Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 132 different sources and contains 447,682 records.

OASIS is being developed at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.

Current OASIS Development Team:
Allison Brown, Digital Publishing Services Manager
Bill Jones, Digital Resources & Systems Librarian

Founding OASIS Development Members:
Alexis Clifton
Ben Rawlins

OASIS in the Academic Research:

• Walters, W. H., Alice, M., & O'Malley, T. (2024). Finding Free OER Textbooks Online: Untangling the Web. Publications, 12(4), 32;
  https://doi.org/10.3390/publications12040032
• Perifanou, M. & Economides, A.A. (2023). Analyzing repositories of OER using web analytics and accessibility tools. Universal Access in the Information Society, 22, 1243-1257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-022-00907-6
• Perifanou, M. & Economides, A.A. (2022). Measuring quality, popularity, demand and usage of Repositories of Open Educational Resources (ROER): a study on thirteen popular ROER. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 38(4), 315-330.
  https://doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2022.2033114
• Apfelbaum, D. S., & Stadler, D. (2021). A Crash Course in Creative Commons Licensing. Serials Review, 4(34), 122-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2021.1963634
• Azadbakht, E., Schultz, T., & Arellano, J. (2021). Not open for all: accessibility of open textbooks. Insights the UKSG Journal, 34(1).https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.557
• Hutchins, C. E. (2020). Creating and using open educational resources (OER) in reading and writing classes. Teaching English in the Two Year College, 47(3), 297-311. https://doi.org/10.58680/tetyc202130587
• Thomas, C., White, H., and Jones, W. E. (2020). Collaborative Creation of the OER Metadata Rosetta Stone. Milne Library, 16. https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/library-research/16
• Georgiadou, E., & Kolaxizis, I. (2019). Film Students Attitude toward Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Film Studies in Greece. Education Sciences, 9(3), 195-. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci9030195

 

Total Number of Institutions: 515
Countries: United States (470), Canada (27), Australia (6), Ireland (3), Lebanon (1), Spain (1), Zimbabwe (1), United Kingdom (1), Turkey (1), Thailand (1)

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