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Wits OA & OER Strategy
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Guidelines
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ETDs and Scholarly Repositories
Library
OERs by topic
Audiobooks (free) - Open Culture
Directory of Open Access Books
Directory of Open Access Journals
OERS by topic (A - L) (other topics too)
OERs by topic (M - Z) (other topics too)
OERS by topic - Montgomery College
Open Culture - various topics/courses
Accounting
8 Colleges and Universities Offering Free Accounting Courses Online
Accounting, Economics and Law
Accounting and Finance Research
Accounting principles | Books for free
Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
Computational Finance authors/titles recent submissions
Directory of Open Access Journals
International Journal of Accounting and Finance
International Journal of Digital Accounting Research
OER Commons (Accounting)
Open Journal of Accounting
African Studies
AfricaBib Home
Agriculture, Forestry, etc.
Electronic Journals Library
Agriculture (Switzerland)
Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development
Anaesthesiology
Anesthesiology Research and Practice
BMC Anesthesiology
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Anesthesiology
Anatomy (see Biology/Human Anatomy)
Anthropology
Anthropology 135A: Religion & Social Order
OER Commons - Social Anthropology
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Anthropology
Archaeology
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Archaeology
Open Archaeology
Architecture and Architectural History
Architectural Histories
Architecture - VideoLectures.NET
Electronic Journals Library
Enquiry / The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research
Field: a free journal of architecture
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Architecture
Art and Art History
30,000 Images from The Museum of New Zealand (All in High Resolution)
35,000 Works of Art from the National Gallery, Including Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rembrandt & More | Open Culture
100,000 Free Art History Texts Now Available Online Thanks to the Getty Research Portal
178,000 Images Documenting the History of the Car Now Available on a New Stanford Web Site | Open Culture
200+ Free Modern Art Books from the Guggenheim Museum
Art
Art & Design OERs (Univ. of Minnesota Duluth)
Art cyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
Art History - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Art Images for College Teaching
Arts & Photography - Free E-Books
Arts and Humanities | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
ARTstor
Category: Arts - VideoLectures.NET
Over 250 Free Art Books From the Getty Museum | Open Culture
Electronic Journals Library (journals marked green are Open Access)
Folger Shakespeare Library Puts 80,000 Images of Literary Art Online, and They're All Free to Use | Open Culture
Free 2.6 Million Images from Books Published Over Last 500 Years on Flickr | Open Culture
Free Arts ebooks
Free to Use and Reuse Sets
Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!
Gratisography: Free, use as you please, high-resolution pictures.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 400,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use - | Open Culture
Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
Public Domain Pictures
A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke - Free Ebook
Virtual Library (Publications Getty)
Web Gallery of Art
William Blake Archives
Astronomy
Atlas of the Universe
Free Astronomy Courses (Open Culture)
Web Resources Great Science Teachers Would Recommend for Your Classroom
Biochemistry
Biochemistry: An introduction - Read Online
Elements and Atoms: Case Studies in the Development of Chemistry - Read Online
OA Books on Biochemistry
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Biochemistry
The PubChem Project
UniProt
Bioinformatics
Nature Precedings
Biology
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates Open Access)
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Biology
Nature Precedings
Biology / Animal Studies
NCBI bookshelf
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Animal Sciences
Biology / Human Anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy & Physiology | Open Learning Initiative
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Human Anatomy and Physiology Open Educational Resources - Saylor.org – Free Online Courses Built by Professors
Life Sciences - VideoLectures.NET
Nature Precedings
NCBI bookshelf
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Biology
Biology / Molecular and Cell Biology
arXiv.org e-Print archive
Biology - VideoLectures.NET
Biology books online
Nature Precedings
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) :Plant Sciences
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Molecular & Cell Biology
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Plant & Microbial Biology
Biotechnology
Nature Precedings
Botany
Botanicus OA resources
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Botany
Business, Business Economics & Management
150 Free Online Business Courses | Open Culture
Accounting in Business
Berkeley Economics OERs
Business
Business - Some Free Case Studies (Case Centre)
Business - VideoLectures.NET
Business case study list organised by company for business English | Business Case Studies
Courses | MIT OpenCourseWare | Management
Digital Commons Network™ - Business Commons
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals - Economics
Search: Economics
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals/ Business and management
Search: Business and management
Free Business case studies - list organised by company for business English | The Times 100
Free cases from Stanford GSB | ecch for educators
Free Case Studies | Free Case Study Documents
Free Case Study Samples for Business Majors
Free Online College Courses /Business
International Institute of Management Open Courseware (OCW) Training Courses Online and Workshops in Las Vegas, USA
Journal of Business Case Studies
Management & Strategy development | Improve your skills
Management (NJIT: School of Management)
Management books | Improve your management skills
Open Access Business Case Studies
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Management
Small Business CEO
Strategy books | Planning and implementation of strategies
Chemical Pathology
Directory of Open access journals
Interpretation of Chemical Pathology Test Results in Paediatrics | Bolarin | Nigerian Hospital Practice
OA Pathology
The Open Pathology Journal
Principle and Practice of Human Pathology | Health Sciences and Technology | MIT OpenCourseWare
Chemistry
Adi Chemistry | organic | inorganic | physical | analytical
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
ChemCollective
Chemistry - VideoLectures.NET
Chemistry books & notes
Chemistry Virtual Textbook (Introductory)
Courses: UC Irvine, OpenCourseWare
Dynamic Periodic Table
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates Open Access)
eMolecules
Nature Precedings
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Chemistry
The PubChem Project
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts:
UniProt
Virtual ChemBook
Childhood & Youth
200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites... | Open Culture
Classical studies
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates Open Access)
Computer Science & Engineering
ACL Anthology - Computational Linguistics
