LibGuides: Environmental & Sustainable Engineering: A Guide to the Resources: Online Learning Resources

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Online Learning Resources

Welcome! The University Libraries offer many resources that can assist faculty, staff, and students with online distance learning. There are many resources available for free around the web, as well.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are educational resources including textbooks, lectures, media, software, exercises, etc. that are freely available. Faculty may visit the OER subject guide for additional information on using OER.

Note that these sites most likely will not have your instructor assigned textbook. Rather, they are intended to supplement it.

Distance Learners

Library Services for Distance Learners
The Libraries offer services such as resource delivery, reference, and off-campus access to online resources to distance learners.

Library Resources

EBSCOhost eBook Academic Collection
This is a multidisciplinary collection that includes 200,000 e-books covering a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishers and university presses. All e-books are available with unlimited user access.
ProQuest Ebook Central
Collection of ebooks from a variety of publishers.
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
This is a SUNYConnect collection of eBooks with access to 1369 copyrighted books and 3823 public domain titles.
Wiley Online Library
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Additional Chemistry E-book Collections
Additional Computer Science/Electrical Engineering E-book Collections
Additional Mathematics & Statistics E-book Collections
Additional Physics E-book Collections
Additional Multidisciplinary E-book Collections

Academic Video Online (AVON)
Academic Video Online provides access to more than 62,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. It includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, demonstrations, original and raw footage.
PBS Video Third Edition
The PBS Video Collection This collection assembles hundreds of the greatest documentary films and series from the history of the Public Broadcasting Service into one convenient online interface. A core of 245 titles, selected for their high quality and relevance to academic curricula, covers many educational disciplines, including history, science and technology, diversity studies, business, and current events. This collection provides access to the films and series users already know and trust, including Frontline, NOVA, American Experience, Odyssey, and films by Ken Burns and Michael Wood.
All Streaming Video Databases

Free Web Resources

Wisc-online
The Wisc-Online digital library contains over 2,500 learning objects that are freely accessible to teachers and students at no cost and with copyright clearance for use in any classroom or online application.
Khan Academy
Offers thousands of lectures and educational materials for most subjects.
edX
Courses offered online, some by Universities such as Harvard and MIT, for a price.
MIT OpenCourseWare
Lecture notes, problem sets, and other course materials are posted on this Massachusetts Institute of Technology Website. Courses are listed by title; both undergraduate and graduate course are covered.
Code Academy
Codeacademy is an interactive, online learning environment to learn coding. Its current offerings include JavaScript, Python, Web fundamentals, JQuery, Web technologies (code year), and other "non-track" courses.
W3 Schools
W3 Schools contains an extensive set of tutorials for Web development. It includes in-depth tutorials on all the major technologies including HTML, XHTML, CSS, TCP/IP, XML, DTD, Schema, XForms, SOAP, WAP, JavaScript, VBScript, SQL, ASP, PHP, .NET, SVG, Flash, and many more. It also contains "quick" references, examples, quizzes, certification, quick starters, and validators.
Coursera
Online courses in many subjects offered by Universities around the world.
Open Osmosis
Contains selected free educational videos for science, especially those related to medicine, anatomy, and physiology.
Additional Chemistry Tutorials & Courses
Additional Computer Science Tutorials & Courses
Additional Mathematics & Statistics Tutorials & Courses
Additional Physics Tutorials & Courses

JoVE Science Education
Contains lectures and lab demonstrations for Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Psychology, Physics, and Environmental Science.
Note: this is a UA subscription and some of this content is only available until June 15
PhET Interactive Simulations
Interactive simulations for Physics, Chemistry, Math, Earth Science, and Biology.
Merlot
Contains animations, assignments, courses, textbooks, exams, simulations, presentations, etc. for all subjects.
Learn ChemE
Contains simulations, screencasts, and self-study modules for Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science.
ChemCollective
Contains virtual labs suitable for General Chemistry I and II.
Oasis
Contains simulations, books, videos, etc. for A&P, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Health & Nutrition, Math, Physics, and Technology.
Virtual Labs for the Merlot Community
A collection of lab simulations for Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth/Environmental Science, Engineering, and Math.
VAL Virtual Analytical Lab
Contains videos that teach laboratory skills for Biology, Chemistry, and Microbiology.
eduMedia
Simulations for Life Sciences, Earth Science, Environmental Science and Ecology, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, and Technology.
myPhysicsLab
Contains physics simulations.
Virtual Microscope
A NASA funded project that provides a free virtual microscope and samples datasets.