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Course Development Toolkit

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Find Learning Materials for Your Courses

The Library provides access to a vast amount of subscription and open content.  Here's where to go to find learning materials for your courses.

Faculty Select Open Textbook Finder

Click the image below to locate free OER and OA textbooks.  See this FAQ for more information about Faculty Select.  Additional library eBooks can be located by searching OneSearch below.

Faculty Select link

OneSearch

Search through almost all library databases and content at once.  Review the permalinks page in this guide to learn how to obtain permanent content links that are suitable for remote access and embedding in your courses.

Publication Finder

Check to see if the Library provides access to specific journals, eBooks, magazines, or newspapers. 

Subject Databases

View a list of individual library databases using the drop-down menu below.  An A-Z list of databases by subject can be viewed here

Databases by Content Type

Find library databases by content or source type such as journal articles, eBooks, videos, encyclopedias, news, market research, images, primary sources, and more using the search box below.  A full list of databases filtered by source type can be viewed here.  

Research Guides

The Library creates and maintains guides to provide quick access to research resources relevant to particular courses and subjects.  See the complete list of guides here or find a guide using the search box below.  

Open Educational Resources

OER means more than just textbooks.  The Library maintains a list by subject of OER sites that contain a wide variety of open materials.  You can search through many of these sites at once using the OASIS search box below.