Open Educational Resources (OER) by Subject: English | Language Arts

Writing Guides

• Roughtwriter's Guide: a Handbook for Writing Well (2020, Yavapai College, CC BY-NC-SA). While the book covers both MLA and APA formatting as well as mechanical issues, it’s laid out in a way to guide students through the essay writing process.
• Expression and Inquiry ( LCC, CC BY 4.0)
• Write or Left: An OER Textbook for Creative Writing Courses, 2nd ed. (2019, Priebe, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• Teaching Autoethnography: Personal Writing in the Classroom (2016, Tombro, CC BY-NC-SA)
• What, Why, How: Writing and Reading Rhetoric (Skyline College)
• You, Writing! A Guide to College Composition (2019, UMN, CC BY-NC-SA)
• English Composition: Connect, Collaborate, Communicate (2019, UH, CC BY)
• The Word on College Reading and Writing (2018, UMN, CC BY-NC)
• Writing Skills Lab (Lumen, Various CC licenses)
• Writing for Success (2015, UMN, CC BY-NC-SA)

• Moon of the Crusted Snow: Reading Guide (2021, Rodrigues & Watson, CC BY-NC-SA)
• A Long Goodbye: Ed and Mary's Journey with Lewy Body Dementia (2021, Baldwin et al., CC BY-NC-ND)
• Biblioboard - Open Access (2020, Biblioboard)
• My Slipper Floated Away (2020, CUNY, CC-BY-NC-ND)
• 88 Open Essays: A Reader for Students of Composition and Rhetoric (2019, Tina Ulrich & Sarah Wangler, CC BY-NC-SA)
• The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature (2018, Dr. Robin DeRosa, CC BY)
• American Literature I (Lumen, Various CC licenses)
• English Literature I (Lumen, Various CC licenses)

• Project Gutenberg (Public Domain publications)
• LibreTexts: Humanities Download Center (Includes downloadable PDFs, Canvas LMS cartridges, and more for Humanities resources such as English, Rhetoric, and writing)
• Lumen Learning: English/Communication resources (Online textbooks and instructor resources)