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Australian Politics and Policy - Senior
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This book is a broad introduction to Australian politics and public policy. This field of study is important for Australians to understand the exercise of political power, their history and the scope for change. It is also important for analysts outside Australia looking for comparative cases. Within this volume are diverse topics and perspectives, demonstrating that the study of Australian politics and policy is not ‘fixed’. Rather, it is a contested field of academic scholarship. Indeed, the volume’s editors do not all agree on the content of this introduction!

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Political Science
Social Science
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Textbook
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Sydney University Press
Author:
John R. Butcher
Nicholas Barry
Peter J. Chen
Date Added:
11/18/2021
Aviation Weather Handbook FAA-H-8083-28
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This handbook describes the United States (U.S.) aviation weather program, products, and services. It also documents weather theory and its application to aviation. The objective of this handbook is to help the pilot and operator understand the basics of weather, aviation weather hazards, and aviation weather products. The information included is not prescriptive. Furthermore, the guidance and recommendations in this handbook are not legally binding in their own right and will not be relied upon by the FAA as a separate basis for affirmative enforcement action or other administrative penalty. Conformity with the guidance and recommendations is voluntary only and nonconformity will not affect rights and obligations under existing statutes and regulations.

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Career and Technical Education
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Textbook
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Federal Aviation Administration
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Federal Aviation Administration
Date Added:
02/27/2023
Bad Ideas About Writing
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Bad Ideas About Writing counters major myths about writing instruction. Inspired by the provocative science- and social-science-focused book This Idea Must Die and written for a general audience, the collection offers opinionated, research-based statements intended to spark debate and to offer a better way of teaching writing. Contributors, as scholars of rhetoric and composition, provide a snapshot of and antidotes to major myths in writing instruction. This collection is published in whole by the Digital Publishing Institute at WVU Libraries and in part by Inside Higher Ed.

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Composition and Rhetoric
English Language Arts
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Teaching/Learning Strategy
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West Virginia University
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Open Access Textbooks
Author:
Cheryl E. Ball
Drew M. Loewe
Date Added:
01/01/2017
The Balance of Personality
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This open access textbook was developed as an upper division undergraduate textbook for theories of personality. Its intended audience are students from Portland State University enrolled in Psychology 432 Personality course. The chapters are shorter than some personality textbooks and in this particular course Psy 432 the textbook is combined with other readings including scientific articles on personality.

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Psychology
Social Science
Material Type:
Textbook
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Portland State University
Author:
Chris Allen
Date Added:
02/01/2020
Basic Algebra with Applications - 5th Edition
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Chapter 1. Concepts
Chapter 2. Linear Equations
Chapter 3. Graphing
Chapter 4. Linear Systems
Chapter 5. Polynomial Equations
Chapter 6. Factoring Polynomials
Chapter 7. Rational Expressions
Chapter 8. Radicals
Chapter 9. Quadratic Equations

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Algebra
Mathematics
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Ivan G. Zaigralin
Date Added:
01/01/2020
Basic Analysis: Introduction to Real Analysis
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This free online textbook is a one semester course in basic analysis. These were my lecture notes for teaching Math 444 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in fall 2009. The course is a first course in mathematical analysis aimed at students who do not necessarily wish to continue a graduate study in mathematics. A Sample Darboux sums prerequisite for the course is a basic proof course. The course does not cover topics such as metric spaces, which a more advanced course would. It should be possible to use these notes for a beginning of a more advanced course, but further material should be added.

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Mathematics
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Textbook
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Author:
Jiří Lebl
Date Added:
02/16/2011
Basic Blueprint Reading
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This is an entry level blueprint reading book written for the first year welding student. The book will be used in the first term of a two year welding program to familiarize the student to sketching and reading blueprints.

Word Count: 7979

ISBN: 978-1-63635-031-8

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Applied Science
Career and Technical Education
Engineering
Material Type:
Textbook
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Open Oregon Educational Resources
Author:
Ric Costin
Date Added:
06/12/2019
Basic Cell and Molecular Biology 4e: What We Know & How We Found Out
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A grasp of the logic and practice of science is essential to understand the rest of the world around us. To that end, the CMB4e iText (like earlier editions) remains focused on experimental support for what we know about cell and molecular biology, and on showing students the relationship of cell structure and function. Rather than trying to be a comprehensive reference book, CMB4e selectively details investigative questions, methods and experiments that lead to our understanding of cell biology. This focus is nowhere more obvious than in the chapter learning objectives and in external links to supplementary material. The Basic CMB3e version of the iText includes links to external web-sources as well as the author’s short, just-in-time YouTube VOPs (with edited, optional closed captions), all embedded in or near relevant text. Each video is identified with a descriptive title and video play and QR bar codes.

