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Open Textbooks Guide

This guide discusses what is an open textbook and where to locate them.

Directory of Open Access Books
 

"The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books.  The directory is open to all publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books in Open Access and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these publications are in Open Access and meet academic standards."


With over 28,000 academic books, this directory is an essential resource of you are looking for academic titles that can be used in online classes as they are free to Use and Share provided that attribution is given.  The image below show the resulting works on display after doing a search for books dealing with biodiversity.

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