Library Guides: Political Science: Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.

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Textbooks

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Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.

OER Commons - Political Science`
Political Science Textbooks and Full Courses

Open Courses and Videos

MIT Open Courseware
MIT offers over 100 open courses covering political science topics, including re-usable lecture videos, problem sets and exams.
The Open University - Politics, Society, & Law
OpenLearn is a free learning platform, delivered by The Open University as part of its Royal Charter commitment to support the wellbeing of the community. It provides a variety of free, educational content including open courses, podcasts, articles, videos, and more.

Open Access Journals

Review of Economics and Political Science
Review of Economics and Political Science is an academic, peer-reviewed journal publishing original and impactful articles in the fields of economics, political science and statistics and public administration.
Frontiers in Political Science
Frontiers in Political Science focuses on the theory and practice of governments and political systems at the local, state, national and international levels.
Policy Design and Practice
Policy Design and Practice is an international, open access peer-reviewed journal acting as a key source for the best new ideas and lessons from practice for people creating, leading, and transforming policies throughout the world. The journal is written primarily for practitioners, but also appeals to scholars, journalists, and others with a broad interest in public policy issues across diverse sectors, countries, and regions.
Stability : International Journal of Security and Development
Stability's objective is to foster an accessible and rigorous evidence base, clearly communicated and widely disseminated, to guide future thinking, policymaking and practice concerning communities and states experiencing widespread violence and conflict.
Ethics & Global Politics
Publishes research on ethics and global politics, exploring environmental protection, policy development, poverty, technology and knowledge, migration and more.
The American Review of Politics
The American Review of Politics publishes original research on American politics and the American political process. The primary focus of the journal is on American political development, Southern Politics, early American political thought, constitutional development, representation, and party politics.