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Contemporary Biology
Rachel Aptekar · Cosumnes River College
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The Information Literacy Users Guide
Bernnard et al. · SUNY
The Information Literacy User's Guide introduces students to critical concepts of information literacy as defined for the information-infused and technology-rich environment in which they find themselves. This book helps students examine their roles as information creators and sharers and enables them to more effectively deploy related skills. This textbook includes relatable case studies and scenarios, many hands-on exercises, and interactive quizzes.
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Essentials of Nutrition
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
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Let's Get Writing
Elizabeth Browning, Kirsten DeVries, Kathy Boylan, Jenifer Kurtz, and Katelyn Burton · Virginia Western Community College
This introduction is designed to exemplify how writers think about and produce text. The guiding features are the following: (1) Every good piece of writing is an argument. (2) Everything worth writing and reading begins with a specific question. (3) Improving skills takes practice, feedback, and re-thinking, redoing, revising.
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Soils: A Practical Guide for Organic Farmers and Gardeners
Valerie Dantoin · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
This textbook is for farmers and gardeners who want to understand and improve soil. It approaches soil from a practical viewpoint on how to conserve, improve, and build it. It covers the physical/structural characteristics, soil chemistry, soil organic matter, carbon, and nutrient flows/cycles, soil sampling/testing, both organic and conventional fertilizers, living soil biology, compost, livestock/manure’s role on the farm, and farm-scale and garden-size solutions to soil problems.
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Nursing Skills
Ernstmeyer & Christman (Eds.) · OpenRN
This Nursing Skills textbook is an open educational resource developed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It is aligned with the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Skills course (543-102) that describes techniques for obtaining a health history and performing a basic physical assessment using a body systems approach. It also includes evidence-based clinical skills with related mathematical calculations and conversions.
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Analytical Chemistry 2.0
David Harvey · DePauw University
Analytical chemistry spans nearly all areas of chemistry but involves the development of tools and methods to measure physical properties of substances and apply those techniques to the identification of their presence (qualitative analysis) and quantify the amount present (quantitative analysis) of species in a wide variety of settings.
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Music Appreciation
Mueller et al. · Georgia Gwinnett College
The author of this text has intentionally kept it general in nature in order to create a platform for those who want to expand content into more in depth studies of the mentioned concepts and traditions. I believe that appreciation of any subject comes from open-minded exposure to that topic. With the arts this generally must happen at a moment when the message and meaning of the work resonates naturally with the appreciator.
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Somos (Español III)
Karla Gutierrez · Cuyamaca College
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Competent Communication - 2e
Lisa Coleman, Thomas King, and Bill Turner · Southwest Tennessee Community College
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Introduction to Computer Science
OpenStax · LibreTexts
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Cerro Coso Community College: C105 Desarrollo de Infantes y Ninos Pequenos
Frank Guevara, Linda Eberhardt, Barbara Edwards & Vivian Baker · Cerro Corso Community College
This is a Spanish translation of the Cerro Coso CHDV C105 Infant and Toddler Development textbook, originally remixed from the Infant and Toddler Care and Development 2e OER.
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Mechanics and Science of Materials
Joshua P. Steimel · California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
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MATH 201: Elementary Algebra
Mong Kon Mo · Fresno City College
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The Complete Subjective Health Assessment
L. Jennifer Lapum et al. · Ryerson Univesrsity
This textbook is designed for the novice learner who is seeking to develop a foundational understanding of the complete subjective health assessment in the context of health and illness. The textbook deconstructs the categories of the complete subjective health assessment, providing learners with explanations and examples of what constitutes relevant subjective data.
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Crop Improvement
Walter P. Suza & Kendall Lamkey Eds. · Iowa State University
This textbook covers basic principles in the genetic improvement of crop plants. Emphasis is placed on methods of cultivar development in self-pollinating, cross-pollinating, and asexually propagating crops. Relevant examples of crop improvement research in Africa are utilized to cover factors affecting cultivar release, multiplication, and distribution of high-quality seed.
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English 101: Composition
Alisa Allkins · City Colleges of Chicago
This texts focuses on the teaching the evelopment of critical and analytical skills in writing and reading of expository prose.
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Immigrant and Refugee Families
Ballard, Wieling, and Solheim · University of Minnesota and University of Georgia
Immigrant and Refugee Families: Global Perspectives on Displacement and Resettlement Experiences offers an interdisciplinary perspective on immigrant and refugee families' challenges and resilience across multiple domains, including economic, political, health, and human rights.This text uses a family systems lens to discuss challenges and strengths of immigrant and refugee families in the United States.
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SmartHistory of Art IXb- Modernism 1945 to 1980
Smarthistory · Smarthistory
Two world wars, sweeping technological change, and the undoing of traditional academic art. The 20th century saw radical shifts in the way art was made—and it kept on shifting.
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How to be a Reasonable Person: A Short Introduction to Thinking Critically
W. Russ Payne · Bellevue College
Critical Thinking is widely claimed as an “infused” general education outcome. This brief primer is the resource I use to infuse critical thinking into my philosophy classes. I teach philosophy as a vehicle for instilling good critical thinking skills. This involves some dedicated instruction, generally a week and a half or so at the outset of every course. This is then followed by philosophy curriculum that is designed to cultivate and reinforce the critical thinking skills I start with.