OPEN BOOKS/JOURNALS
A growing collection of nearly 3000 online, open access scholarly books from 390 publishers. The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books.
InTechOpen is the world’s largest Science, Technology, and Medicine Open Access book publisher. With a goal to provide free online access to research since 2004, InTechOpen has published 2,773 books and 45,530 scientific works by 96,019 international scientists.
OPEN DATA
Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe. Data on a wide range of topics including education, climate change, environmental information, economics, health, gender equity, and agriculture.
OER COURSEWARE
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science is a course for high school teachers and undergraduate students in environmental science. The content course will help teachers of biology, chemistry, and Earth science to provide more content in their classes. The course components include 13 half-hour video programs, a coordinated website which includes the streamed video programs, the course text online, five interactive simulations, background on the scientists who created the content and those whose research is documented, a professional development guide, and additional resources.
This course consists of 51 compressed video lectures on different subtopics under the study of biology and ecology
Joint project by the APFNet and AP-FECM, this OER consists of six (6) web-based self-directed courses on sustainable forest management (SFM):
- Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing World
- Forest Governance, Public Relations, and Community Development
- International Dialogue on Forestry Issues
- Restoration of Degraded Forest Ecosystems and Forest Plantation Development
- Sustainable Use of Forest Ecosystem Services
- Forest Resource Management and Protection
The program uses video lectures, reading materials, and various assessment strategies to enhance and evaluate learning. It is intended for students and professionals, as well as for educational institutions’ curriculum and program development.
OTHER OPEN MEDIA
HHMI BioInteractive anchor a variety of classroom resources based on peer-reviewed science. From data-rich activities and case studies to high-quality videos and interactive media, their resources are designed to connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world.
SoilWeb200 provides students with online, interactive, graphical, video and text-based information to assist them in understanding fundamental soil science concepts. It also relates these concepts to various soil management issues.
Virtual Soil Science Learning Resources (VSSLR) group is focused on developing innovative, open-access educational resources for a variety of undergraduate and graduate natural resource courses and programs.
Various web-based learning resources and online courses developed by the group are featured at this site.
USGS provide science about the natural hazards that threaten lives and livelihoods; the water, energy, minerals, and other natural resources we rely on; the health of our ecosystems and environment; and the impacts of climate and land-use change. Our scientists develop new methods and tools to supply timely, relevant, and useful information about the Earth and its processes; providing real-time or near real-time data and information on current conditions and earth observations.
OER REPOSITORIES
Collection of published journal articles by James P. Smith Jr. Botanical Studies in Floristics, Agrostology, Economic Botany, and Poisonous Plants.
The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
A collection of supplemental reading materials freely accessible: FAO publications, statistics, forestry declarations, and toolkits.