Applied Cryptography and Encryption Class Online - Udacity
arXiv.org e-Print archive
Category: Computers - VideoLectures.NET
Computer Science, Programming & IT books for free
Computer Science - VideoLectures.NET
Computer Science Open Educational Resources (OER)
Courses: UC Irvine, OpenCourseWare
Design of Computer Programs: Programming Principles - Udacity
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates Open Access)
Free Computer, Programming, Mathematics, Technical Books, Lecture Notes and Tutorials
Free Computer Books : IT, Programming and Computer Science
FreeTechBooks.com
Introduction to Parallel Programming With CUDA - Udacity
Introduction To Theoretical Computer Science - Udacity
Intro to Artificial Intelligence Class Online - Udacity
Java Programming Basics
Lecture Slides and Video Archives
O'Reilly Open Books Project
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Computer Science
Construction Economics and Management
Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Construction
Dentistry
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Dentistry
Digital Arts
100+ AMAZING Free Stock Image & Photo Resources for 2018
Arts & Photography - Free E-Books
Fotoflexer Photo Editor Alternative
Free Digital Photos
Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!
OA Images
PhotoFunia :: All effects
Dramatic Art and Theatre
Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Economics
Compare50 -
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals - Economics journals
EconStor (EU)
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Economics
Principles of economics | Books for students
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Education
160 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection | Open Culture
200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites... | Open Culture
550 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free | Open Culture
BioEd Online (for Science Teachers)
Courses: UC Irvine, OpenCourseWare
Education - OER Academic Practice - LabSpace - The Open University
Educational | Free-ebooks.net, free downloads from our Educational e-books collection
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates OA) - History of Education
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates Open Access)
Free Books - 50 Places to Find Free Books Online
Free Technology for Teachers
Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Education
Open Learning Initiative
Resources - OER in Education
Engineering: Chemical
Chemical Engineering - Free E-Books
Chemical Engineering - Free Public SciTech Resources - Research Guides at Illinois Institute of Technology
Chemical Engineering books
Chemical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) :Chemical Engineering
Engineering: Civil
Civil Engineering - Free E-Books
Nature Precedings
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Civil Engineering
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Construction
Engineering: Electrical
MIT OpenCourseWare
Electrical Engineering - Free E-Books
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates Open Access)
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) :Electrical and Nuclear Engineering
Technology - VideoLectures.NET
Engineering : General resources
Differential equations for Engineers (book)
Directory of Open Access Books (Technology and Engineering )
Engineering - Free E-Books
Popular Open Access Books - Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology | InTechOpen
Engineering : Mechanical
Courses: UC Irvine, OpenCourseWare
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals -
Electronic Journals Library (Mechanical Engineering) (green indicates OA)
Engineering books | Learn about technology
Mechanical Engineering - Free E-Books
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Mechanical Engineering
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: MEC
Engineering - nuclear power, environment protection, energy
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates Open Access)
Engineering, Process & Biotechnology
Electronic Journals Library
English Studies
7 Nobel Speeches by 7 Great Writers: Hemingway, Faulkner, and More - Open Culture
50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language -
College Open Textbooks - English & Composition
Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians - The British Library
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates OA)
English Language Archives - Open Culture
english studies | OER Commons
How to Learn English on Your Own - The Complete Method
How to Write Your First Novel -
Library of Congress Launches New Online Poetry Archive, Featuring 75 Years of Classic Poetry Readings
Online Shakespeare Course: Shakespeare After All with Harvard Faculty
Open Education | OKFN:LOCAL India
Environmental Science
Environment - VideoLectures.NET
Environmental science books | Study the environment
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Events by Category
Ethics
Philosophy - VideoLectures.NET
Ethnic Sciences
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates OA)
Film Studies/Movies
17 best places to watch free movies
625 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns & More | Open Culture
The Criterion Collection on Films (free for educational purposes)
Free Film Noir Movies | Open Culture
International Journal of Advanced Media and Film Studies
Gender Studies
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Gender Studies
General, Interdisciplinary
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates OA)
Genetic Engineering
Directory of Open Educationa resources
Genetics
Nature Precedings
Geography
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates OA)
Free Online Courses From Top Universities | Academic Earth
New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online & Makes Them Free to Download and Use - Open Culture
Old Maps Online
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Geography
Stats about all US cities - real estate, relocation info, crime, house prices, cost of living, races, home value estimator, recent sales, income, photos, schools, maps, weather, neighborhoods, and more
Trace the past with NY Public Library's Open Access Maps Project - CNET
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Geography
World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization
Geosciences
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates OA)
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) :Geology
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Geophysics and Geomagnetism
OpenGeoSci | Free Mapping Tool for Images and Data | GeoScienceWorld | OpenGeoSci
Health and Social Care
Medicine - VideoLectures.NET
Heritage Studies
Directory of Open Access Journals (searh under Heritage)
High School Textbooks
20 Popular High School Books Available as Free eBooks & Audio Books | Open Culture
History
178,000 Images Documenting the History of the Car Now Available on a New Stanford Web Site | Open Culture
Coming of Age Now - Holocaust Resources
Cornell University Library Making of America Collection
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project, digital archive of video oral histories of Japanese-Americans incarcerated or interned during World War II, Japanese-American internment stories
Digitial Scriptorium
EuroDocs - online sources for European History
Europeana 1914-1918 - untold stories & official histories of WW1
Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!
