Bethel University OER Subject Guide
A librarian-curated starting point for finding subject-specific OER.
Bethel University Library’s LibGuide organizes open educational resources, open access books, and related learning materials by subject area. It points instructors and students to major OER repositories, textbook collections, media sources, and search tools, with companion pages on evaluating, licensing, accessibility, and publishing OER.
Why it stands out
- Uses a librarian-curated sequence instead of leaving users to search dozens of repositories blindly.
- Combines textbook repositories, broader OER libraries, media collections, and OER search indexes in one place.
- Covers a wide academic range, including theology and biblical studies alongside STEM, business, health, social sciences, and humanities.
- Connects discovery with practical adoption topics such as evaluation, licensing, and accessibility.
Good to know
- The page is a curated link guide, not a repository that hosts or preserves the resources itself.
- Availability, licensing details, and interface quality depend on the external sites it links to.
- Some linked resources or library eResources may require an account or Bethel University access.
- The guide is oriented toward higher education course materials rather than K–12 curriculum planning.
Under the radar: Use the OER search-index tools section when you are not sure which repository fits your topic; those tools can search across many OER sources before you open individual subject lists.
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College instructors and librarians can use it to shortlist no-cost course materials by discipline. Find open textbooks before assigning a commercial course book. Compare major OER repositories such as OpenStax, OER Commons, MERLOT, and LibreTexts from one guide. Locate open videos, images, ebooks, and subject-specific resources for course supplements. Review adjacent guidance on OER licensing, accessibility, and evaluation.
Subject-grouped OER links; prioritized “check first / next / then” resource lists; pointers to OER search aggregators such as Mason OER Metafinder and OASIS; links to open textbook libraries, open access book collections, videos, images, and library eResources; related guide sections for OER definitions, evaluation, licensing, accessibility, publishing, and open access.
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Similar sites elsewhere
- OER Commons — oercommons.org
- Open Textbook Library — open.umn.edu/opentextbooks
- MERLOT — merlot.org
- LibreTexts — libretexts.org
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