{"id":98,"date":"2016-10-14T15:58:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/authorsguide\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=98"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:45:52","slug":"finding-openly-licensed-content","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/finding-openly-licensed-content\/","title":{"raw":"Finding Openly Licensed Content","rendered":"Finding Openly Licensed Content"},"content":{"raw":"An open access textbook is one that you can find on the public web and has been released under an open license. The open license allows you to copy and share the textbook. The textbook can then be distributed to your students for free. In addition, you often have the right to revise\u00a0the content of the textbook, customizing it to meet the specific needs of your students.\r\n<h2>Textbooks<\/h2>\r\nThe best sources\u00a0for open access textbooks that are either easily imported into Pressbooks or are avaialble in multiple formats:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bccampus.ca\/open-textbook-project\/\">BC OpenCampus Textbook Project<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstaxcollege.org\/\">OpenStax<\/a>\u00a0(Rice University)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOther sources for open textbooks:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/\">Open Textbook Library<\/a> (University of Minnesota)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MERLOT II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oercommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OER Commons<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikibooks<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFrom: <a href=\"http:\/\/learn.library.ryerson.ca\/OER\/textbooks\">Open Access Educational Resources Guide<\/a>, Ryerson University Library and Archives\r\n\r\nIf you are adapting an existing open textbook or creating a new one, you may want to find additional resources to use. Ideally, this content will be <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/creative-commons-licenses\/\">licensed under Creative Commons<\/a>. Try to find content licensed under <strong>CC-BY <\/strong>licenses, these will provide the most flexibility for reuse. If you are planning to make changes\u00a0to the material, avoid any Creative Commons material that has the <strong>-ND<\/strong> (No Derivative) attribution as this content can be reused, but not adapted.\r\n\r\nIf you are looking for other Creative Commons licensed content, you can try the following services and search engines.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/search.creativecommons.org\/\">Creative Commons Search<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hippocampus.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HippoCampus<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.collegeopentextbooks.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College Open Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/online-textbooks\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MIT Open Courseware Online Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nsdl.oercommons.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Science Digital Library (NSDL)<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nobaproject.com\/resources\/ready-made-textbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOBA Project Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/explorethelor.org\/collections\/open-educational-resources\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Carolina Learning Object Repository (NCLOR)<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/textbooks.opensuny.org\/browse\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open SUNY Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Gutenberg<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chemwiki.ucdavis.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Davis ChemWiki<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhET: Interactive Simulations For Science and Math<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/books\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saylor Academy Open Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillscommons.org\/discover?filtertype=type&amp;filter_relational_operator=equals&amp;filter=Open+Textbook\">Skills Commons Open Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/solr.bccampus.ca\/wp\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOL*R<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intechopen.com\/books\">INTECH Books<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\">DOAJ<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nOther ways to find open textbooks or OER include:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Connect with your library<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ask your colleagues if they use\u00a0OER<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Conduct an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/advanced_search\">advanced Google search<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ask\u00a0your students to find open resources as part of a class activity. Have them do a content review and post the results to your course website or Learning Management System (LMS)<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nThere are many more places to find open resources. <a href=\"http:\/\/wikieducator.org\/OER_Handbook\/educator\/Find\">A comprehensive list of openly licensed repositories<\/a>, including discipline specific repositories, is located in the <a href=\"http:\/\/wikieducator.org\/OER_Handbook\/educator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OER Handbook for Educators<\/a>.\r\n<h2><a id=\"images\"><\/a>Open Access and Public Domain Images<\/h2>\r\nYou can also find open access or public domain images to add content and visual flair\u00a0to your textbook. Below are some good places to find open access or free-to-use images. Check the license terms for individual images found on sources like Flickr and Wikimedia Commons as they vary.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/search.creativecommons.org\/\">Creative Commons Search<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/creativecommons\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr CC<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/online-textbooks\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MIT Open Courseware Online Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/imagegallery\/index.html\">\u00a0NASA Images<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Images\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksmuseum.nl\/en\/search\">Rijksmuseum<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/search.getty.edu\/gateway\/search?q=&amp;cat=highlight&amp;f=%22Open+Content+Images%22&amp;rows=10&amp;srt=a&amp;dir=s&amp;pg=1\">Getty Search Gateway<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/images.nga.gov\/en\/page\/show_home_page.html\">National Gallery of Art Public Domain<\/a><\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypl.org\/research\/collections\/digital-collections\/public-domain\">New York Public Library Public Domain Collections<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\"><em>Finding Openly Licensed Content<\/em> is a adaptation of the chapter \"Finding Openly Licensed Content\" from the original <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/opentextbook\">BC Open Textbook Authoring Guide<\/a> and the \"Finding Open Textbooks\" from the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/\">BC Open Textbook Adaptation Guide<\/a>. New material has been incorporated that includes Ryerson resources and the section \"Open Access and Public Domain Images.