HCCC Libraries: Zero-Cost Textbook Initiative: Find OER

Open Textbooks

LibreTexts
Open textbooks in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Social Science and more.
Mason OER Metafinder
Simultaneous search across 20 different sources of open educational materials, including Open Stax, Open Textbook Library, MERLOT, OASIS, BC Campus, Library of Congress, HathiTrust, Project Gutenberg, etc.
OER Commons - Open Textbook Hub
Free, adaptable, openly licensed textbooks and supplemental resources.
Open Stax
A growing collection of professional quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed, editable intro-level textbooks, all licensed by Creative Commons.
Milne Open Textbooks (Open SUNY Textbooks)
A growing collection of openly licensed textbooks in a wide variety of topics.
Open Textbook Library
The Open Textbook Library is a collection of over 300 freely available electronic textbooks licensed under Creative Commons licenses.
Open NJ
Find OER adopted at participating New Jersey institutions.
SkillsCommons - Find eTextbooks
Find free and open etextbooks from SkillsCommons Affordable Learning Solutions -- a service of the California State University - MERLOT program.

Open Support Materials

MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.
OER Commons
A digital library to search and discover OERs, including open textbooks, course, lecture, assignments, etc.
Create an account and join HCCC group.
SkillsCommons - Find Course Materials
Find free and open course materials from SkillsCommons Affordable Learning Solutions -- a service of the California State University - MERLOT program.

Open Images & Illustrations

Openverse
The previous Creative Commons Image Search. Image search under the Creative Commons licensing.
Flickr Commons
Access to public photo archives. No known copyright restrictions.
Wikimedia Commons
Images in the public domain
Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine
Open-i service of the National Library of Medicine enables search and retrieval of abstracts and images from the open source literature, and biomedical image collections. Choose a License Type for open access images.
NASA Image and Video Library
Pixabay
Over 2.7 million+ high quality stock images, videos and music under the Pixabay license.
Library of Congress Free to Use and Reuse Sets
A small sample of the Library's digital collections that are free to use and reuse. Includes prints, photographs, etc.

Open Courses

Library Subscription Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Our most comprehensive EBSCO database covering humanities and sciences, including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, trade publications, books, book reviews, and more.
Academic Video Online (AVON) via Alexander Street This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive video database covering more than 70,000 titles on anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more curated for the educational experience of all types of library patrons. Popular collection: Film Platform Collection, BBC Landmark Video Collection, etc.
It provides access to ProQuest AVON collection and also hosts our HCCC Video Collection.
EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database of ebooks browsable by subject category or searchable with key terms.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
More than 500 full-length streaming videos and clips on Nursing.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is an online video streaming service that provides access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films, such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, HBO California Newsreel, and more.
Click the red button "LOG IN TO HCCC" to log in with your HCCC credentials. Visit our Kanopy User Guide to learn more about accessing Kanopy.
LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
An upgraded platform of Lynda.com, features thousands of video tutorials and training resources about business, technology, and creative skills.
Visit our LinkedIn Learning User Guide to learn more about how to sign up and access LinkedIn Learning.
New York Times via Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full coverage of the New York Times from 1980 to the present.
O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
The O’REILLY digital platform provides unlimited access to 45K+ books(including O'Reily books in early release), 30K+ hours of videos, proven learning paths, case studies from top companies, interactive tutorials and audio books.
Visit our O'Reilly for Higher Education User Guide to learn more about accessing O'Reilly.
ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary collection of electronic books, covering business, education, health & medicine, literature & languages, science & technology, etc.
ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
Provides access to articles in scholarly, peer-reviewed business journals, trade journals and business news publications. Includes the full-text of the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Economist. Also has videos, ebooks, and company, industry, and country reports from providers such as Fitch Solutions and Economist Intelligence Unit, and analyst reports from J.P. Morgan.

Library subscription databases are free to use by our HCCC faculty and students.
For ebook collections, check our ebook collections.
For the complete database list (journals, ebooks, videos, newspapers and more), check A-Z Databases.

Search by Usage Rights in Google

In Google Advanced Search, you can use a "Usage Rights" filter to find images, videos or texts that are free to use.

For more information, please visit https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/29508

Zero-Cost Textbook Initiative