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Information for RVCC faculty to explore and adopt OER.
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Art
- SmarthistoryOpenly licensed (CC-BY-NC-SA) resources in Art History
Accounting
- Introductory Financial AccountingTextbook authored by West Chester University faculty.
Business
- Business Math IPublished by OER Lab @ Ontario Tech University, 2020
Careers
- Bay College LibraryCareer Exploration textbook authored by Bay College faculty.
Case Studies (multidisciplinary)
- Open Case StudiesFrom The University of British Columbia, a collection of openly licensed case studies, mostly related to sustainability across the disciplines.
Computer Science
- Beginning Excel TextbookThis textbook was written for a community college introductory course in spreadsheets utilizing Microsoft Excel. While the figures shown utilize Excel 2016, the textbook was written to be applicable to other versions of Excel as well. The book introduces new users to the basics of spreadsheets and is appropriate for students in any major who have not used Excel before.
- Green Tea PressTextbooks on programming authored by Allen Downey, Olin College of Engineering.
English
- Bay College LibraryTwo composition texts authored by Bay College faculty: Rhetoric & Composition, and The Process of Research Writing. Select "OER Courses and Textbooks" from menu on homepage.
- English Open TextbooksGalileo Open Learning Materials
- Standard eBooksStandard Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free.
- Curated Literature links from Tarrant County CollegeLinks to digital versions of literature in a variety of genres. Some content is password protected; some is freely available online.
- English Composition Open TextbookFrom the University of Hawaii
Health Sciences
- Public Health Image LibraryCreated by a Working Group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures.
- MedPixMedPix® is a free open-access online database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics, integrating images and textual metadata including over 12,000 patient case scenarios, 9,000 topics, and nearly 59,000 images.
Humanities (general)
- OAPENFreely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences. Books are typically academic monographs, not traditional textbooks.
- ALCS Humanities E-BookA digital collection of over 5,400 seminal books in the humanities and related social sciences. Books are free to read online but many have copyright restrictions regarding downloading and printing. Refer to fair use or copyright information on the site.
- OpenEdition BooksThe aim of OpenEdition Books is to build an international library for the digital humanities, by encouraging publishers to develop Open Access in the long-term. The platform promotes books in all languages and in all fields of research in the humanities and social sciences.
- UT Libraries' Map CollectionMore than 70,000 digitized maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (PCLMC) representing all areas of the world. Most maps are public domain and those under copyright are clearly marked and subject to usage restrictions.
History
- Bay College LibraryTwo U.S. History textbooks authored by Bay College faculty.
- National Archives: Docs TeachPrimary sources from the National Archives, including documents, photographs, maps, audio, and data.
- Tribal Treaties DatabaseThis database includes agreements between tribal nations and the United States (1778-1886) published in the 1904 work “Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties” (Volume II), compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. The volume is public domain.
- UT Libraries' Map CollectionMore than 70,000 digitized maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (PCLMC) representing all areas of the world. Most maps are public domain and those under copyright are clearly marked and subject to usage restrictions.
Philosophy
- Form and Content: An Introduction to Formal LogicThe book differs from other standard logic textbooks in its reliance on fun, low-stakes examples involving dinosaurs, a dog and his friends, etc.
Languages
- AccesoThe University of Kansas Collaborative Digital Spanish Project (Acceso) is an open-access, digital learning environment designed to promote the acquisition of Spanish and the development of cultural understanding of the varied groups of people who share Spanish as a common language.
Mathematics
- American Institute of Mathematics Approved TextbooksTextbooks for various mathematics courses that are determined to meet the evaluation criteria established by the AIM.
- Worldwide Center of MathematicsFree and "affordable" math textbooks and resources.
- PhET Interactive SimulationsFree interactive simulations in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and math from University of Colorado, Boulder and founded by Nobel Laureate Carl Weiman. Link is to the University Level simulations.
- Scottsdale Community College Math DepartmentOpen math textbooks authored by Scottsdale faculty.
