Idaho Pressbooks Consortium: Members of Idaho's academic community are publishing open textbooks and course materials on Pressbooks, providing digital access and increasing affordability.
ISU's Pressbooks catalog on the Idaho Pressbooks Consortium: Open works authored by ISU faculty, staff, and students. (Note: In Summer 2026, the Idaho Pressbooks Consortium replaced the ISU-specific Pressbooks instance. All maintained works remain available at their new Consortium web addresses.)
ASCCC's Open Resources by Discipline: Curated by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. Lists both textbook titles and the courses in which they have been used.
MERLOT: Expansive repository with textbooks, individual lessons, and software. Many items have reviews. Content spans preschool through graduate school, so using the filters on the left is highly recommended.
Open Textbook Library: A curated collection that includes hundreds of complete, open, college-level textbooks. Includes reviews.
Pressbooks Directory: Search cataloged Pressbooks made discoverable by their publishing institutions.
BC Campus OpenEd Textbook Directory: Hand-picked open textbooks, many reviewed by British Columbia faculty. Some include supplementary materials.
Openly-Licensed Content
Google Advanced Search: The Advance Search uses the power of Google to help narrow down results based on “Usage rights”. This allows you to scan multiple repositories for open content.
Wikimedia Commons: Multimedia repository with free-use images, sound, and video files.
Openverse: An extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.
Creative Commons: Use Creative Commons (CC) tools to help share your work. Free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give your permission to share and use your creative work with conditions of your choosing.
OER Commons.org: A public digital library of open education resources for exploration, creation and collaboration with educators around the world.
Idaho Teaching & Learning Community: (ITLC) is a network hub that promotes Idaho education by creating and sharing OER content through an interactive platform, fostering student-centered learning.
