Library Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Sociology

Open Resources in Sociology

This page provides access to textbook repositories along with other selected open resources when available.

The purpose of these discipline specific pages is to showcase content that might be of interest to faculty who are considering adopting open educational resources for use in their classes. This list of content is by no means exhaustive, and more resources will be continually added.

The nature of open educational resources is very collaborative and it is in that spirit that we encourage any comments about the content featured on this page or recommendations of content that are not already listed here.

Open Textbooks

Introduction to Sociology 2e by Jeff Bry; Faye Jones; Heather Griffiths; Nathan Keirns; Eric Strayer; Susan Cody-Rydzewski; Gail Scaramuzzo; Tommy Sadler; Sally Vyain
ISBN: 1938168410
Publication Date: 2015
Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories.

Open Textbook Library - Sociology
A project of the University of Minnesota, The Open Textbook Library provides a review rubric for faculty to use when evaluating textbooks and displays them for the benefit of potential adopters. Search on the text box for Sociology to see a list of textbook in this subject.
OER Commons - Sociology Open textbooks for undergraduate level, some with reviews.
MERLOT- Sociology One of the oldest and largest collections of online resources for teaching.