This page offers OER that is currently in use by CSI faculty as well as highlighted resources, organized by discipline. If you are looking for a resource that is not listed here, or have a resource to recommend, please contact us!
Open Educational Resources (OER) are free to use instructional materials and textbooks that Professors can use to supplement their courses. These materials are made specifically to be used openly and are published under a Creative Commons License, which means they can be remixed, revised, reused, and redistributed.
There are many benefits to using OER in college courses. Not only is OER free for professors to use, it is also free for the students who access it, providing an alternative to expensive textbooks. To learn more about OER, visit our Open Educational Resources Guide,
Anatomy & Physiology by
Anatomy and Physiology is a dynamic textbook for the two-semester human anatomy and physiology course for life science and allied health majors. The book is organized by body system and covers standard scope and sequence requirements. Its lucid text, strategically constructed art, career features, and links to external learning tools address the critical teaching and learning challenges in the course. The web-based version of Anatomy and Physiology also features links to surgical videos, histology, and interactive diagrams.
Principles of microeconomics by
Principles of Microeconomics covers the scope and sequence of most introductory microeconomics courses.
Principles of macroeconomics by
Principles of Macroeconomics covers the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory macroeconomics courses.
The Process of Research Writing by
The goal of this book is to guide you through this process of research writing by emphasizing a series of exercises that touch on different and related parts of the research process.
Money and Banking by
Recent financial turmoil has increased student interest in the financial system but simultaneously threatens to create false impressions and negative attitudes. This up-to-date text by a dynamic, young author encourages students to critique the financial system without rejecting its many positive attributes.
Introduction to Sociology 2e by
Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories.
Intercultural Learning: Critical preparation for international student travel by
This text to take students beyond practical preparation, to equip them with a critical lens through which to view and understand their international experiences. The book leads students toward a deeper understanding of culture and cultural difference through an exploration of challenging concepts such as imperialism, racism, privilege and intercultural practice.
Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life by
The book is supported by discussion of relevant theory and research in cultural sociology. The text takes a learner-centered teaching approach with the instructor taking on the role of a facilitator of learning.
Choosing & using sources: A guide to academic research by
Choosing & Using Sources presents a process for academic research and writing. Each chapter includes self-quizzes and activities to reinforce core concepts and help you apply them.
Research like a librarian: Accessing information in the 21st century by 
The information literacy user's guide by
The Information Literacy User’s Guide introduces students to critical concepts of information literacy. This textbook includes case studies, exercises, and interactive quizzes.
Understanding Media and Culture by
This text was written to squarely emphasize media technology and provides a historical narrative sketching the *ongoing evolution* of media technology and how that technology shapes and is shaped by culture .
Digital Foundations: Intro to Media Design by
This text teaches classic design principles alongside the basic digital tools of Adobe's Creative Suite. Students will learn the basic principles of design and how to implement them using current software. It also integrates formal exercises of the Bauhaus 'basic course' into tutorials that focus on core software methodologies.
Astronomy by
Astronomy is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of one- or two-semester introductory astronomy courses.
Fundamentals of Business by
An introductory textbook in business that covers a variety of topics: The Foundations of Business, Economics and Business, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Business in a Global Environment, Forms of Business Ownership, Entrepreneurship: Starting a Business, Management and Leadership, Structuring Organizations, Operations Management, Motivating Employees, Managing Human Resources, Union/Management Issues, Marketing: Providing Value, Accounting and Financial Information, and Personal Finances.
Fundamentals of Business by
This text is an open education resource intended to serve as a no-cost, faculty customizable primary text for one-semester undergraduate introductory business courses.
Also available: testbank (by request) and interactive self-quizzing (pressbooks version)
Chemistry 2e by
Chemistry 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the two-semester general chemistry course.
Introductory Chemistry by
Introductory Chemistry is intended for a one-semester introductory or preparatory chemistry course. Throughout the chapters, David presents two features that reinforce the theme of the textbook, that chemistry is everywhere.
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach by
Suppose you want to build a computer network, one that has the potential to grow to global proportions and to support applications as diverse as teleconferencing, video on demand, electronic commerce, distributed computing, and digital libraries. What available technologies would serve as the underlying building blocks, and what kind of software architecture would you design to integrate these building blocks into an effective communication service? Answering this question is the overriding goal of this book—to describe the available building materials and then to show how they can be used to construct a network from the ground up.
The open education anthology of earlier American literature by
This anthology was created for an American literature survey course in collaboration with Robin DeRosa and undergraduate students.
The Oxford book of American essays by
Included in this volume are essays by Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe, Oliver Wendall Holmes, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and more.
Writing spaces: Reading on writing vol. I by
This volume includes essays in which authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Topics in Volume 1 of the series include academic writing, how to interpret writing assignments, motives for writing, rhetorical analysis, revision, invention, writing centers, argumentation, narrative, reflective writing, Wikipedia, patchwriting, collaboration, and genres.
Writing spaces: Reading on writing vol. II by
Authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about the craft of writing.
Writing the nation: A concise introduction to American literature 1865 to present by
This anthology (1865-present) provides an opportunity for students to engage in extensive analysis of American works; includes commentary from editors.
3 reviews, 4.5 stars
About writing: A guide by 
The word on college reading and writing by
Written by five college reading and writing instructors, this interactive, multimedia text draws from decades of experience teaching students who are entering the college reading and writing environment for the very first time. It includes examples, exercises, and definitions for just about every reading- and writing-related topic students will encounter in their college courses.
Writing for success by
Writing for Success is a text that provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition.
Writing in college: From competence to excellence by
Writing in College is designed for students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of formal academic writing and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text.
Other composition resources:
Antiracist writing assessment ecologies: Teaching and assessing writing for a socially just future by
This books will help teachers understand the white racial habitus that informs dominant discourses in society and the need for explicit antiracist agendas in their assessments. Inoue offers a heuristic that explores seven elements of any writing assessment ecology: power, parts, purposes, people, processes, products, and places.
3 reviews, 5 stars
Conventions 101: A functional approach to teaching (and assessing!) grammar and punctuation by
This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It’s flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal “there/they’re/their” struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.
12 reviews, 4.25 stars
Introduction to Sociology 2e by
Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories.
This website hosts the video lectures for an introductory statistics course. It focuses on visualizing the core logic of applied inferential statistical tests commonly used in psychology. It can be used as a textbook, course lectures, or a supplementary student resource.
The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook by
The American Yawp is a free, online, collaboratively built American history textbook. Over 300 historians joined together to create the book they wanted for their own students—an accessible, synthetic narrative that reflects the best of recent historical scholarship and provides a jumping-off point for discussions in the U.S. history classroom and beyond.
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