Graphic Design: OER Resources

Search the database of over 150,000 files on artists, art collectives, galleries, and museums held in the Smithsonian's Art and Design and History and Culture libraries.

Over 30,000 art history publications, rare books, and related literature, from a variety of publishers. Includes many hard-to-find items.

Five decades of Met publications on art history, available to read, download, and/or search for free.

This page features items from the Library of Congress's digital collections that are free to use and reuse. The Library believes that this content is either in the public domain, has no known copyright, or has been cleared by the copyright owner for public use. Each set of content is based on a theme and is first featured on the Library's home page.

The eCampusOntario Open Library provides educators and learners with access to more than 250 free and openly-licensed educational resources.

The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) allows the user to search a database of over 68,000 peer-reviewed, academic books.

The Pressbooks Directory is a free, searchable catalog that includes 8,420 open access books published across 206 unique networks using Pressbooks. It's easy to copy, revise, remix, and redistribute any openly licensed content found here using Pressbooks' publishing platform. Nearly all books are highly accessible, and many include interactive H5P learning activities to engage learners.