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A collection of OER adopted by Virginia faculty who received a VIVA Adopt Grant to support their efforts in transitioning to OER.

The VIVA Adopts endorsement is applied to OER that have been adopted by Virginia faculty who have received a VIVA Adopt Grant to support the adoption of OER into their course(s).

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Let's Get Writing!
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A freshman composition textbook used by the English Department of Virginia Western Community College (VWCC) in Roanoke, Virginia. It aligns with ENG 111, the standard first-year composition course in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). The ten chapter headings are:

1. Chapter 1 - Critical Reading
2. Chapter 2 - Rhetorical Analysis
3. Chapter 3 - Argument
4. Chapter 4 - The Writing Process
5. Chapter 5 - Rhetorical Modes
6. Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Outside Sources
7. Chapter 7 - How and Why to Cite
8. Chapter 8 - Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?
9. Chapter 9 - Punctuation
10. Chapter 10 - Working With Words: Which Word is Right?

This book was created by the English faculty and librarians of VWCC using Creative Commons -licensed materials and original contributions.

Subject:
Composition and Rhetoric
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Ann Moser
Elizabeth Browning
Jenifer Kurtz
Katelyn Burton
Kathy Boylan
Kirsten Devries
Date Added:
07/01/2018
Managerial Accounting
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Kurt Heisinger and Joe Ben Hoyle believe that students want to learn accounting in the most efficient way possible, balancing coursework with personal schedules. They tend to focus on their studies in short intense segments between jobs, classes, and family commitments. Meanwhile, the accounting industry has endured dramatic shifts since the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, causing a renewed focus on ethical behavior in accounting. This dynamic author team designed Managerial Accounting to work within the confines of today's students' lives while delivering a modern look at managerial accounting.

Subject:
Accounting
Business and Communication
Management
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Textbook
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The Saylor Foundation
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Saylor Textbooks
Author:
Joe Hoyle
Kurt Heisinger
Date Added:
06/14/2019
Mass Communication, Media, and Culture
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Taken from the publisher: "According to the author, the world did not need another introductory text in mass communication. But the world did need another kind of introductory text in mass communication, and that is how Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication was birthed."

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Business and Communication
Communication
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LibreTexts
Date Added:
07/20/2021
Mechanics in Parallel
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Calculus-based physics textbook in support of lectures and other course materials created as part of the comprehensive parallel pedagogy curriculum. Other components of the curriculum can be found at http://sharedcurriculum.peteschwartz.net/.

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Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Pete Schwartz
Date Added:
11/19/2021
Methods of Teaching Early Literacy
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Theories, teaching strategies, and instructional materials pertinent to teaching reading and writing in grades PK-3, with an emphasis on integrating reading, writing, speaking, and listening, as well as integration across content areas while addressing diversity and inclusion.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Book
Introduction
Chapter 1. What is Literacy? Multiple Perspectives on Literacy
Chapter 2. Foundations of Early Literacy
Chapter 3. Phonological Awareness
Chapter 4. Phonics: Breaking the Code to Words
Chapter 5. Supporting Literacy Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom
Chapter 6. Vocabulary
Chapter 7. Fluency and Comprehension
Chapter 8. Writing
Chapter 9. Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners
Chapter 10. Reading and Writing Across Content Areas – Disciplinary Literacy
Review Statement
About the Authors

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Early Childhood Development
Education
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Constance Beecher
Emily Hayden
Nandita Gurjar
Sohyun Meacham
Date Added:
02/08/2024
Microbiology
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Microbiology covers the scope and sequence requirements for a single-semester microbiology course for non-majors. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of the text make the material interesting and accessible while maintaining the career-application focus and scientific rigor inherent in the subject matter. Microbiology’s art program enhances students’ understanding of concepts through clear and effective illustrations, diagrams, and photographs.

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Biology
Life Science
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Textbook
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Rice University
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OpenStax College
Author:
Anh-Hue Thi Tu
Ann Auman
Ann Paterson
Ben Rowley
Brian M. Forster
Clifton Franklund
George Pinchuk
Graciela Brelles-Mariño
Mark Schneegurt
Mark Sutherland
Myriam Alhadeff Feldman
Nina Parker
Paul Flowers
Philip Lister
Summer Allen
Date Added:
11/02/2016
Money and Banking
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The financial crisis of 2007-8 has already revolutionized institutions, markets, and regulation. Wright's Money and Banking V 2.0 captures those revolutionary changes and packages them in a way that engages undergraduates enrolled in Money and Banking and Financial Institutions and Markets courses.

Minimal mathematics, accessible language, and a student-oriented tone ease readers into complex subjects like money, interest rates, banking, asymmetric information, financial crises and regulation, monetary policy, monetary theory, and other standard topics. Numerous short cases, called "Stop and Think" boxes, promote internalization over memorization. Exercise drills ensure basic skills competency where appropriate. Short, snappy sections that begin with a framing question enhance readability and encourage assignment completion.

The 2.0 version of this text boasts substantive revisions (additions, deletions, rearrangements) of almost every chapter based on the suggestions of many Money and Banking instructors.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Finance
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
The Saylor Foundation
Provider Set:
Saylor Textbooks
Author:
Robert E. Wright
Date Added:
06/14/2019
Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema
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A free and openly licensed resource that introduces students to the art and science of moving pictures, offering an in-depth exploration of how cinema communicates, and what, exactly, it is trying to say.

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Arts and Humanities
Visual Arts
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Textbook
Provider:
University of Arkansas
Author:
Russell Sharman
Date Added:
01/12/2021
MyOpenMath
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MyOpenMath is an online course management and assessment system for mathematics and other quantitative fields. MyOpenMath’s focus is providing rich algorithmically generated assessment to support the use of free, open textbooks like the ones listed on OpenTextBookStore.com.

