology
• Open Educational Resources for Digital HumanitiesFrom the site: “The DHOER project is creating Open Educational Resources (OER) from a comprehensive range of introductory materials in Digital Humanities, enriched with multimedia and Web 2.0 components, made freely available to anyone. “
• Open Humanities Press – Religion & GenderFrom the site: “Religion and Gender is the first online, peer reviewed, international and open access journal for the systematic study of gender and religion in an interdisciplinary perspective. The journal aims to explore the relation, confrontation and intersection of gender and religion, taking into account the multiple and changing manifestations of religion in diverse social and cultural contexts. It analyses and reflects critically on gender in its interpretative and imaginative dimensions and as a fundamental principle of social ordering. It seeks to investigate gender at the intersections of feminist, sexuality, queer, masculinity and diversity studies.”
• Open Humanities Press – TeknokulturaFrom the site: “Teknokultura: Journal of Digital Culture and Social Movements resists the assimilation of social studies of technology and cyberculture by hegemonic academic sectors. It therefore also resists the marginalization of research groups which aim for different modes of production and collectivization of cultural capital. As a laboratory for experimentation – hacklab – Teknokultura is a collective effort focusing on contentious aspects of technology, and encourages increased participation in such alternative domains of work.”
• Radical Open AccessFrom the site: “Formed in 2015, the Radical Open Access Collective is a community of scholar-led, not-for-profit presses, journals and other open access projects. Now consisting of 40 members, we promote a progressive vision for open publishing in the humanities and social sciences.”
• The Sociological CinemaFrom the site: We started as a database of annotated video clips, and have since expanded into other forms of media to engage students in teaching and learning. Readers can now browse our blog for essays and podcasts about pedagogy, media, and pop culture; find images on Pinterest for presentations or learning about sociological topics; engage in conversations on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr; and explore curated content on our modules page.”
• Sociology SourceResources & Ideas for Teaching Sociology from Nathan Palmer.
• World Digital LibrarySearch more than 17,000 items about 193 countries between 8,000 BCE and 2000.

Sociology Courses & Lectures

• Academic Earth – Sociology
• Introduction to Sociology – Open AcademyThis course provides a sampling of problems and methods used by sociologists, with concrete examples from everyday life, history, and contemporary event.
• MIT Open Courses – Sociology
• Open Yale – SociologyFrom the site: “The Department of Sociology at Yale University provides concentrations in the fields of Comparative and Historical Sociology, Cultural Sociology and Social Theory, and Social Stratification and Life Course Research. In addition, faculty publish and teach in the areas of Gender and Sexuality, Political Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology and Ethnography, and Chinese Society. The Sociology department offers two undergraduate programs leading to the B.A. degree. The standard program provides a rigorous introduction to sociological concepts, theories, and methods. The combined program–sociology with another subject–introduces students to sociological perspectives, principles and research as a contribution to an interdisciplinary perspective on all fields in which social processes are relevant. Learn more at http://www.yale.edu/sociology/.”
• SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology – Saylor.org

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