More Material Resources
This page can help you find more ways to provide materials for your students at no cost.
Library Resources
The library has a lot of resources. Consider using these to find materials for your students.
- Use articles: Database Search
- Search the BYU Library for eBooks
- Find Videos or Streaming items
- Discover ScholarsArchive (ScholarsArchive is BYU’s institutional repository for the scholarly and creative content produced by the University.) The items in ScholarsArchive can be accessed for free.
- Try JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) research and science videos (you need to go through the BYU Library to gain access)
Affordable or Open Educational Resources (OER)
There are many resources available, from free or affordable textbooks to other teaching materials, and it can be overwhelming. If you would like assistance, please contact me (Judy Weeks judy_weeks@byu.edu) or you can also contact your subject librarian if you already work with them.
Open-access textbooks
- OpenStax (Rice University, Peer-Reviewed Textbooks)
- Open Textbook Library (University of Minnesota)
- OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search, SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library—can search by “Open Access Books”)
OER materials (full courses, lessons, case studies, data set activities, videos, etc.)
- OER Commons (Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, OER materials)
- MERLOT II (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching)
- OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search, SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library—can search by “Public Domain Books,” “Audio Books,” “Modules,” and “Open Access Books”)
Other Resources
Free polling/quizzing software:
Tech Tools for Faculty (from the Center for Teaching and Learning):
