OER: Open Educational Resources

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This database, produced by the American Council for Learned Societies, provides searchable full-text of some 1500 books in most humanities disciplines and area studies. The titles are from 250 publishers.

More than 600 e-books from Oxford University Press designed to offer concise and original introductions to a subject. Usually less than 200 pages, they are written by experts for a general audience.

Hiram College students, faculty, and staff have access to more than 15,000 books in full-text in this collection. In additional to these titles, a number of books in the public domain are available to all users. Note: This collection was formerly known as netLibrary.

Offers access to thousands of academic monographs, in 19 subject areas across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.

Contains some 1,300 monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to the present.

Includes books, book chapters, articles, essays, and video, along with other primary sources. Covers issues such as accessibility, advocacy, rights, education, legislation and politics, technology, and more.

Contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473–1700. Includes all four parts of the database: Early English Books I, 1473-1640 (STC I, Pollard & Redgrave); Early English Books II, 1641-1700 (STC II, Wing); Thomason Tracts; Early English Books Tract Supplement. Also includes phase one of the Text Creation Partnership, which provides transcriptions to about 25,000 titles.

Indexes and abstracts more than 1,500 journals covering all levels of education. Also includes full-text of more than 100 books and a number of conference papers.

Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 1,000 journals related to all aspects of the environment and ecology. Also includes the full-text of some 80 books and the conference papers of the North American Association of Environmental Education.

A comprehensive database that provides author biographies, plot summaries, criticism (from some 740 literary journals), book reviews, author interviews, and the text of 120,000 poems and 29,000 short stories.

More than 2,500 books, all in the public domain, available in basic ascii text.

Periodicals, e-books, and videos on how to start and manage a small business. Includes start-up kits, state specific information, demographic data, and more.