1. Use a specialized OER search engine

• Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange (GLOBE) Alliance: www.globeinfo.org.
• Commonwealth of Learning (COL), www.col.org/OER,
• Folksemantic: www.folksemantic.com. (over 110,000 OER)
• DiscoverEd: http://discovered.labs.creativecommons.org/search/en. (The results come from other repositories such as OER Commons)
• Connexions and the Open Courseware Consortium (OCWC).
• Creative Commons Search: http://search.creativecommons.org.
• Open Courseware Consortium: www.ocwconsortium.org/courses/search.

 2. Locate a suitable OER repository

• OpenLearn: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk.
• MedEd PORTAL: http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal (medical focus).
• MIT OCW: http://ocw.mit.edu.
• China Open Resources for Education (CORE): www.core.org.cn/en.
• AgEcon Search: http://ageconsearch.umn.edu (agricultural focus).

• Teacher Education in sub-Saharan Africa: www.tessafrica.net (teacher education focus).

 3. Use OER directory sites

• OER Commons: www.oercommons.org.
• Commonwealth of Learning: www.col.org/OER.
• OER Africa: www.oerafrica.org.

 [from"A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resource" -

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002158/215804e.pdf]