Find free, openly licensed textbooks and learning materials that can help reduce textbook costs and support your coursework.

OpenStax
Free, peer-reviewed textbooks covering many college and high school subjects.

Open Textbook Library
A collection of free, openly licensed textbooks covering a variety of academic disciplines.

LibreTexts
Free, peer-reviewed open textbooks and educational resources covering a wide range of subjects.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
A searchable collection of peer-reviewed open access books.

OER Commons
A digital library of openly licensed educational resources, including textbooks, lessons, and learning materials.

Explore free resources that support career exploration, workforce training, technical education, and career-focused programs.

Career & Technical Education Database
A collection of career and technical education resources supporting workforce development, career exploration, and skilled trades programs. Available through the Arkansas Traveler statewide resources program.

SkillsCommons
A collection of free workforce training materials and resources created to support career and technical education.

Access free health-related learning materials and research resources to support healthcare education and coursework.

OpenRN
Open educational nursing textbooks and learning materials.

NCBI Bookshelf
Free access to biomedical books, reports, and other health-related resources.

PubMed
A database of biomedical and health sciences research articles.

Find free images, media, and Creative Commons resources for presentations, projects, and assignments.

Smithsonian Open Access
Access millions of digital images and resources from Smithsonian collections.

Library of Congress Digital Collections
Access millions of free digital images, photographs, maps, documents, and historical materials from the Library of Congress.

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
Explore millions of photographs, books, manuscripts, and other digital materials from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States.

Unsplash
A collection of free, high-quality photographs for creative and educational use.

Wikimedia Commons
A collection of freely available images, audio files, videos, and other media resources.

Explore free online collections of books, historical texts, and other digital materials.

Project Gutenberg
Free access to thousands of public domain ebooks.

Internet Archive (Availability may vary, and some materials may have limited or copyright restrictions.)
A digital library providing free access to millions of books, historical documents, websites, and multimedia materials.

HathiTrust Digital Library
Provides access to millions of digitized books and scholarly works from libraries and research institutions worldwide.

OpenStax
Free, peer-reviewed textbooks available for adoption in many college courses.

Open Textbook Library
A collection of free, peer-reviewed open textbooks available for adoption and use in college courses.

OER Commons
A searchable collection of open educational resources including textbooks, lessons, and course materials.

MERLOT
A collection of peer-reviewed online teaching and learning resources.

Teaching Commons
Provides access to open educational resources and teaching materials from academic institutions.

OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search)
Provides a search tool for finding open educational resources from multiple collections.

Open educational resources vary in licensing, accessibility, and permitted uses. Review licensing information before adopting or sharing materials with students.

When selecting open educational resources, consider the following:

• Accuracy and authority of the content
• Date of publication or last update
• Accessibility and usability for all learners
• Alignment with course objectives and student needs

Interested in using open educational resources in your course?

Library staff can help faculty locate OER materials, evaluate resources, review accessibility considerations, and identify affordable alternatives to traditional course materials.