Resources

The Central Library is enriched with plenty of textbooks and references by various national and international authors from various disciplines.

Open Educational Resources: Search Strategy: How to Use and What to Use?

Language, Learning and Pedagogy

• https://sites.google.com/site/soyouwanttolearnalanguage/bengali (Bengali language)
• http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Default.aspx
• http://carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/
• http://umbangla.typepad.com/um_bangla/2007/08/little-magazi-1.html (little magazine)
• http://llt.msu.edu/resources/disserations_updated_2015.pdf
• http://www.midnapore.in/littlemagazine/littlemagazine-history-westbengalindia-world.php (little magazine)
• http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/basic?sid=262d8f1b-4d1e-48c4-9866-6312456a93de%40sessionmgr4008&vid=0&hid=4204

Databank:

» ADB Open access repository (Economics)
» IMF Data (Economics and Development)
» World Bank Data (Economics and Development)
» Research Data Repositories
» Access to Archival Databases: AAD
» Data.gov
» E-Stats: Measuring the Electronic Economy
» Global Development Finance
» Global Economic Monitor
» RBI Database
» WHO | Data and statistics

Scientific Information:

• SciCentral
• SciDevNet
• Encyclopedia of Life – (Information and pictures of all species known to science)
• Data.gov
• WHO | Data and statistics

Digital Reference Tools: An Open text

Bibliographical Sources:

• Abebook
• AJOL
• ACM Digital Library
• Books in print
• Bioone
• Brills Bibliographical Series
• EMBASE
• National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials in India (NUCSSI)
• The Index Translationum
• World Cat
• The Philosophers Index
• Library Catalogue National Library Kolkata
• PHI Learning : Online Catalogue
• Infoplease
• Oxford Reference Political Biography
• Famous Philosophers
• Small Gallery of Linguists
• Who 2 Biographies
• http://digitalref.jdvu.ac.in/ 
• https://avidopenaccess.org/resource/ed-tip-online-reference-materials/ 

Subject Guide

Language, and Literature
(Bengali, English)

https://rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/node/1 
https://bdebooks.com/ 
https://banglasahitya.net/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87/ 
অন্বেষণ (Bengali Search Engine)
https://libguides.msvu.ca/c.php?g=114501&p=5094431 
https://libraryguides.unh.edu/oer/english 
https://libraries.etsu.edu/research/guides/english/oer 
https://oercommons.org/ 
https://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oer/languages 
https://library.educause.edu/topics/teaching-and-learning/open-educational-resources-oer 

Chemistry

https://libraryguides.unh.edu/physics/OER 
https://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oer/chemistry 
https://libguides.humboldt.edu/openedu/chem 
https://guides.library.txstate.edu/OERbycollege/Chem 
https://libraries.etsu.edu/research/guides/chemistry/oer 
https://libguides.library.hunter.cuny.edu/oer/chemistry 

Physics

https://libraries.etsu.edu/research/guides/physics/oer 
https://oercommons.org/browse?f.search=Physics 
https://lit.libguides.com/oer/physics 
https://libguides.humboldt.edu/openedu/phyx 
https://utrgv.libguides.com/physics/OER 
https://libraryguides.unh.edu/oer/engineering_physics 
https://library.uhd.edu/c.php?g=857187&p=6140678 
https://libraryguides.oswego.edu/oer/physics 
https://libraryguides.unh.edu/physics/OER 

Biological Sciences

https://libguides.humboldt.edu/openedu/biol 
https://libguides.wccnet.edu/oer-subjects/biology 
https://libraries.etsu.edu/research/guides/biology/oer 
https://libraryguides.unh.edu/oer/biology 
https://libguides.cmich.edu/OER/science 
https://libguides.northwestern.edu/bio/oers 
https://guides.douglascollege.ca/biology-sg/open-ed 

Mathematics & Statistics

American Institute of Mathematics
OpenStax
Mit Mathlets
Open Textbook Library
MyOpenMath
http://www.park.edu/ 
https://libraryguides.unh.edu/oer/statistics_math 
https://lib.lavc.edu/c.php?g=571229&p=7709927 
https://oerstatistics.wordpress.com/ 

Earth Sciences (Geography & Geology)

https://guides.douglascollege.ca/geology-sg/open-ed 
https://howardcollege.libguides.com/oer/geography 
https://libguides.humboldt.edu/openedu/geol 
https://irsc.libguides.com/c.php?g=1153781&p=8421247 
https://www.opengeography.org/ 
https://libguides.msubillings.edu/oer/geology 

Useful Links
Indian Meteorological Department
Census of India
Data.Gov.in
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
CIESIN specializes in online data and information management, spatial data integration and training and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.
Socio-Economic Data and Applications Centre (SEDAC)
This is one of the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of the US National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration. SEDAC focuses on human interactions in the environment
Earth Magazine
GeoRef database

Philosophy

https://asccc-oeri.org/open-educational-resources-and-philosophy/ 
https://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oer/philosophy 
https://libguides.umsl.edu/oer/philosophy 
https://libraries.etsu.edu/research/guides/philosophy/oer 

Political Science

https://libguides.wustl.edu/c.php?g=46886&p=8190658 
https://resources.library.lemoyne.edu/open-educational-resources/by-subject/political-science 
https://www.opolisci.com/

https://oercommons.org/curated-collections/411 

Economics

https://libguides.humboldt.edu/openedu/econ 
https://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oer/economics 
https://libraryguides.mdc.edu/EconomicsLibraryResources/OER 
https://libguides.msvu.ca/c.php?g=114512&p=5105976 
https://openeconomics.zbw.eu/en/knowledgebase/introduction-to-open-educational-resources/ 
https://oercommons.org/curated-collections/410 

https://open-science-future.zbw.eu/en/open-educational-resources-economics/ 

History

History Online (Currently holds more than 62000 records)
Connected Histories: British History Sources 1500-1900 : allows you to cross-search a variety of major e-resources in British history
https://libraryguides.unh.edu/oer/history 
British History Online
ORB : online reference book for medieval studies
Labyrinth (University of Georgetown)
https://ignca.gov.in/ 
https://asccc-oeri.org/open-educational-resources-and-history/ 

Food and Nutrition

https://libguides.msvu.ca/oer/nutrition 
https://instr.iastate.libguides.com/c.php?g=471528&p=10198402 
https://libguides.olympic.edu/c.php?g=1052778&p=7676833 
https://asccc-oeri.org/nutrition-and-dietetics-tmc-and-open-educational-resources/ 
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/nutrition 
https://libguides.humboldt.edu/c.php?g=303996&p=2030610 

Physiology

https://libguides.wccnet.edu/oer-subjects/anatomy-physiology 
https://oercommons.org/courseware/8449 
https://lib.lavc.edu/c.php?g=571229&p=7707316 
https://westerntc.libguides.com/anatomy/oer