Digital library
Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Introduction to Information Literacy
Lyric Ripley · Moreno Valley College
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Physics 156 - A Cosmology Workbook
Lloyd Knox · University of California, Davis
By reading and also working through the exercises the student in their third or fourth year of a physics major will learn of the broad outlines of our modern conception of the cosmos. Subjects covered include space curvature, space expansion, redshifts, cosmological distance measures, Newtonian gravitational dynamics in an expanding universe, the contents of the cosmos including dark matter and dark energy, and observable relics of the hot and dense universe of 14 billion years ago.
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CHEM 210: General Chemistry I, An "Atoms Up" Approach
Camille Kaslan · Canada College
This is the free digital textbook that accompanies CHEM 210: General College Chemistry I, which is first half of the two-semester college-level chemistry series offered at Cañada College. Curated and remixed via LibreTexts by Camille Kaslan, Fall 2023.
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Chem 322 Lecture Content
Prof. Jacqueline Bennett · SUNY oneonta
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Online Open Genetics
Todd Nickle and Isabelle Barrette-Ng · Mount Royal University & University of Calgary
Genetics is the scientific study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. It includes the study of genes, themselves, how they function, interact, and produce the visible and measurable characteristics we see in individuals and populations of species as they change from one generation to the next, over time, and in different environments.
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BIOL 212: Botany Lab
Brad Basehore and Rae Dennis · Harrisburg Area Community College
Introduces students to the basic concepts of plant biology and a survey of major groups of plants and plant-like organisms. This course expands on many of the biological concepts introduced in BIOL 101 - General Biology I, as it includes plant physiology, comparative anatomy and plant classification. Plant reproduction and other major botanical concepts are emphasized through the study of local flora, laboratory exercises and lectures.
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Big Ideas in Cosmology
Kim Coble, Kevin McLin, and Lynn Cominsky · San Francisco State University, Chico State University, and Sonoma State University
The traditional textbook, bound to the physical limits of the printed page, cannot illustrate the full complexity, movement, and beauty of the cosmos.
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Plague Diaries: Firsthand Accounts of Epidemics, 430 B.C. to A.D. 1918
Ryan Johnson, David Ulrich & Tina Ulrich · LibreTexts
This project originated in response to the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the globe and its various knock-on effects. We created a small collection of openly available primary documents discussing epidemics from the past, such as the Black Death in Europe in the mid-fourteenth century and smallpox hitting northern Michigan in the nineteenth.
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Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion (remixed by Debbie Klein)
Debbie Klein · Gavilan College
Welcome! This course examines religious and spiritual practices from a cross-cultural and comparative perspective. We will investigate the key concepts of this course—magic, witchcraft, and religion. Anthropological themes of this course include difference, ethnography, power, language, ritual, symbolism, mythology, race, class, gender, identity, and postmodernism. You will have fun conducting fieldwork with a spiritual or religious community, people, or person of your choosing.
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Introduction to Diversity
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College · LibreTexts
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Chemistry of the Main Group Elements
Andrew R. Barron · Rice University
The main group (s- and p-block) elements are among the most diverse in the Periodic Table. The study of the main group elements is important for a number of reasons. On an academic level they exemplify the trends and predictions in structure and reactivity that are the key to the Periodic Table. They represent the diversity of inorganic chemistry, and the fundamental aspects of structure and bonding that are also present for the transition metal, lanthanide and actinide elements.
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Equipping the Musical Ear
Sierra College · Lauren C. Sharkey
Equipping the Musical Ear is designed to be used in conjunction with beginning music theory courses. This text explores the different areas of focus for standard ear training or aural skills courses (sight singing, rhythmic dictation and performance, melodic dictation, intervals, and harmonic dictation), but in an open educational text and workbook format.
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Fundamentals of Building Construction Management
John Messner · The Pennsylvania State University
This book provides an overview of the building industry, the projects performed within the industry, and methods to plan and manage the delivery of a construction project.
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Information Literacy - Basic Research Skills
Carol M. Withers with Bruce Johnson & Nathan Martin · San Diego City College Library
This text address developing transferable skills in students, which allows them to take what they learn here and apply it to any information need in any environment: academia, careers, life-long learning, bar bets, or what have you. It is not an attempt to be a comprehensive book on information literacy, but rather a brief overview.
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Basic Introduction to Estate Planning and Probate Practice for Paralegals
Beth R. Pless, J.D. · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
This OER textbook for paralegal students provides a basic introduction to estates and probate practice, with an emphasis on property, succession, estate planning documents, wills, and probate.
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Radicalize the Hive
Ang Roell · LibreTexts
This book is a collection of stories from the field and resources for new and intermediate beekeepers interwoven with my own experience as a beekeeper over the last decade.
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Chemistry 150 - Bunag
LibreTexts
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CSP31A - C Programming
LibreTexts
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Introduction to Ocean Sciences 6e
Douglas A. Segar · American Meteorological Society
Introduction to Ocean Sciences explores the role of the ocean in the Earth system, with special emphasis on the flow of water and energy, the physical and chemical properties of ocean water, ocean circulation, marine life and habitats, interactions between the ocean and the other components of the Earth system, and the human impacts on and responses to those interactions. This book provides the physical, chemical, geological, and biological foundations for understanding Earth's ocean.
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Map: Structure and Properties (Tro)
LibreTexts
This is the Textmap constructed to follow the organization of Nivaldo Tro's "Chemistry: Structure and Properties" general chemistry "atoms first" textbook.