Subject Area

ANTHROPOLOGY

Good places to find sources for Anthropology

 

Ontario Curriculum

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Open Educational Resources: Anthropology – University of New Hampshire 

Ancient Civilizations – Independence Hall Association
Independence Hall Association provides a comprehensive textbook with sections that cover Archaeologists and Their Artifacts, Anthropologists and Their People, Prehistoric Time, and in-depth chapters regarding Ancient Civilizations. This resource is great for teachers and student to find historical documents and study people and places.

BC Open Textbooks
The B.C. Open Textbook Project provides textbooks including The History of Our Tribe: Hominini, Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology, and Native Peoples of North America.

LibreText
Explore books on cultural anthropology, physical anthropology and linguistics.

MERLOT
MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.

OAPEN
Both a collection of open access publications and a publishing platform with a focus on social sciences and humanities.

OER Commons
OER Commons provides a curated collection of textbooks and resources for Anthropology, Archaeology, Ethnic Studies, and Linguistics.

Open Book Publishers
UK publishing imprint that provides free online access and low cost formatted and print access to titles with a special emphasis on humanities, digital humanities, and social sciences.

Open Textbook Library – Linguistics
Browse a wide selection of textbooks on linguistic topics.

PSYCHOLOGY

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JURN: search millions of free academic articles, chapters and theses | Arts | Humanities | Business | Law | Nature | Science | Medical | 

PubMed – PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites. 

National Center for Biotechnology Information – useful information on complete and active clinical trials 

Digital Commons Network (Psychology) – Open access academic research from top universities 

SCIRP Open Access (contains some psychology articles) – Scientific Research Publishing is an academic publisher with more than 200 open access journals in the areas of science, technology and medicine. It also publishes academic books and conference proceedings.

IntechOpen (a smaller publisher of open articles on psychology) – IntechOpen is a leading global publisher of Journals and Books within the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. We are the preferred choice of over 60,000 authors worldwide. 

British Psychological Society: Research Digest (also available as an app!) or sign up for the weekly email. Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web. 

All in the Mind: BBC Radio 4 programme exploring the limits and potential of the human mind. 

AllPsych: Comprehensive site which gives access to lots of information for psychologists. 

British Psychological Society Research Digest: A blog which is exploring current studies and critically assess the methods behind them. 

IB Psych Matters: A complete digital resource to help IB Students reinforce their understanding of the subject including summaries of key studies, videos, quizzes, revision guides, etc. 

Psych Central: This site has tips, stories and resources about mental health and wellbeing. 

PsychWEB: A range of academic psychology resources. ** Dedicated Search Bar at the Bottom of the Page ** 

Social Psychology Network: This site contains over 150 links to psychology-related blogs, podcasts and RSS feeds. 

The Whole Brain Atlas: A medical resource created by Harvard Medical School about the brain, which includes neuroimages.

IB Psychology:  A resource that goes through a step by step process of the EE 

SOCIOLOGY

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B.C. Open Textbook Collection: Sociology
A collection of open textbooks on various topics relating to sociology.

Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life
Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life is a text for introductory courses on cultural sociology. 

A Career in Sociology
An introductory level textbook that provides sociological terms, concepts, and theories in the study of sociological practice. 

Community Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice
This reader is an Open Educational Resource, meant to accompany a graduate or higher-level undergraduate university course in climate change resilience, adaptation, and/or planning. While the material is geared toward students in urban and regional planning, it may also be of interest to students of urban studies, public health, geography, political science, sociology, risk management, and others.

Foundations in Sociology I
One part of a two-part introduction to the discipline of sociology, the study of society. It examines how we come to understand and experience ourselves and the world around us and how we create culture.

Human Security in World Affairs
This first and only university textbook of human security is intended as an introductory text from senior undergraduate level up and includes chapters by 24 authors, from BC, Canada, and around the globe, that encompass the full spectrum of disciplines contributing to the human security field. 

Introduction to Consumer Behaviour
This open textbook was designed for students studying business or marketing at an undergraduate level. It draws on the fields of marketing, business, communications, media studies, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. 

Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowing
The book is a celebration of the diversity of ways in which humans can relate to the world around them, and an invitation to its readers to partake in planetary coexistence.

Principles of Sociological Inquiry
Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods emphasizes the relevance of research methods for the everyday lives of its readers, undergraduate students.

Sociology of Education in Canada

Urban Literacy: Learning to Read the City Around You
This book introduces students to the basic concepts of urban studies. It is an interdisciplinary text that was developed for lower-division undergraduate students. The book is organized into thematic chapters that explore different aspects of urban life, such as the environment, housing, and cultures.