Tutorials and How-to Guides
- Academic IntegrityA series of modules that provide a basic definition of academic integrity and explain practically how to avoid plagiarism, cheating, and other academic integrity violations.
For a complete list of guides and tutorials please see Complete List
Subject terms for mining resources
- Mineral industries
- Mines and mineral resources
- Mining engineering
- [commodity] mines and miningE.g, "Gold mines and mining"
Search OERs by Subject or Discipline
- BCcampusBrowse by subject
- GRANTA Education HubBrowse eco/industrial design, civil/mechanical engineering, materials science, and much more.
- LibreTexts"Explore the Libraries" tab features OER's in a range of subjects. Ancillary materials available.
- MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) This link opens in a new windowBrowse the collection by discipline
- MOM (Mason OER Metafinder)A real-time, simultaneous search across 21 different sources of open educational materials
- MIT OpenCourseWareBrowse online textbooks by department
- Milne Open TextbooksBrowse textbooks by subject or author
- National Academies PressBrowse by division in science, engineering, and medicine
- OASISBrowse OERs by subject
- OER CommonsBrowse by subject in a digital library of open educational resources
- Open Book PublishersBrowse by disciplines in the humanities and social sciences
- OpenStaxPeer-reviewed OER textbooks in math, science, history, business, and the social sciences with free ancillaries
- Open Textbook LibraryBrowse by subject
- Pressbooks DirectoryBrowse by subject
- Teaching CommonsSearch by subject area
- Textbook Equity Open EducationBrowse by discipline
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Collection (from the National Academies)59 books on DEI topics.
- The Access BoardFederal agency that promotes equality for people with disabilities through leadership in accessible design and the development of accessibility guidelines and standards.
Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Engineering Majors and Careers by ISBN: 9781522522126Publication Date: 2017
Finding Mine maps
Few libraries collect mine maps but state and federal agencies frequently do.
- Mine Data Retrieval SystemThis resource contains information on both active and inactive mines for the United States. The database is searchable by location, mine name, mine operator, commodity, and other parameters.
- National Mine Map RepositoryThis agency maintains copies of abandoned US mine maps. Their database is accessible via the Internet.
- West Virginia mine mapsThis website has scanned images of mines in West Virginia.
- Mine Plans PortalBritish database of non-coal mine maps.
- Pennsylvania mine mapsThis section from the PA Mines and Mining guide has suggestions for locating maps of various PA mines.