Digital library
Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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The Scholarship of Writing in Nursing Education
Lapum et al. · Ryerson University
This open access textbook is intended to guide best practices in the journey of scholarly writing in the context of the nursing profession. This resource is designed for students in undergraduate nursing programs and may also be useful for students in other health-related post-secondary programs, graduate students, and healthcare providers.
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Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre-First-Year Spanish
Cristina Moon, Alejandro Lee, Sarah Harmon & Nancy Meléndez-Ballesteros · OERI
This is an instructor guide to Tarea Libre - a comprehensive and accessible Open Educational Resources question bank of 1,400 interactive activities created in LibreStudio and ADAPT for first-year Spanish courses for California Community Colleges.
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A Cool Brisk Walk Through Discrete Mathematics
Stephen Davies · University of Mary Washington
A Cool Brisk Walk Through Discrete Mathematics - and its companion site "allthemath" - are completely-and-forever-free-and-open-source educational materials dedicated to the mathematics that budding computer science practitioners actually need to know. They feature the fun and addictive teaching of award-winning lecturer Dr. Stephen Davies of the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia!
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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.
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CPSI 24003 Database Applications
Michael Hostetler · Arkansas State University-Beebe
2nd Edition of Database Design, adapted from Adrienne Watt’s work as part of the B.C. Open Textbook project. It aims to enhance access to educational materials using open educational resources (OER). This resource is available for free in various e-book formats and in print at cost, under a Creative Commons license. Instructor inquiries can be directed to the provided email.
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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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Physical Geography Lab Manual
Waverly C. Ray, Taya C. Lazootin, Scott J. Crosier, Jeremy G. Patrich, and Aline Nortes Gregorio · ASCCC Open Educational Resorces Initiative (OERI)
Welcome to your physical geography lab manual! We hope the lab exercises bring a new appreciation for the planet we call home.
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Introduction to Global Studies
Dino Bozonelos et al. · ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI)
Introduction to Global Studies is the first OER on the topic of Global Studies, and the first GLST OER funded by the ASCCC OERI. This textbook aligns with the C-ID Course Descriptor for Introduction to Global Studies in content and objectives. It is organized thematically, with ten content chapters accompanied by an At Home and Abroad section, which contextualizes the concepts presented in each chapter, and bookended with an introduction and a final chapter.
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Polimetrics 2e
Josh Franco · Cuyamaca College
Polimetrics is an open education resource that is designed as a companion to Introduction to Political Science Research Methods, 2nd Edition, or IPSRM for short. This workbook provides a tour of the Stata software, an introduction to cross-sectional, time series, and panel data, and an introduction to a variety of statistical models. I review models where the outcome is linear, binary, ordinal, categorical, and count.
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Modern Blueprint for College and Career Success 2e
Dave Dillon et al. · Grossmont College
In the contents: 3.08: Educational Planning · 14: Blueprint Open Oregon Edition - Unit 3- College Level Critical Thinking and Reading
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Introducing Developmental Disability Through a Disability Studies Perspective
Emily Brooks and Mariette Bates · City University of New York
Welcome! We hope our open educational resource will help you to explore and understand developmental disability from a different lens.
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Chemistry and Global Awareness, for Liberal Arts Students
Divan Fard · Shasta College
About This Resource: Chemistry and Global Awareness, for Liberal Arts Students: A Convergence of Global Knowledge and 45 Years of Expertise. This textbook represents a unique milestone in chemistry education. It is the result of a massive collaborative effort that leverages the Libre Texts project—a global initiative that has grown into the world’s most comprehensive open-access Textbook library. This specific remix is a living, evolving resource rather than a static document. It will be updated
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Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature
Heather Ringo & Athena Kashyap · Open Educational Resources Initiative
This text offers instruction in analytical, critical, and argumentative writing, critical thinking, research strategies, information literacy, and proper documentation through the study of literary works from major genres, while developing students’ close reading skills and promoting an appreciation of the aesthetic qualities of literature.
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Information Governance Modern OER Textbook
Gregory Hess · Baker College
Information Governance in the Age of AI (2026 Practices) is an Open Educational Resource (OER) designed for undergraduate students in business, information systems, cybersecurity, and law. Modernizing traditional governance frameworks for the realities of the zettabyte data deluge, this text prepares students to navigate the complexities of Generative AI, global privacy regulations (such as the EU AI Act and GDPR), and zero-trust architectures. Through practical case studies and modern framework
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Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions
Andrea Nelson and Katherine Greene · University of West Florida
Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.
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Project Management for Instructional Designers
David Wiley · LibreTexts
Project Management for Instructional Designers is a textbook about project management tailored specifically for instructional designers, intended for use in graduate programs in educational technology. This book is based on a pre-existing openly licensed textbook which was donated to the commons by a benefactor that desires to remain anonymous, and has been collaboratively revised and remixed by faculty and students at Brigham Young University.
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Persuasion Theory in Action
Amber K. Worthington · University of Alaska Anchorage
This textbook is an open educational resource for undergraduate persuasion courses.
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Beyond the Horizon: Broadening Our Understanding of OER Efficacy
Kaitlin Schilling · Rebus Community
Beyond the Horizon: Broadening Our Understanding of OER Efficacy is a concise yet comprehensive resource designed to provide insight into the current state of research and reporting on Open Educational Resources (OER) efficacy. This guide explores existing frameworks, delves into key themes and gaps, and highlights emerging opportunities in the realm of OER efficacy.
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OER 101: Introduction to OER
AJ Barse and Justina Brown · Western Washington University
In the contents: 01: Defining Open · 1.01: Freely Open and Accessible · 1.02: Open Licensing and Creative Commons Primer
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FIN 4430: Professional Foundations - SIE Companion
Andrew Carr · Aurora University
This open educational resource supports FIN 4430: Professional Foundations by providing a structured, student-friendly companion to core Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) topics. The text emphasizes professional reasoning, ethical decision-making, and applied understanding of capital markets, financial products, trading mechanics, and regulation. It is designed to supplement course readings and instruction rather than replace them, and it includes career-aligned framing, learning outcomes, an