Subject Guides: Open Educational Resources: Social Sciences

Open Educational Resources: Social Sciences

A collection of resources to help GVSU faculty find open-licensed textbooks and other educational materials for their courses.

Open Education Consortium--Social Sciences
The Open Courseware Consortium is a database that houses almost 25,000 courses from 77 providers, offering educators access to syllabi, course calendars, reading lists, and study materials.

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Materials are freely distributable and can be altered, even for commercial purposes. Credit must still be given to the original source, however.
Social Science Textbooks from In Tech Open Access Publisher
In Tech publishes more than 2,300 open textbooks and 6 journals in a variety of subjects. This links directly to Social Science textbooks.

Anthropology Courses from Open Course Library
Access to various online anthropology course materials, including biological and cultural anthropology.