Paralegal Studies
- eLangdell Books from CALIFree, creative commons licenses, peer reviewed eBooks from the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
- H2OH2O helps law faculty create high quality, open-licensed digital textbooks for free.
Science (general)
- PhET Interactive SimulationsFree interactive simulations in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and math from University of Colorado, Boulder and founded by Nobel Laureate Carl Weiman. Link is to the University Level simulations.
- UCI Open ChemUniversity of California, Irvine undergrad and some graduate curricula, videos, and lectures.
- IntechOpen access book publisher in science, technology and medicine.
- The National STEM ConsortiumCreative Commons licensed material for Thirty (30) credit certificate programs funded by TAACCCT.
- Public Health Image LibraryCreated by a Working Group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures.
Anatomy & Physiology
- Visible BodyFree lab activities, eBooks, and a blog. An app is also available for purchase by students.
- Virtual Fetal Pig DissectionThis site is designed as a supplement to laboratory dissections exploring introductory mammalian anatomy and physiology — it is basic and many details have been omitted for clarity. We hope that it is suitable for AP Biology students or for students of introductory anatomy and physiology at the college level.
Biology
- Cell Image LibraryThis library is a public and easily accessible resource database of images, videos, and animations of cells, capturing a wide diversity of organisms, cell types, and cellular processes. The purpose of this database is to advance research on cellular activity, with the ultimate goal of improving human health.
Geology
- Open Geology TextbookIntroduction to Geology open textbook, co-authored by community college faculty
Virtual Labs / Online Simulators
- ChemReaxChemReaX™ is a free web app for modeling and simulating basic chemical reactions. The software is intended for chemistry students and their teachers at the undergraduate and high school (AP/IB) levels. The ChemReaX simluation platform makes it easy to create sophisticated virtual labs in general chemistry and physical chemistry courses. ChemReaX can be used to experiment with chemical thermodynamics, reaction equilibria, kinetics, and acid-base titration.
- HHMI BiointeractiveBioInteractive resources primarily focus on core concepts and processes in biology for high school and undergraduate students. We also provide interdisciplinary resources with connections to biology in earth and environmental science, chemistry, and math and statistics. From the main screen, select "Interactive Media" under All Resource Types to see materials that could serve as virtual labs.
- Online Resources for Undergraduate Virtual Science LabsSpreadsheet of open and commercial resources for virtual science labs, including in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Geology, Physics, Physiology and more. RVCC access only (visitors see more information).
- PhET Interactive SimulationsFree interactive simulations in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and math from University of Colorado, Boulder and founded by Nobel Laureate Carl Weiman. Link is to the University Level simulations.
- Physlet Physics 3EInteractive Illustrations, Explorations, and Problems for Introductory Physics. Most materials is copyrighted, but freely available online. Some public domain content.
- Virtual Fetal Pig DissectionThis site is designed as a supplement to laboratory dissections exploring introductory mammalian anatomy and physiology — it is basic and many details have been omitted for clarity. We hope that it is suitable for AP Biology students or for students of introductory anatomy and physiology at the college level.
Social Sciences (various disciplines)
- OAPENFreely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences. Books are typically academic monographs, not traditional textbooks.
- OpenEdition BooksThe aim of OpenEdition Books is to build an international library for the digital humanities, by encouraging publishers to develop Open Access in the long-term. The platform promotes books in all languages and in all fields of research in the humanities and social sciences.
- UT Libraries' Map CollectionMore than 70,000 digitized maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (PCLMC) representing all areas of the world. Most maps are public domain and those under copyright are clearly marked and subject to usage restrictions.
Psychology
- NobaTextbooks and learning modules on psychology topics.
Social Work
- Open Textbooks for Social Work EducationCurated list from Open Social Work
Women & Gender Studies
- Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies 101 Open Coursefrom Everyday Social Justice, this course is an introduction to intersectionality and social justice. All course materials are downloadable for editing and licensed CC-BY-NC