Historical Text Archive: Electronic History Resources, online since 1990
History - The Online Books Page
History Working Papers Project
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : History
US History since 1877
Virtual Library (Publications Getty)
Humanities
Arts and Humanities | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Digital Public Library of America
OERS for Humanities & Social Sciences
Immunology
Nature Precedings
Information Science & Librarianship
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates OA)
Welcome to E-LIS repository -eprints in library and information science
Information Systems
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts:
Internal Medicine
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Internal medicine
Nature Precedings
International Studies
Politics and International Relations OERs — University of Leicester
Science & Diplomacy | A quarterly publication from the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy
U.S. Trade Strategy: Free Versus Fair
UN Comtrade
The World Today | Chatham House: Independent thinking on international affairs
Journalism
Communication « Saylor.org – Free Online Courses Built by Professors
Community Journalism from FutureLearn | MOOC reviews and ratings
Journalist's Resource Journalist's Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center
Social Media for Journalists: The Basics | MOOC reviews and ratings
Law / Legal Studies
30 Free Legal Writing Resources
The A2L Antitrust Litigation Guide to Trial Prep and Trial Presentation
A2L Consulting's Complex Civil Litigation Free E-Book
A2L Consulting's Trial Timeline Free E-Book
The A2L Litigation Support Toolkit (2nd Edition)
Access to EU Law
African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies
Africanlii.org
Africa Portal
American Society of International Law e-Resources
Bodleian Legal Resources (many are free)
British and Irish Legal Information Institute
Casecheck (UK)
Case Law (UK)
Courses: UC Irvine, OpenCourseWare
De Jure Law School
Directory of OA journals (Law)
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy
Duke Law Journal
Early English Laws
Electronic Journals Library (green indicates OA)
EU Legal Material (Columbia University)
Finding Free Legal Information on the Internet
Findlaw
Georgia State University Law resources
Harvard Free Legal Research Sites
International Courts & Tribunals Collection
International Treaties Guide
Justia
Law Review Commons
Laws of South Africa (Univ. of Pretoria)
50 Valuable Articles to Help Guide Litigation Leaders
NYU Legal Research Guides
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Law
Open Access Law Adopting Journals - CC Wiki
OpenCourseConsortium (search under Law)
Open Courses
Pace Law Library - Free/Low Cost Resources for Legal Research
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)
Rivonia Trials (Historical Collection)
SA Competition Tribunal
South African Journal on Human Rights
Some OA articles
Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII)
SSRN : Legal Scholarship Network
Storytelling for Litigators: Building a Great Narrative for Judge & Jury
Traces of Truth (TRC Papers- South Africa)
US Government Manual
Using Litigation Graphics for Litigators and Litigation Support
Using Science to Prevail in Your Case or Controversy - A Litigator's and Lit Support Pro's Guidebook - Free E-Book
Washburn University School of Law (SA resources)
WIPO Lex
World Legal Information Institute (Worldlii.org)
WWW Virtual Library -Law
Literature and Language
Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides
Category: Arts -
College Open Textbooks - Literature
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Digital Collections and Digital Humanities projects (open access) - English and American Literature - Research Guides at New York University
Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians - The British Library
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Electronic Journals Library (Linguistics & Literary Studies) (green indicates OA)
Electronic Journals Library (Romance Studies) (green indicates OA)
English for University. Com
Harvard Classics
Humanities - VideoLectures.NET
The Internet Poetry Archive
Language and Literature - The Online Books Page
Learn 46 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, English & More | Open Culture
LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks
lingbuzz - archive of linguistics articles
literature | OER Commons
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Languages and Literatures
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) : Linguistics
Open Culture
Shelley: The Poet of Rebellion, Nature, and Love - Sydney Waterlow | Feedbooks
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: East Asian Languages
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