Digital library
Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
External
Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements I (Nakano)
Michelle Nakano · Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements is an adaptation of KPU HORT 1155 Introduction to Plant Materials Lecture Notes. This first edition supports student achievement of the Level 1 and 2 learning goals for Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Line F2.
External
Critical Perspectives on Technology and the Family
Susan K. Walker · University of Minnesota
As Information and Communications Technology (ICT) evolve families and the professionals who work with them are best armed with tools that enable their intentional use. This comprehensive text offers a balanced perspective of family life, member development and relationships, and professional use through contemporary research, learning activities and more.
External
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness
Sherri Melrose · Athabasca University
This multidisciplinary resource develops topics of interest to all those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Each chapter presents current evidence informed practice knowledge. For those who are interested in background knowledge, we provided the comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in ‘what to do,' we provided text box summaries for reading and listening.
External
CHEM 1510: Introductory College Chemistry
Chris Taylor · Taft College
This course is a survey of basic chemistry topics. This course is intended as preparation for chemistry and allied health majors, and general education.
External
Leadership in Early Care and Education
Tammy Marino, Maidie Rosengarden, Sally Gunyon, & Taya Noland · Southwestern Oregon Community College & Portland State University
Leaders in Early Childhood Education and K-12 Education exist at levels and take many different paths to leadership. Some receive formal education and while many find themselves in leadership roles because they have the most tenure. Most become leaders through a combination of education and experience – and all are woefully underprepared for what they experience.
External
Fossil Treasures of the Geology Museum
Daniel B Thomas, Jeffrey H Robinson, and Daphne E Lee · University of Otago
Tens of thousands of iconic fossils are housed in the collections of the Geology Museum at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – University of Otago, in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand. Used for teaching and research for over a century, here we offer a close look at some of the most special fossil treasures in the collections.
External
Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology - I
Lakshmikanta Sengupta and Susmita Sengupta · De Anza College
LibreTexts
External
4.2: The Writing Process for Literary Essays
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
LibreTexts
External
Modern World History: New Perspectives
Open Education Resource Initative · LibreTexts
This is a collaborative project involving many authors who look at the history of the modern world through the lens of anti-racism, equity, and social justice. We offer some suggestions for a better way forward for teaching, writing, and thinking about our collective human past. This book represents a start of a complex process of reckoning that history as a discipline must undergo.
External
Spanish 101 (NWTC)
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College · Spanish 101 (NWTC)
Learners begin an introduction to the five key components of language study (listening/understanding, speaking, reading, writing, and culture). Task-based instruction emphasizes pronunciation, grammar essentials, basic conversation, and cultural aspects of the people who speak Spanish in the US and around the world. Language skills are reinforced through required individual lab practice.
External
Intermediate Reading and Writing
Rebecca Al Haider · Reedley College
Intermediate-level reading/writing textbook uses themes from the novel Uprising. Includes pre-reading, comprehension questions, graphic organizers, and writing prompts. Level: 2 below TLEE
External
So You Think You Know Dance? - Fundamentals of Dance
Mary Francis Whipp, Roshanda Spears, Susan Perlis, and Vanessa Kanamoto · LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
LibreTexts
External
MTH 156 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II (placeholder)
LibreTexts
LibreTexts
External
CHEM 0089 - Concepts of Chemistry
Daniel Sadowsky · University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
This text was designed for non-science majors or students needing to strengthen their background before taking standard general chemistry series. It covers essential topics like stoichiometry, atomic structure, periodic properties, gas laws, and chemical equations, generally emphasizing chemical calculations and foundational concepts.
External
Introductory Physics: Building Models to Describe Our World
Ryan D. Martin, Emma Neary, Joshua Rinaldo, and Olivia Woodman · Queen's University
This is an open-access textbook for calculus-based introductory physics courses. The textbook is specifically intended for a flipped-classroom approach, wherein students complete readings at home and the material is then discussed in class. The textbook thus contains questions and activities to engage readers. This text also includes a curriculum in experimental physics, detailing the scientific method and process, suggesting experiments to perform at home and in the lab.
External
5.9: Wilde, Oscar "The Nightingale and the Rose" (1888)
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
LibreTexts
External
Introductory Psychology 2e
Rose M. Spielman, William J. Jenkins, Marilyn D. Lovett et al. · OpenStax
Psychology is designed for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. For many students, this may be their only college-level psychology course. As such, this textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of psychology and understand how those concepts apply to their lives. The text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most general psychology courses.
External
Succeeding at Your Internship
Christopher J. Mruk & John C. Moor · Bowling Green State University
This text is a structured narrative about basic practical topics, such as finding an internship, getting started there, making effective use of supervision, understanding ethics, appreciating cultural diversity, becoming competent, and completing the internship. The text includes descriptions, suggestions, and exercises. It may be used as either a primary course text or, due to its relative brevity, a supplemental one.
External
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Ivano Bertini, Harry B. Gray, Stephen J. Lippard, and Joan Selverstone Valentine · LibreTexts
This text covers material that could be included in a one-quarter or one-semester course in bioinorganic chemistry for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in chemistry or biochemistry. The authors believe that such a course should provide students with the background required to follow the research literature in the field. The topics were chosen to represent those areas of bioinorganic chemistry that are mature enough for textbook presentation.
External
World Regional Geography: Understanding World Regions
Jean-Yves Merilus · Coalinga College
This text approaches geography as experts understand the discipline, focusing on connections and an in-depth understanding of core themes. This thematic approach, informed by pedagogical research, provides students with an introduction to thinking geographically, while still recognizing the Caribbean's distinct culture and development.