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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Early Language and Literacy (NWTC)
Vicki Tanck · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
This text covers foundational concepts and strategies for supporting language and literacy development in early childhood. It includes practical activities on topics such as emergent literacy, language acquisition, and effective instructional practices for young learners.
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College Success
Amy Baldwin et al. · OpenStax
The text is a comprehensive and contemporary resource that serves First Year Experience, Student Success, and College Transition courses. Developed with the support of hundreds of faculty and coordinators, the book addresses the evolving challenges and opportunities of today’s diverse students. Engagement, self-analysis, personal responsibility, and student support are reflected throughout the material.
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Criminal Justice in the Urban Community
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
This text explores the criminal justice system's role in urban environments, focusing on policing, courts, corrections, and the social challenges faced in these settings. It examines the interactions between law enforcement and marginalized communities, emphasizing the effects of urban crime, socioeconomic factors, and public policy. It also highlights reform efforts, criminal justice ethics, and community-based strategies aimed at improving justice outcomes.
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Linear Algebra
David Cherney, Tom Denton, & Andrew Waldron · University of California, Davis
Linear algebra is the study of vectors and linear transformations. This text is suitable for a sophomore level linear algebra course taught in about twenty-five lectures. It is designed both for engineering and science majors, but has enough abstraction to be useful for potential math majors. Our goal in writing it was to produce students who can perform computations with linear systems and also understand the concepts behind these computations.
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Principles of Economics
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
This book is intended for a two-semester course in Economics taught out of the social sciences or business school. Principles of Economics aims to teach considerable range and depth of Economic concepts through an approachable style and methodology. The authors take a three-pronged approach to every chapter: The concept is covered with a “Heads Up” to ward off confusion, a real-world application for that concept, and a “You Try It” section to make sure students are staying on top of the concept.
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A Guide to Technical Communications: Strategies and Applications
Lynn Hall and Leah Wahlin · The Ohio State University
A textbook focused on developing both technical and professional communication skills
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Nassau Community College CHE152 - General Chemistry II
Rakhi Agarwal · Nassau Community College
This text is designed for CHE152 - General Chemistry II. For many students, this course provides the foundation to a career in chemistry, while for others, this may be their only college-level science course. As such, this 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.
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A Theory of Literate Action - Literate Action II
Charles Bazerman · University of California, Santa Barbara
In the contents: 1.05: Active Social Symbolic Selves - The Pragmatic Tradition within American Social Science
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Biological Psychology
Michael Hove and Steven A. Martinez · Fitchburg State University and Temple University
In the contents: 4.04: Tools of Cognitive Neuroscience EEG and MEG · 4.05: Tools of Cognitive Neuroscience Brain imaging PET and MRI · 10: Emotion and Affective Neuroscience
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Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Michael Nielson · Y Combinator Research
Neural networks are one of the most beautiful programming paradigms ever invented. In the conventional approach to programming, we tell the computer what to do, breaking big problems up into many small, precisely defined tasks that the computer can easily perform. By contrast, in a neural network we don't tell the computer how to solve our problem. Instead, it learns from observational data, figuring out its own solution to the problem at hand.
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OCEAN-101: Fundamentals of Oceanography
Keddy Elizabeth · Diablo Valley College
In the contents: 02: Introduction to Science · 2.02: Science Experiments · 3.04: Modern Ocean Science
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Communication Literacy: An Introduction to Communication Studies
Desiree Montenegro · Cerritos College
In this OER textbook, you will be exposed to a variety of communication processes and modes, grouped into the fields of study we investigate in academe. We use this approach in the broad field of Communication Studies because it is a means of managing the complexity and expanse of communication.
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Chemistry for Health Professions
Hadeel Abozenadah, Adam Bishop, Scott Bittner and Patricia Flatt · Western Oregon University
Chemistry for the Health Professions introduces fundamental chemistry through the lens of human health and the life sciences. Designed for students pursuing health-related careers, the text connects atoms, molecules, chemical reactions, organic chemistry, biological molecules, enzymes, solutions, and homeostasis to the human body, medicines, and healthcare.
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Archaeology
Susan Ruth · Central New Mexico Community College
Archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture specifically artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes.
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TED 1200 - Child and Adolescent Development
Mary Y Bonnell · Prince George's Community College
An introduction to the growth and development of children and adolescents. Emphasis is on physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional aspects of child development and techniques to foster optimum physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development in educational settings.
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Child Abuse and Neglect: Stopping the Maltreatment of Our Future Generations
Dana Rethwisch, Jennifer Marta (Ed.) · Coalinga College
An overview of child abuse and neglect, from historical & contemporary perspectives. Topics include: physical & emotional abuse & neglect, sexual abuse, reporting & investigation, case management & the legal response, treatment for survivors and perpetrators, and prevention of future child abuse & neglect. It is designed for use by adult students, & other individuals who work with children. Topics may be unsettling. Only through understanding can we stop the maltreatment of future generations.
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Defend Dissent: Digital Suppression and Cryptographic Defense of Social Movements
Glencora Borradaile · Oregon State University
Defend Dissent is an introduction to cryptography paired with the social impacts of surveillance and the protective potential of encryption, with a focus on US social movements. Each chapter ends with a story that brings social context to the material—from surveillance used against contemporary US protests to the African National Congress’s use of partially manual encryption in fighting apartheid in South Africa in the 80s.
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PRJ 2000: Newswriting for Public Relations
Joel Whitaker · Prince George's Community College
This text explores the research, planning, implementation, and evaluation cycle pertaining to news writing in public relations with a focus on writing collateral, including memos, newsletters, advisories, interview materials, and new releases. The text considers strategies, tactics, and public relations law as it applies to different mediums of communication in the context of corporations, the entertainment industry, non-profit organizations, and the political and government field.
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Introduction to Human Services (Pearce et al.)
Elizabeth B. Pearce · Linn-Benton Community College
This text provides a foundational understanding of the human services field, exploring its history, ethical principles, and the diverse roles professionals play in supporting individuals, families, and communities. This book examines key social issues, including poverty and personal hardships, while also addressing the evolving nature of family structures and social welfare systems.
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Food Product Development Lab Manual
Kate Gilbert & Ken Prusa · Iowa State University
A practical how-to illustrating the process of developing a new food product from ideation and formulation to processing and lastly commercialization. This book highlights the overall process and gives instructions for each of the steps along the way.