LibGuides: Open Educational Resources for Online Learning: Richard M Fairbanks of Public Health

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Collection of Public Health OERs

Public Health Open Courses and Textbooks
MERLOT collection
Biostatistics Open Learning Textbook
Material adapted from the Carnegie Mellon University open learning statistics course available here: http://oli.cmu.edu/
NIH Bookshelf
Provides free access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.

Medical-Related Sources with Public Domain and Copyrighted Images

These sites have a combination of public domain, Creative Commons licensed, or copyright protected images available. Check the terms and conditions for each image of any collection.

National Cancer Institute Visuals Online
This site includes both copyright protected and public domain images. See the Reuse Restrictions information for each image.
Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
This site contains both public domain and copyright protected images. See the Copyright Restrictions information for each image.
Wellcome Collections
Images are not all health-focused. This site includes both copyright protected and public domain images. See the Reuse Restrictions information for each image.
David G. Cogan Ophthalmic Pathology Collection
The images in this collection are not copyrighted but credit should be given to the "Cogan Collection, NEI/NIH."
NIH Image Gallery
The National Institutes of Health provides an image gallery on Flickr. The images are licensed under varying CC licenses. Check the licensing for each individual image.
Open-i: Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine
Collection of images from the open source literature. Use the "License Type" filter along the top menu bar to include only attribution or attribution/non-commercial images.
MedPix
MedPix is a free open-access online database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics. Permission to use images for MedEdPORTAL must be requested by the creator.