Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OERs) Toolkit: STEM & Advanced Manufacturing

MCC Library resources in STEM & Advanced Manufacturing

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
Covers computer theory and systems, engineering disciples, new technology, social and professional context.
Computing Database
Abstract, index, full text, full image. Subjects covered include: Computer Science
Information Systems, Computer Security, Database Design, Software Development, Web Commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, Internet. Can also be searched via ProQuest Central.
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCO)
More than 275,000 full text eBooks including university press publications. There are options for searching within books and downloading them to mobile devices.
Science Full Text Select
Covers science including acoustics, agriculture & agricultural research, atmospheric science, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, botany, chemistry, environmental science, geology, marine biology microbiology, physics, earth science, robotics and more. Content: Full text for more than 400 journals. Dates covered: 1994 to present.

No calculator? No problem. Desmos can do what an expensive graphing and scientific calculators can, for free.

Check out the Desmos Getting Started page or check out their video tutorials or user manual.

Indian River State College has assembled an excellent list of sources of free to use or openly licensed images and videos for science OER:

Indian River State College OER Resources
Indian River State College has assembled an excellent list of sources of free to use or openly licensed images and videos for science OER, particularly for biology.
PhET: Free Online Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Science
Free interactive simulations covering a diverse topics designed by the University of Colorado available in various languages.
UC Irvine Open Chemistry
Open Chemistry (OpenChem) provides a full curriculum of recorded lectures covering undergraduate chemistry plus selected graduate topics. Includes lecture videos and ancillary material. Any of our OpenChem materials are immediately available for use by institutions or individual professors teaching their own courses.