Repositories and text based resources
Australian focus
- AustLIIAustLII is Australia's online free-access resource for Australian legal information. Provides free access to individuals, enabling them to read, print and copy materials for their personal use
- Australian National University pressSearch for 'law'
- Judgment and Decisions Enhanced ('JADE')JADE is a free current awareness service and professional legal research platform designed by the legal profession. It contains the full text of over 300 000 Australian decisions and legislation
- Parliament of Australia - Bills and LegislationThese publications provide a complete list of all bills before Parliament and details of their progress through both houses of Parliament
Repositories and databases
- BCCampus OpenEd - PsychologyBrowse over 90 different peer reviewed Psychology open textbooks
- EDSITEmentEDSITEment provides access to media resources including videos, podcasts, lectures, and film projects. Each resource includes questions and connections to other related resources
- OpenStax - PsychologyPsychology is an Open Textbook designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course
- SSRN ('Social Science Research Network') - Basic Areas of LawThe Social Science Research Network contains secondary source legal material including forthcoming articles and research papers. Free registration is required to access full text articles and papers
- World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)WorldLII provides access to 270 databases from 48 jurisdictions in 20 countries. Databases of case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials are included
- OER Commons - LawOER Commons provides a curated collection of textbooks and resources for Law studies
- Open Textbook Library - LawThe Open Textbook Library provides a growing catalogue of free, peer-reviewed, and openly-licensed textbooks
- Saylor Academy Open TextbooksRepository of textbooks used for Saylor Academy's courses, which are freely available and open for downloading and sharing for the public
Multimedia resources, courses, quizzes and more
- The Art and Science of HappinessThis seminar looks at current theories on happiness and positive psychology as well as practical implications of those theories for our own lives
- Australian National University (ANU) LawPlaylist of 31 Law Videos from The Australian National University. Australian and international content
- EdX - Art and CultureFind free online courses in poetry, art history, world cultures, classical art, modern art and European painting from top universities worldwide
- Functional NeuroanatomyFrom the University of British Columbia. Includes videos, interactive modules, neuroanatomy syllabus, MRIs and more
- Noba - PsychologyTeach and learn psychology for free. Instructor resources include ready-made textbooks, quizzes, PowerPoint presentations, and instructor manuals. Easily mix and match chapters to create a custom text
- OpenLearn - History and the ArtsContent includes articles, free courses, audio, video & television programs. Content spans across History and the Arts
- OpenLearn - Society, Politics, and LawContent spans across criminology, law, international studies, politics and society. It includes articles, free courses, audio, video, television programs, and activities
- Psychology TED TalksA variety of TED talks on the topic of psychology. Free to access but not published with open licenses
- The Sociological CinemaThe Sociological Cinema is a resource for using video and pop culture to teach and learn sociology
- Teach Psych ScienceDigital resources for teaching research, statistics and writing in psychology
- United Nations Treaty Collectionmore than 560 multilateral treaties which cover a broad range of subject matters such as human rights, disarmament and protection of the environment
Journals
The below journals are all open access and peer reviewed. Visit the Directory of Open Access Journals to find more!
- Evolutionary psychologyIt focuses on original, empirical research addressing human psychology guided by an evolutionary perspective
- BMC psychologyAll aspects of psychology
- Cogent psychologyEmpirical research articles, reviews and new perspective contributions offering an update or new interpretation of a past study in any area of psychology and behavioural science
- Collabra: PsychologyThe official journal of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science