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Philosophy

A guide to philosophy resources available from ANU Library.

What is Open Access?

Open Access (OA) refers to free, unrestricted online access to scholarly materials.

Open Access enables the communication of research across boundaries of national borders and publication systems. Equal access to government funded, high quality research is a key principle of removing geographical, socio-economic and publisher barriers to credible information

The Australian National University, through its Open Research repository collects, maintains, preserves, promotes and disseminates its open access scholarly materials. You can search the collection of scholarly outputs of the University's academic community as well as digitised material of national and international significance from the University's special and rare collections.

You can also browse the ANU Press collection. ANU Press is a globally recognised leader in open-access academic publishing. They produce fully peer-reviewed monographs and journals across a wide range of subject areas, with a special focus on Australian and international policy, Indigenous studies and the Asia-Pacific region.

You can learn more about Open Access in the ANU Library's self-paced module, Scholarly communications 101.

What are Open Educational Resources?

Open Educational Resources - OERs - are educational materials that are available under an open license. This means you can freely use, adapt and distribute these resources.

Read our guide for information on how to find and use OERs.

Open Educational Resources for Philosophy

Below are a selection of quality OERs for philosophy.

  • Philosophy resources in the OER Commons include lecture notes, video, audio, open access textbooks, and cover accounting and management as subsets.
  • Philosophy courses through MIT Open Courseware include lecture notes, reading lists, open access textbooks and other related course materials.
  • Philosophy textbooks through the Open Textbook Library include texts on accounting, business law, management, and business communication.
  • Academic Earth was launched on the premise that everyone deserves access to a world-class education. It includes a collection of free online college courses from the world’s top universities. 
  • Philosophy Tube is a thought-provoking and entertaining look at some of the most current and important philosophical issues facing modern societies.

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