Open or zero cost textbooks are free, online textbooks created with a Creative Commons license, ready for download and use. A search in the collections below may retrieve some of the same books, but each collection will also offer items not found in the others.
Oer repositories offer not only open textbooks, but also other OERs including open courses and crated teaching and learning materials.
Several library research guides provide detailed suggestions for OER textbook selection based on academic subject area. Some of these are listed below in correspondence to each MCNY program and its related subject areas.
BUSINESS - Mt.Sac Library OER Guide; BMCC OER Guide
CASAC - BMCC Psychology OER Guide; Concordia University Libraries Psychology OER Guide, San Bernardino Human Services OER Guide
EDUCATION - Lehman College Library OER Research Guide, Concordia Libraries Education OER Guide
EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT - Emergency and Disaster Management Commons, OER Commons Humanitarian and Disaster management Collection
HEALTH MANAGEMENT - University of North Dakota Libraries Public Health OER Guide, University of Connecticut Health OER Guide, IRSC Libraries Healthcare Management OER Guide
HUMAN SERVICES - The Learning Commons Human Services Collection
MEDIA MANAGEMENT - BMCC Media Arts & Technology OER Guide,
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - Concordia Libraries Sociology OER, University of West Florida Political Science OER Guide