Explore California-focused and broader collections for textbooks, chapters, activities, media, and other open materials. You can browse on your own or bring a few trusted sources into a Promptbook search later.
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Already know your discipline? The ASCCC OERI discipline collection is usually the fastest first stop for California Community College faculty.
Curated discipline collections developed with ASCCC OERI Discipline Leads. Many discipline pages include course-specific resources, notes, webinars, and additional teaching materials.
Best for: finding a CCC-relevant starting list for your discipline.
A searchable collection of textbook-equivalent OER from the OERI discipline collections, organized around C-ID and related transfer information.
Best for: checking whether a commonly taught CCC course already has a strong textbook-equivalent lead.
The California Open Online Library for Education is a joint California public higher-education OER directory involving the California Community Colleges, CSU, and UC. It includes course materials connected to C-ID and examples of resources used by California institutions.
Best for: searching by C-ID and seeing California adoption/use signals alongside OER candidates.
OER Commons includes a California Community Colleges hub with CCC-oriented textbooks and supplemental materials such as activities, primary-source resources, and course shells.
Best for: supplemental materials and CCC-specific discovery beyond complete textbooks.
The California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions created OER for high-impact courses with an equity and inclusion focus. The consortium includes multiple California community colleges.
Best for: CCC-created materials developed with culturally responsive and equity-centered goals.
A substantial collection of free online textbooks developed or used by College of the Canyons faculty across disciplines including anthropology, sociology, water technology, and more.
Best for: ready-to-review textbooks created in a California Community College teaching context.
Peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks for many high-enrollment introductory college courses, often with instructor resources.
Best for: a ready-to-adopt primary textbook in a common introductory course.
A large higher-education collection of complete open textbooks from many authors and publishers. Many titles include faculty reviews.
Best for: comparing complete textbooks across institutions and publishers.
Subject-specific OER libraries with textbooks, chapters, ancillary materials, and tools for adapting or remixing course content.
Best for: faculty who may want to customize a text or combine materials from a large subject collection.
A large searchable catalog of books published through Pressbooks networks around the world. Many are openly licensed and some include interactive H5P activities.
Best for: finding institutionally published open textbooks, newer niche texts, and interactive books.
Watch for: the directory also contains some books with All Rights Reserved or other non-open terms. Verify the license on each candidate.
A broad OER library covering higher education and other educational levels, including readings, activities, courses, modules, media, and other teaching materials.
Best for: one-unit resources, activities, supplemental materials, and interdisciplinary searches.
A long-running collection of higher-education learning materials, including open courseware and faculty-reviewed resources.
Best for: activities, courseware, simulations, media, and resources beyond conventional textbooks.
Watch for: verify the license and access conditions of the specific item rather than assuming every listed resource has the same reuse rights.
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