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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Open Data Structures - An Introduction
Pat Morin · Carleton University
Offered as an introduction to the field of data structures and algorithms, Open Data Structures covers the implementation and analysis of data structures for sequences (lists), queues, priority queues, unordered dictionaries, ordered dictionaries, and graphs. Focusing on a mathematically rigorous approach that is fast, practical, and efficient, Morin clearly and briskly presents instruction along with source code.
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Cells: Molecules and Mechanisms
E. V. Wong · Axolotl Academica Publishing
This textbook was written for collegiate Cell and Molecular Biology courses and may be appropriate at both an introductory level and also as a resource for more advanced courses.
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Basic HVAC
Aaron Lee · BC Campus
This readily accessible online introductory resource was developed for anyone who has interest in, or works with, HVAC controls and equipment. Designed for electrical and HVAC apprentices learning about the subject in school, you will find the descriptive text and original diagrams easy to navigate through, while the question bank will help students review the subject matter covered in each section.
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Chemistry 30A Inorganic Chemistry for Health
Sarah Gerhardt · Cabrillo College
This mixed text is a resource for first semester introductory inorganic chemistry for health sciences and related fields. It begins by introducing the fundamental concepts of matter, measurement, and atomic structure. It progresses through bonding, chemical reactions, energy transformations, and the behavior of solids, liquids, gases, and solutions, and finally into acids, bases, nuclear chemistry.
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CHN101: Elementary Mandarin I
Carl Polley · Kapi'olani_Community_College
This OER textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course. This text is used for the course CHN102: Elementary Mandarin II, taught at Kapi'olani Community College in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Cover image: "Calligraphy Lesson" c. 1920 by Thang Tran Phenh (Vietnam, 1890-1972)
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Abre el mundo
Annette M. Gillum · Angelina College
Abre el mundo is a beginning level Spanish textbook focused on giving students the vocabulary and grammar they need in order to complete communicative tasks. Grammar is introduced through examples and through basic explanations. Links to outside websites are provided for students who wish to access more in depth explanations in English. The language lab consists of learning logs that guide the students in crafting their own journey in learning by using what is already available online.
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ANTH-1: Explorations 2nd Edition
Kathryn R. Taylor · Fresno City College
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Skynet for Social Justice
Christina Branson, Robert Ian Jones, Jon Parrish Peede, and Summer Boyd Vertrees · LibreTexts
Skynet for Social Justice is a book designed by in-the-trenches composition instructors designed to start conversations about how we can frame discussions about generative AI through a social justice lens. Too many conversations about the effects of generative AI in the classroom focus on either cheating or skills acquisition. To counter these mercantile trends, this book provides a number of example lesson plans for formative discussions about the rhetorical uses generative AI might be put to.
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Introduction to Philosophy
Nathan Smith et al. · OpenStax
Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, Introduction to Philosophy surveys logic, metaphysics, epistemology, theories of value, and history of philosophy thematically. To provide a strong foundation in global philosophical discourse, diverse primary sources and examples are central to the design, and the text emphasizes engaged reading, critical thinking, research, and analytical skill-building through guided activities.
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Fundamentals of Cell Biology
Lauren Dalton and Robin Young · Oregon State University
This textbook is focused specifically on the principles and concepts of a foundational Cell Biology course. The book takes a more conceptual approach that highlights how scientists study cells, and how to analyze and interpret experimental results. Rather than focusing primarily on historical experiments that were key to our understanding of cells, the book explores a range of more modern experimental techniques so that students can begin to understand how cells are studied now.
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MAT 2410: Calculus 1
Peggy Beck · Prince George's Community College
This texts address a three-semester sequence of university-level calculus for a variety of majors including, but not exclusive to, science, engineering, and mathematics. It provides an introduction to single variable calculus; study of limits, continuity, differentiation and its applications, definite and indefinite integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
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Precalculus
CK12 · CK12
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Real Analysis
Eugene Boman & Robert Rogers · Pennsylvania State University & SUNY Fredonia
The typical introductory real analysis text starts with an analysis of the real number system and uses this to develop the definition of a limit, which is then used as a foundation for the definitions encountered thereafter. While this is certainly a reasonable approach from a logical point of view, it is not how the subject evolved, nor is it necessarily the best way to introduce students to the rigorous but highly non-intuitive definitions and proofs found in analysis.
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The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering
Sanjoy Mahajan · Olin College of Engineering
To master complexity, we can organize it or discard it. This text first teaches the tools for organizing complexity, then distinguishes the two paths for discarding complexity: with and without loss of information. Questions and problems throughout the text help readers master and apply these groups of tools.
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CH DEV 034 Observing And Recording Children's Behavior
Ancelma Sanchez · East Los Angeles College
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Madera Community College Introductory Chemistry v2
Jamie MacArthur · Madera Community College
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Contemporary Health Issues
Judy Baker · Foothill College
This course focuses on the exploration of major health issues and behaviors in the various dimensions of health. Emphasis is placed on individual responsibility for personal health and the promotion of informed, positive health behaviors. Topics include nutrition, exercise, weight control, mental health, stress management, violence, substance abuse, reproductive health, disease prevention, aging, health care, and environmental hazards and safety.
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TLP Library I
Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS) · University of Cambridge
Teaching and learning packages (TLPs) are self-contained, interactive resources, each focusing on one area of Materials Science.
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Choosing Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research
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Engaging graphics, compelling examples, and easy-to-understand explanations make Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research, your most valuable, open access resource for completing research-based writing assignments and projects. With this free-of-cost guide, students are better equipped to tackle the challenges of developing research questions, evaluating and choosing the right sources, searching for information, avoiding plagiarism, and much more.
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Sets, Logic, Computation
Richard Zach et al. · Open Logic Project
Sets, Logic, Computation is an introductory textbook on metalogic. It covers naive set theory, first-order logic, sequent calculus and natural deduction, the completeness, compactness, and Löwenheim-Skolem theorems, Turing machines, and the undecidability of the halting problem and of first-order logic. The audience is undergraduate students with some background in formal logic.