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Biology
Life Science
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Textbook
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Digital Commons
Author:
Gerald Bergtrom
Date Added:
11/26/2019
Basic Engineering Science - A Systems, Accounting, and Modeling Approach
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This textbook is based on a different paradigm for organizing an engineering science core --- a systems, accounting and modeling approach --- that emphasizes the common, underlying concepts of engineering science. Although this approach is not new, as most graduate students have been struck by this idea sometime during their graduate education, its use as the organizing principle for an undergraduate curriculum is new. By focusing on the underlying concepts and stressing the similarities between subjects that are often perceived by students (and taught by faculty) as unconnected topics, this approach provides engineering students a foundational framework for recognizing and building connections as they travel through their education.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Author:
Donald E. Richards
Date Added:
11/18/2021
Basic English for Teaching Korean 수업이 참 쉬워지는 한국어 교실 기초 영어
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The book is titled "Basic English for Teaching Korean," and its primary audience consists of Korean teachers whose native language is not English and who plan to work in an English-speaking country. Given the increasing global demand for learning the Korean language, many individuals aspire to become Korean instructors. Among these future Korean educators, there are those who lack confidence in their English speaking skills and seek guidance on effectively teaching the Korean language using clear and fluent English. They are also interested in acquiring the appropriate terminology and expressions for conveying aspects of the Korean language and culture when instructing in the classroom. Within this book, we will offer a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to teach the Korean language in English.

수업이 참 쉬워지는 한국어 교실 기초 영어"는 영어 실력이 부족하다고 느끼시거나 영어에 자신감이 없으 신 한국어 선생님들이 수업에 필요한 영어를 쉽게 익힐 수 있도록 구성한 책 입니다. 생소한 영어가 아닌, 우리가 알고 있는 영어를 최대한 활용 할 수 있도록 핵심적인 내용을 간결하게 담는 데 초점을 두었습니다. 책은 한 학기의 흐름에 맞추어 ‘수업 소개-수업 진행-수업 마무리’의 세 파트로 구분됩니다. 각 파트를 이루는 챕터들은 세부 상황으로 구 분하여 핵심 단어와 표현, 응용 문장과 대화를 수록했습니다. 설레는 학기의 시작부터 마음 따뜻해지는 학기 마무리까지 이 책 한 권으로 선생님들께 도움을 드릴 수 있다면 좋겠습니다.

Subject:
Education
Language Education (ESL)
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
University of Sheffield
Author:
Kyuin Kim
Sehee Park
Date Added:
01/31/2024
Basics of Fluid Mechanics
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The topic of fluid mechanics is common to several disciplines: mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and civil engineering. In fact, it is also related to disciplines like industrial engineering, and electrical engineering. While the emphasis is somewhat different in this book, the common material is presented and hopefully can be used by all. One can only admire the wonderful advances done by the previous geniuses who work in this field. In this book it is hoped to insert, what and when a certain model is suitable than other models.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Genick Bar-Meir
Date Added:
11/18/2021
Bate-Papo
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An Introduction to Portuguese

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Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Languages
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Textbook
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Author:Eduardo Viana da Silva
Date Added:
11/12/2021
Be Credible
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Information Literacy for Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing Students

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This book teaches college-level journalism and strategic communication students to become information experts. If you use or adapt this book in your classroom please let us know, and tell us about your experience.

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Subject:
Applied Science
Business and Communication
Communication
Information Science
Journalism
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Unversity of Kansas
Author:
Karna Younger
Peter Bobkowski
Date Added:
08/20/2018
Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution
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The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution. Featuring sixty-nine authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the diverse voices in early American literature. This completely-open anthology will connect students to the conversation of literature that is embedded in American history and has helped shaped its culture.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
University System of Georgia
Provider Set:
Galileo Open Learning Materials
Author:
Wendy Kurant
Date Added:
06/28/2019
Beginning Excel 2019
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This textbook was written for a community college introductory course in spreadsheets utilizing Microsoft Excel. While the figures shown utilize Excel 2019, 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. This textbook includes instructions for Excel for Mac also.

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Education
Material Type:
Textbook
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OpenOregon
Author:
Barbara Lave
Julie Romey
Noreen Brown
Date Added:
08/17/2020
Beginning Excel, First Edition
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Second Edition: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel19/

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This is the first edition of a textbook written for a community college introductory course in spreadsheets utilizing Microsoft Excel; second edition available: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel19/. 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. Order a print copy: http://www.lulu.com/shop/noreen-brown-and-barbara-lave-and-julie-romey-and-mary-schatz/beginning-excel/paperback/product-23853995.html

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Second edition available: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel19/

This Beginning Excel textbook is intended for use in a one-term introductory spreadsheet course for all majors taught at two-year colleges. The basics of Excel, as they apply to the professional workplace, are introduced, including spreadsheet design, data entry, formulas, functions, charts, tables, and multi-sheet use.

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Word Count: 62914

ISBN: 978-1-63635-034-9

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Applied Science
Business and Communication
Computer Science
Finance
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Open Oregon Educational Resources
Author:
Barbara Lave
Diane Shingledecker
Julie Romey
Mary Schatz
Noreen Brown
Date Added:
06/20/2017
Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1
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This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.
As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults. Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Portland State University
Provider Set:
PDXOpen
Author:
Emiko Konomi
Date Added:
12/28/2015
Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2
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This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.

As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults. Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Portland State University
Provider Set:
PDXOpen
Author:
Emiko Konomi
Date Added:
01/01/2017
Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 3
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This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.

As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults. Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Portland State University
Author:
Emiko Konomi
Date Added:
07/03/2019
Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions
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Climate change is an urgent problem. Because it is causing new weather extremes and fatal catastrophes, climate change is better termed climate disruption. Bending the curve to flatten the upward trajectory of pollution emissions responsible for climate disruption is essential in order to protect billions of people from this global threat. Education is a key part of the solution.

Subject:
Atmospheric Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
eScholarship
Author:
Max Auffhammer
Roger Aines
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Date Added:
09/04/2019