LibGuides: Copyright &amp; Fair Dealing Guide: OA &amp; OER Resources List

Open Access & Open Educational Resources

Check the terms of use for each resource, as some have restrictions (e.g. non-commercial, attribution) or terms may change without notice.

Articles/Journals

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
offers access to thousands of free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) This link opens in a new window
formerly NRC Research Press, is Canada’s independent, not-for-profit leader in mobilizing science-based knowledge, making it easy to discover, use, and share. CSP currently owns and publishes 24 diverse international journals covering fields across the spectrum of science and engineering, with a focus on fundamental and applied sciences.
ERIC (U.S. Department of Education) This link opens in a new window
covers teaching and research in education. It includes journals, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers and other education-related materials.
HighWire Press This link opens in a new window
is a division of Stanford University Libraries that provides journal articles covering medicine, science, and technology.
Nipissing University Theses and Dissertations This link opens in a new window
provides free access to theses, dissertations, and major research papers produced by graduate students at Nipissing University. Works in this collection date back to 2006.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes information from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.

More Open Access Databases are available through our A-Z Database list

Books & Textbooks

DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books This link opens in a new window
offers access to thousands of free, academic, peer-reviewed books and book chapters.

Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is an online library of free eBooks.
Aviation Handbooks and Manuals
*Please note these are from the US Federal Aviation Administration
Open Textbook Library
Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. Download, edit and distribute them at no cost.
BC OpenEd
A collection of open textbooks, many reviewed by university faculty from BC
OpenStax
Publishes peer-reviewed openly licensed college textbooks that are absolutely free online and low cost in print.

Streaming Videos

Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity Project
An online repository from The University of Calgary and the University of Windsor of 64 original illustrations and 23 videos that represent the spectrum of human diversity.

Images

Open Image Collections
The Open Image Collections is a collection of digital image sources suitable for teaching, learning and research. The images are open but not necessarily copy-right free.
Flickr Creative Commons
Images that have been offered up for use under a Creative Commons License
Pexels
Free stock photos and videos that may be used and altered

Educational Materials

Open Educational Resources
A public digital library of open educational resources
Creative Commons Educational Resources
The Open Education program works to minimize barriers to effective education, supporting the CC mission through education,training, advocacy and outreach on using open licenses and open policies to maximize the benefits of open education
eCampus Ontario Open Library
Provides educators and learners with access to more than 500 free and openly-licensed educational resources.

Music

Musopen
Provides recordings, sheet music, and textbooks
Creative Commons Audio
Provides links to copyright free music that my be used for videos
FreeSound
A collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds

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