Beginnings and Endings: A Critical Edition
(View Complete Item Description)This book collects student essays on short stories written for English 211, Literary Analysis.
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World Humanities
(View Complete Item Description)This open textbook was created for CUNY's World Humanities program. It may have information that would be useful in HUMA 101 and HUMA 102.
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Math in Society
(View Complete Item Description)Math in Society is a free, open textbook. This book is a survey of contemporary mathematical topics, most non-algebraic, appropriate for a college-level topics course for liberal arts majors. The text is designed so that most chapters are independent, allowing the instructor to choose a selection of topics to be covered. Emphasis is placed on the applicability of the mathematics. Core material for each topic is covered in the main text, with additional depth available through exploration exercises appropriate for in-class, group, or individual investigation. This book is appropriate for Math 107 (Washington State Community Colleges common course number).
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Algebra and Trigonometry 2e
(View Complete Item Description)Algebra and Trigonometry provides a comprehensive exploration of algebraic principles and meets scope and sequence requirements for a typical introductory algebra and trigonometry course. The modular approach and the richness of content ensures that the book meets the needs of a variety of courses. Algebra and Trigonometry offers a wealth of examples with detailed, conceptual explanations, building a strong foundation in the material before asking students to apply what they’ve learned.
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Calculus Volume 1
(View Complete Item Description)Calculus is designed for the typical two- or three-semester general calculus course, incorporating innovative features to enhance student learning. The book guides students through the core concepts of calculus and helps them understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. Due to the comprehensive nature of the material, we are offering the book in three volumes for flexibility and efficiency. Volume 1 covers functions, limits, derivatives, and integration
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Precalculus: An Investigation of Functions
(View Complete Item Description)Precalculus: An Investigation of Functions is a free, open textbook covering a two-quarter pre-calculus sequence including trigonometry. The first portion of the book is an investigation of functions, exploring the graphical behavior of, interpretation of, and solutions to problems involving linear, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. An emphasis is placed on modeling and interpretation, as well as the important characteristics needed in calculus.
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Soils Laboratory Manual, K-State Edition
(View Complete Item Description)The Soils Laboratory Manual, K-State Edition is designed for students in undergraduate, introductory soil science courses, and highlights the many aspects of soil science, including: soil genesis and classification, soil physical properties, soil-water interaction, soil biology, soil chemistry, and soil fertility. The lab manual includes 15 different laboratories, each one starting with an introduction and pre-lab assignment, followed by in-lab activities, and complimented by post-lab assignment. In-lab activities involve field trips, experiments, observation stations, or problem sets. Post-lab assignments include online quizzes, problem sets, or laboratory summary reports.
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Graphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals
(View Complete Item Description)This textbook -- written by a group of select experts with a focus on different aspects of the design process, from creation to production -- addresses the many steps of creating and then producing physical, printed, or other imaged products that people interact with on a daily basis. It covers the concept that, while most modern graphic design is created on computers using design software, the ideas and concepts don’t stay on the computer. The ideas need to be completed in the computer software, then progress to an imaging (traditionally referred to as printing) process. Keywords are highlighted throughout and summarized in a Glossary at the end of the book, and each chapter includes exercises and suggested readings.
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Natural Disasters (New Version Coming Soon)
(View Complete Item Description)Textbook covering natural disasters and human impacts -- geosciences.
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Cataloging with MARC, RDA, and Classification Systems
(View Complete Item Description)This book goes over a wide range of cataloging schemata, tools, and norms. It presents a concise but thorough view of the basics of library cataloging practice.
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Introduction to Library and Information Science
(View Complete Item Description)This book explores the history, present, and future of library science, both in theory and in practice. It examines the place of the librarian as arbiter of information access in a constantly-changing and modernizing global community.
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Child and Adolescent Psychology
(View Complete Item Description)A textbook covering the field of child psychology, including physical, cognitive, emotional, and self-development. Social development is also discussed. This was written under the auspices of Florida State College at Jacksonville.
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APA Style for English for Academic Purposes – Simple Book Publishing
(View Complete Item Description)This open booklet is a brief guide to the fundamentals of American Psychological Association (APA) Style 7th edition required for the Education for Academic Purposes (EAP) course and serves as an introductory resource. APA Style for English for Academic Purposes focuses on structure of an APA paper (title page, body, reference page), citations, in-text citations and references.
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Child and Adolescent Psychology
(View Complete Item Description)A textbook revised and updated by Michael Konrad for use in PSYCH 201 - Child and Adolescent Development at the community college level. Students will be able to describe the field of child and adolescent psychology, including the main theories, research methods, and principles of development.
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Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
(View Complete Item Description)That’s what we are here to find out – Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) – How do they connect? How does it shape us? Why do we think and feel the way we do? This will be explored throughout this course by examining human behavior throughout life stage developments and our interactions with the social environment. This course will explore theoretical perspectives in Social Work to help provide a foundation for organizing thoughts about client needs and issues they are seeking supports for. Theories will then be connected to important developmental, social, and cultural issues that present throughout each stage of life to create an overall picture of a client’s experience and how we can use this information to have a better understanding of how people we work with are influenced and why. Knowledge of typical development in each stage of life will also inform the Social Worker if any other supports, resources, or services may be needed.
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Environmental Biology OER materials and links
(View Complete Item Description)Environmental Biology, by Matthew R. Fisher, Editor, and supplemental resources specific to the Pacific Northwest. See https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/envirobiology/ Course Description Covers environmental topics that are primarily biological in nature. Includes human population issues, matter and energy resources, ecosystems, environmental ethics, and food and land resources. The associated laboratories will illustrate these topics and may include fieldwork. Upon completion of the course students should be able to: Express graphically, orally or in writing, basic elements and functions of ecosystems. Identify and express interactions of humans and the environment. Utilize field and laboratory methods and technologies to measure and describe ecosystems. Demonstrate an understanding of ecosystem functioning and human effects upon ecosystems.
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College of Western Idaho General Chemistry I & II
(View Complete Item Description)Chemistry is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the two-semester general chemistry course. The textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. The book also includes a number of innovative features, including interactive exercises and real-world applications, designed to enhance student learning.
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Physical Geography Lab Manual
(View Complete Item Description)Twenty lab exercises for undergraduate-level physical geography laboratory courses. Lab manual highlights include: Customizable components to suit your needs for synchronous, asynchronous, or face-to-face instruction; Meets the C-ID descriptor requirements for content, lab activities, and objectives while including geotechnology applications and environmental justice topics where appropriate; Each lab exercise underwent peer review to ensure clarity, currency, and utility; and Resources for instructors including an Instructor’s Guide, assessments, answer keys, and more.
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Physical Geography - Version 1
(View Complete Item Description)Welcome to Physical Geography at College of the Canyons. This textbook was designed especially for College of the Canyons students, as a resource to instill the knowledge and adventure that the discipline of geography holds for so many of us. The following units will cover a wide array of topics such as: Earth’s grid system, rivers, oceans, deserts, basic geology, and cartography.
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An Introduction to Geology
(View Complete Item Description)This text is provided to you as an Open Educational Resource which you access online. It is designed to give you a comprehensive introduction to Geology at no or very nominal cost. It contains both written and graphic text material, intra-text links to other internal material which may aid in understanding topics and concepts, intra-text links to the appendices and glossary for tables and definitions of words, and extra-text links to videos and web material that clarifies and augments topics and concepts. Like any new or scientific subject, Geology has its own vocabulary for geological concepts. For you to converse effectively with this text and colleagues in this earth science course, you will use the language of geology, so comprehending these terms is important. Use the intra-text links to the Glossary and other related material freely to gain familiarity with this language.
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