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Not yet ready to jump into Open Educational Resources?
Why not check out an open textbook for our Open Textbook Collection? Take it home and compare it to your current textbook.
What is the Open Textbook Collection? It is a collection of open access (free) textbooks that we have printed and made available to help you identify potential free or low-cost textbooks. You can borrow these textbooks, compare them to your current textbook, and make the transition from costly textbooks to free or low-cost alternatives. Some were even written by OSU faculty!
Who can use the collection?
Anyone can use it but only faculty, staff, and GTA’s can check the open textbooks books out of the library.
Where is it located?
On the 2nd (main) floor of the library in the glass case on the left as you enter.
Remember, you don't have to use the whole book. You can pick and choose chapters from several different books and make your own custom version that's free.
Or consider writing your own textbook. Contact OSU's Open Educational Resources Unit.
QM23.2 .B47 2017
[Cover image] by OpenStax is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 International
![Biology 2e [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/Bio2e.jpg)
![Chemistry [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/Chemistry-350x453.jpg)
![College Algebra [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/college-algebra.PNG)
QA154.3 .A3695 2015
[Cover image] by OpenStax is licensed under CC BY 4.0 International
![College Physics [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/OpenStax-College-Physics-350x453.jpg)
QH 308.7 .F69 2016
[Cover image] by OpenStax is licensed under CC BY 4.0 International
![Deutsch im Blick [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/DeutschimBlick.png)
PF3129.E5 A35 2013
[Cover image] by COERLL is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
![First Course in Linear Algebra [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/fcla-v3-cover-icon.png){kind=icon}
"The Summer Chair" [image] by David Beezer is l licensed under GNU Free Documentation License
![Foundations of Computation [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/FoundationsOfComputation_small_cover.png)
QA76 .C725 2011
[Cover image] by Critchlow and Eck is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
![Francais Interactif [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/FrancaisInteractif.jpg)
PC2129 .E5 F72 2011
[Cover image] by COERLL is licensed under CC BY 4.0 International
![Fundamentals of Business [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/FundBusiness.jpg)
HF1008 .S57 2016
"Hong Kong Skyscrapers" [image] by Estial, cropped and modified by Trefov Finney is licensed under CC BY 4.0
![Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/fee.png)
[Cover image] by OpenStax CNX is licensed under CC BY 4.0 International
![Intro to Permaculture [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/0000IntroPerm.png)
[Cover image] by Oregon State University is licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0 International
OSU Author
![Introduction to Formal Logic [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/IntroFormalLogic.png)
BC108 .M255 2017
[Cover image] by Fecundity is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 International
![Introductory Statistics [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/0000IntroStat.png.jpg)
QA276.12 .D5388 2014
[Cover image] by Openintro.org is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 International
![Linear Algebra [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/linearalgebra.png)
![Microbiology [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/0000Microbiol.png.jpg)
QR41.2 .B795 2017
[Cover image] by Oregon State University is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
OSU Author
![OpenIntro Statistics 2e [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/OIS.jpg)
[Cover image] by Openintro.org is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 International
![OpenIntro Statistics [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/0000OpenIntro.png.jpg)
QA276.12 .D539 2012
[Cover image] by Openintro.org is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
![Perspectives an open invitation [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/perspectives.png)
GN316 .P395 2017
[Cover image] by SACC is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 International
![Physical Geology [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/OTB-Physical-Geology-COVER-STORE-350x453.jpg)
"Mount Robson" [image] by Heather Earle is licensed under CC BY 4.0 International
![A Primer for Computational Biology [cover image]](http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780870719264/LC.GIF&client=springshare)
QH324.2 O54 2017
[Cover image] by Oregon State University is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA
![Principles of Microeconomics [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/PrinciplesMIcroEcon.png)
HB172 .P725 2014
[Cover image] by OpenStax is licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0 International
![The Simple Math of Writing Well [cover image]](http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780999829202/LC.GIF&client=springshare)
PE1408 .H347 2018
"Unsplash" [image] by Jamison McAndie is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
![Social Science Research [cover image]](http://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/46045/images/SSRPMP.png)
H62 .B477 2012
[Cover image] by Bhattacherjee is licensed under CC BY
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