\"<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>An open access textbook is one that you can find on the public web and has been released under an open license. The open license allows you to copy and share the textbook. The textbook can then be distributed to your students for free. In addition, you often have the right to revise\u00a0the content of the textbook, customizing it to meet the specific needs of your students.<\/p>\n<h2>Textbooks<\/h2>\n<p>The best sources\u00a0for open access textbooks that are either easily imported into Pressbooks or are avaialble in multiple formats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bccampus.ca\/open-textbook-project\/\">BC OpenCampus Textbook Project<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstaxcollege.org\/\">OpenStax<\/a>\u00a0(Rice University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other sources for open textbooks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/\">Open Textbook Library<\/a> (University of Minnesota)<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MERLOT II<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oercommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OER Commons<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikibooks<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From: <a href=\"http:\/\/learn.library.ryerson.ca\/OER\/textbooks\">Open Access Educational Resources Guide<\/a>, Ryerson University Library and Archives<\/p>\n<p>If you are adapting an existing open textbook or creating a new one, you may want to find additional resources to use. Ideally, this content will be <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/creative-commons-licenses\/\">licensed under Creative Commons<\/a>. Try to find content licensed under <strong>CC-BY <\/strong>licenses, these will provide the most flexibility for reuse. If you are planning to make changes\u00a0to the material, avoid any Creative Commons material that has the <strong>-ND<\/strong> (No Derivative) attribution as this content can be reused, but not adapted.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for other Creative Commons licensed content, you can try the following services and search engines.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/search.creativecommons.org\/\">Creative Commons Search<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hippocampus.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HippoCampus<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.collegeopentextbooks.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College Open Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/online-textbooks\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MIT Open Courseware Online Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nsdl.oercommons.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Science Digital Library (NSDL)<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nobaproject.com\/resources\/ready-made-textbooks\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOBA Project Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/explorethelor.org\/collections\/open-educational-resources\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Carolina Learning Object Repository (NCLOR)<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/textbooks.opensuny.org\/browse\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open SUNY Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Gutenberg<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chemwiki.ucdavis.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Davis ChemWiki<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhET: Interactive Simulations For Science and Math<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/books\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saylor Academy Open Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillscommons.org\/discover?filtertype=type&amp;filter_relational_operator=equals&amp;filter=Open+Textbook\">Skills Commons Open Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/solr.bccampus.ca\/wp\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOL*R<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intechopen.com\/books\">INTECH Books<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\">DOAJ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Other ways to find open textbooks or OER include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Connect with your library<\/li>\n<li>Ask your colleagues if they use\u00a0OER<\/li>\n<li>Conduct an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/advanced_search\">advanced Google search<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ask\u00a0your students to find open resources as part of a class activity. Have them do a content review and post the results to your course website or Learning Management System (LMS)<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are many more places to find open resources. <a href=\"http:\/\/wikieducator.org\/OER_Handbook\/educator\/Find\">A comprehensive list of openly licensed repositories<\/a>, including discipline specific repositories, is located in the <a href=\"http:\/\/wikieducator.org\/OER_Handbook\/educator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OER Handbook for Educators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"images\"><\/a>Open Access and Public Domain Images<\/h2>\n<p>You can also find open access or public domain images to add content and visual flair\u00a0to your textbook. Below are some good places to find open access or free-to-use images. Check the license terms for individual images found on sources like Flickr and Wikimedia Commons as they vary.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/search.creativecommons.org\/\">Creative Commons Search<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/creativecommons\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr CC<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/online-textbooks\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MIT Open Courseware Online Textbooks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/imagegallery\/index.html\">\u00a0NASA Images<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Images\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksmuseum.nl\/en\/search\">Rijksmuseum<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/search.getty.edu\/gateway\/search?q=&amp;cat=highlight&amp;f=%22Open+Content+Images%22&amp;rows=10&amp;srt=a&amp;dir=s&amp;pg=1\">Getty Search Gateway<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/images.nga.gov\/en\/page\/show_home_page.html\">National Gallery of Art Public Domain<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypl.org\/research\/collections\/digital-collections\/public-domain\">New York Public Library Public Domain Collections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\"><em>Finding Openly Licensed Content<\/em> is a adaptation of the chapter &#8220;Finding Openly Licensed Content&#8221; from the original <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/opentextbook\">BC Open Textbook Authoring Guide<\/a> and the &#8220;Finding Open Textbooks&#8221; from the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/\">BC Open Textbook Adaptation Guide<\/a>. 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