---
title: "Free Science: The Best Free Courses and Databases on the Internet"
description: "[caption id=\"attachment_23910\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"620\"] Image via ISTOCKPHOTO/THINKSTOCK[/caption] Want to access educational materials for free? Then check out the links below. If any of the links are broken, please send me a message so that they can get updated. Also, please feel free to post good resources as a comment on this, and I will get..."
date: "2014-05-23"
modified: "2014-05-23"
authors:
  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jolene-creighton"
url: "https://futurism.com/free-science-the-best-free-courses-and-databases-on-the-internet"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# Free Science: The Best Free Courses and Databases on the Internet

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Want to access educational materials for free? Then check out the links below. If any of the links are broken, please send me a message so that they can get updated. Also, please feel free to post good resources as a comment on this, and I will get them added. Enjoy!

**Free Online Courses:**

- [World ScienceU: Brian Greene](<http://www.worldscienceu.com/>)
- [MIT Free Access to Course Content](<http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/>)
- [Stanford's Free Online Courses](<http://online.stanford.edu/courses>)
- [Harvard Open Courses](<http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative>)
- [Coursera](<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coursera.org%2F&h=gAQHFSph2&s=1>)
- [edX](<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edx.org%2F&h=gAQHFSph2&s=1>)
- [Open Culture](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openculture.com%2Ffreeonlinecourses%2F&h=IAQHgrsSo&s=1>)
- [Khan Acadmey](<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.khanacademy.org%2F&h=sAQGGpRB0&s=1>)
- [Duolingo: Free Language Courses](<https://www.duolingo.com/en>)

**Free Textbooks:**

- [170 Free Textbooks](<http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks>)
- [UC Press](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpublishing.cdlib.org%2Fucpressebooks%2Fsearch%3Fbrowse-title%3Daa%253Bsort%253Dtitle%253Brights%253DPublic%253Bstyle%253Deschol%253Bbrand%253Deschol&h=kAQGrpjlm&s=1>)

**Free Literature:**

- [Open Culture](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openculture.com%2Ffree_ebooks&h=LAQFds3Z_&s=1>)
- [Project Gutenberg](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gutenberg.org%2F&h=CAQF-ORgH&s=1>)
- [Bartleby](<https://www.facebook.com/notes/from-quarks-to-quasars-community/links-to-a-free-education/1427578050827172#>)
- [FeedBooks](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.feedbooks.com%2Fpublicdomain&h=oAQHzE79v&s=1>)
- [Oxford Archives](<https://www.facebook.com/notes/from-quarks-to-quasars-community/links-to-a-free-education/1427578050827172#>)

**Free Videos:**

- [TED Ed](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fed.ted.com%2F&h=5AQE_azb2&s=1>)
- [Big Think!](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbigthink.com%2Fvideos&h=bAQExmgc3&s=1>)
- [MIT Videos](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.mit.edu%2F&h=6AQF4KzZq&s=1>)
- [NASA Videos](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fmultimedia%2Fvideogallery%2F%23.U2FWSfldVqU&h=eAQFjOe_3&s=1>)
- [PhD Shows](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fphdcomics.com%2Ftv%2Fshows.php&h=HAQHbR37T&s=1>)
- [Minute Physics](<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fminutephysics&h=2AQESOmCO&s=1>)
- [Vertiasium](<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2F1veritasium&h=CAQF-ORgH&s=1>)
- [ASAP Science](<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FAsapSCIENCE&h=BAQHktoL8&s=1>)
- [DNews!](<https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FDNewsChannel&h=LAQFds3Z_&s=1>)
- [Video Neat](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.videoneat.com%2F&h=1AQGPXakP&s=1>)

**Free Games/Interactive Databases:**

- [MinuteLabs](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fminutelabs.io%2F&h=0AQErY5YC&s=1>)

**Other Databases:**

- [Physics Database](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fphysicsdatabase.com%2Fbook-list-by-title%2F&h=NAQEYPjzG&s=1>)
- [HyperPhysics](<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu%2Fhbase%2Fhph.html&h=BAQHktoL8&s=1>)

### Author social links  
[Facebook](<https://www.facebook.com/jolene.creighton>)  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolenecreighton>)  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/sciencejolene>)