Free Online Textbooks: Open Textbooks

OpenStax College

This is a simple and high quality source for open textbooks. In terms of flexibility and quality, they're among the best available.

Subjects: Anatomy/Physiology, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Psychology, Sociolog, US History, and more

Open Textbook Library

This is a relatively easy-to-use website that collects open textbooks from many of the best resources on the web. Both browsing and search capabilities are useful, and the scope is quite broad.

Subjects: Business, Computer Science, Humanities, Science, Social Science, Statistics, and many more

Merlot

This is a very large collection of open textbooks. Search functionality and ease of use isn't great, but this is nevertheless a very useful tool.

Subjects: Academic Support Services, Arts, Business, Education, Humanities, Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, Workforce Development, and more

Noba

This is a collection of learning modules, PowerPoints, and tests on topics related to Psychology. The information is high quality, and the website is well-designed and easy to use.

Subjects: Psychology

Open Educational Resources Commons

This resource collects open textbooks and other resources and allows you to get very granular with what you want. The link provided has many of the likely search options in place already.

Subjects: Arts, Business, English Language Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and more

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