Research Guides: Affordable Learning @ Savannah State University: An initiative to promote student success by providing affordable alternatives to textbooks : About Open Educational Resources (OER)

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Merlot
MERLOT is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community.
GALILEO
GALILEO is Georgia's virtual library, with electronic books, periodicals, journals, magazines, newspapers, such reference materials as encyclopedias, and special collections, and access to Georgia's library catalog

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Substitute GALILEO Resources for Textbooks

Content for University System of Georgia Core Courses

Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) is funding and supporting efforts to replace commercial learning materials with no-cost-to-student alternatives, with a focus on the Top 50-enrolled USG lower-division Core Curriculum courses. Go to the ALG Open Textbooks for Top 50 Courses website for suggested open educational resources suitable for USG courses.

Customizing & Authoring Content

Example of Open Textbook: Social Work Open Text

The Children's Bureau Legacy: Ensuring the Right to Childhood
A recently released e-book—The Children's Bureau Legacy: Ensuring the Right to Childhood—tells the story of a small Federal agency that took on some of the Nation's most devastating social problems, including infant mortality, child labor, and child abuse and neglect. Through compelling text and historical images, the e-book chronicles the Children's Bureau's first 100 years of service to children, youth, and families.
Amidst the backdrop of changing world events and social movements, CB has made a lasting impact on the child welfare field. Share The Children's Bureau Legacy with students, colleagues, and mentees and discover how the agency's early accomplishments-coupled with an enduring commitment to children, youth, and families-laid the foundation for today's social work and child welfare practice.

The Children's Bureau Legacy: Ensuring the Right to Childhood is available as a free PDF.