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Faculty Guide: Open Educational Resources/EBSCO Faculty Select

This guide will give information about Open Educational Resources that instructors and students can use for free.

Searchable OER in Gateway Databases

  • EBSCO eBook Open Access 

    • scroll down to the database title, click to access the database

  • EBSCO OpenDissertations 

    • OpenDissertations is an open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses.

  • GreenFile 

    • Content Includes:

    • Indexing and abstracts for more than 1 million records.

    • Open access full text for more than 15,000 records

    • Subjects Include:

    • Global climate change

    • Green building

    • Pollution

    • Sustainable agriculture

    • Renewable energy

    • Recycling

  • OCLC First Search 

    • Click on the link above

    • Choose the tab "databases"

    • Check the box next to the "OpenAccessContent" database to search for articles available free on the web

  • ProQuest Publicly Available Content Database 

    • Thousands of open access sources

    • Multi-disciplinary, global coverage

    • Includes journals, dissertations, pre-prints and more