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History: OER

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Open Educational Resources (OER)

Open Educational Resources are free online resources created by educators and memory institutions for use in classes. This guide contains mostly OER resources gathered by the History Librarians Interest Group of the American Library Association. For more OER and OER-related resources, please see the general OER guide.

Individual Textbook Examples

Many of these textbooks are listed in one or more of the curated collections listed in this guide. Hover over book titles for more information on authors and publishers. When using open source textbooks, always examine publication dates and any post-publication edit/update information.

Open Access History Textbook and Course Materials Curated Collections

Teaching History With Primary Sources

Primary source collections listed here listed here have been curated especially for use in teaching or include educational material. Additional primary source collections may be found in the History: Primary Sources guide.

History Monographs (Open Access)

History Articles and Journals (Open Access)