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Open Educational Resources by Subject

A guide to free, open access books and other materials for classroom use.

Open Access Biology Books

Below is a small sample of open access non-textbook books in the biological sciences. Others may be found by searching Directory of Open Access Books.

Insects: Functional Morphology, Biomechanics and Biomimetics by Rajabi, Hamed (editor) Gorb, Stanislav N. (editor) Wu, Jianing (editor)
Publication Date: 2022
Taxonomy and Ecology of Marine Algae by Park, Bum Soo (editor) Li, Zhun (editor)
Publication Date: 2022
Molecular Mechanisms of Leaf Morphogenesis by Koyama, Tomotsugu (editor)
Publication Date: 2022

Open Access Biology Textbooks

Videos

Other Materials

The Biology Project
Biointeractive
OER Commons: Life Sciences
Boundless Biology
CourseSource
Fundamentals of Microbiology Lab Manual
Cell Image Library
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Be sure to check individual items - most are available open access but some may be under copyright
Encyclopedia of Life
Be sure to check individual items - most are available open access but some may be under copyright

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