LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Biology

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Textbook Collections

MERLOT
This subset of the MERLOT collection features openly licensed textbooks for use by students and faculty.
Open Textbook Library
The Open Textbook Library is a collection of open textbooks that features reviews written by professors.
College Open Textbooks
The College Open Textbooks Collaborative is focused on driving awareness and adoptions of open textbooks to more than 2000 community and other two-year colleges.
B.C. Open Collection
The B.C. Open Textbook Project is funded by the BC Ministry of Advanced Education to provide flexible and affordable access to higher education resources.

Biology Textbooks

Concepts of Biology
Concepts of Biology is designed for the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors, covering standard scope and sequence requirements.
Biology
Biology is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors.
Microbiology
Microbiology covers the scope and sequence requirements for a single-semester microbiology course for non-majors.

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Supplemental Materials

Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life that gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource.
Biology - Khan Academy
Video lectures covering topics seen in a first year college biology course including cells and cell division, cellular respiration, photosynthesis and immunology to name a few.
Virtual Histology Lab - University of Oklahoma
The Virtual Histology Lab features an introduction to using microscopes, an introduction to histological staining and cell structure.