MyOpenMath is a collaborative community of users. MyOpenMath.com provides managed hosting of the open source IMathAS online assessment software. Questions and pre-built courses are all created by faculty in the user community and shared with others in the spirit of openness. Experienced users provide peer-to-peer support through discussion forums.

MyOpenMath.com is operated by the non-profit organization MyOpenMath.

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Mathematics
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Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Author:
David Lippman
Date Added:
01/25/2022
Open Iberia/América
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Open Iberia/América is an online Open Access collection of short pedagogical edition/translations of premodern Iberian and Latin American texts modeled after the editorial practices of commercial anthologies.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Reading
Author:
Christi Ivers
Date Added:
11/19/2021
Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition
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John McMurry's Organic Chemistry is renowned as the most clearly written book available for organic chemistry. In John McMurry's words, "I wrote this book because I love writing. I get great pleasure and satisfaction from taking a complicated subject, turning it around until I see it clearly from a new angle, and then explaining it in simple words." In Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition from OpenStax, McMurry continues this tradition while updating scientific discoveries, highlighting new applications, scrutinizing every piece of art, and providing example problems to assist students. Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition continues to meet the scope and sequence of a two-semester organic chemistry course that follows a functional group approach. A highlighted list of changes along with a detailed table of contents and ancillary descriptions can be found on the Instructor and Student resources sections of this page. John McMurry decided to publish Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition under an open license as a tribute to his son, Peter McMurry, who passed away from cystic fibrosis in December 2019.

Subject:
Chemistry
Physical Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Rice University
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OpenStax College
Author:
John McMurry
Date Added:
02/08/2024
PSYC 101A: General Psychology
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The syllabus for PSYC 101A: General Psychology, taught at Eastern Mennonite University by Ryan Thompson, PsyD.

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Psychology
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Syllabus
Author:
Ryan Thompson
Date Added:
03/31/2020
Principles of Accounting Volume 1: Financial Accounting
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Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Due to the comprehensive nature of the material, we are offering the book in two volumes. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Each chapter opens with a relatable real-life scenario for today’s college student. Thoughtfully designed examples are presented throughout each chapter, allowing students to build on emerging accounting knowledge. Concepts are further reinforced through applicable connections to more detailed business processes. Students are immersed in the “why” as well as the “how” aspects of accounting in order to reinforce concepts and promote comprehension over rote memorization.

Subject:
Accounting
Business and Communication
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Rice University
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OpenStax College
Author:
Dixon Cooper
Mitchell Franklin
Patty Graybeal
Date Added:
12/05/2019
Principles of Management
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Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Management
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Rice University
Provider Set:
OpenStax College
Author:
Amit Shah
Anastasia H. Cortes
David S. Bright
Donald G. Gardner
Eva Hartmann
James S. O’Rourke
Jason Lambert
Jeffrey Muldoon
Jon L. Pierce
Joseph Weiss
Joy Leopold
K. Praveen Parboteeah
Laura M. Leduc
Margaret A. White
Monique Reece
Siri Terjesen
Date Added:
12/05/2019
Psychology 2e
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Psychology 2e is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

The second edition contains detailed updates to address comments and suggestions from users. Significant improvements and additions were made in the areas of research currency, diversity and representation, and the relevance and recency of the examples. Many concepts were expanded or clarified, particularly through the judicious addition of detail and further explanation where necessary. Finally, the authors addressed the replication issues in the psychology discipline, both in the research chapter and where appropriate throughout the book.

Changes made in Psychology 2e are described in the preface to help instructors transition to the second edition. The first edition of Psychology by OpenStax is available in web view here.

Subject:
Psychology
Social Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Rice University
Provider Set:
OpenStax College
Author:
Marilyn D. Lovett
Rose M. Spielman
William J. Jenkins
Date Added:
06/14/2019
Python Data Science Handbook
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For many researchers, Python is a first-class tool mainly because of its libraries for storing, manipulating, and gaining insight from data. Several resources exist for individual pieces of this data science stack, but only with the Python Data Science Handbook do you get them all—IPython, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-Learn, and other related tools.

Working scientists and data crunchers familiar with reading and writing Python code will find this comprehensive desk reference ideal for tackling day-to-day issues: manipulating, transforming, and cleaning data; visualizing different types of data; and using data to build statistical or machine learning models. Quite simply, this is the must-have reference for scientific computing in Python.

With this handbook, you’ll learn how to use:

IPython and Jupyter: provide computational environments for data scientists using Python
NumPy: includes the ndarray for efficient storage and manipulation of dense data arrays in Python
Pandas: features the DataFrame for efficient storage and manipulation of labeled/columnar data in Python
Matplotlib: includes capabilities for a flexible range of data visualizations in Python
Scikit-Learn: for efficient and clean Python implementations of the most important and established machine learning algorithms

Subject:
Applied Science
Computer Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Jake Vanderplas
Date Added:
02/09/2024
Python for Everybody: Exploring Data In Python 3
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New Edition! The goal of this book is to provide an Informatics-oriented introduction to programming. The primary difference between a computer science approach and the Informatics approach taken in this book is a greater focus on using Python to solve data analysis problems common in the world of Informatics.

Subject:
Applied Science
Computer Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Charles Severance
Date Added:
12/05/2019
Reflexiones sobre nuestra lengua
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Reflexiones sobre nuestra lengua se compone de ocho unidades temáticas pertinentes a la realidad social de los hablantes de español como lengua de herencia en los Estados Unidos. Además de enfocarse en la escritura como un proceso, se enfatiza el desarrollo de una conciencia sociolingüística y crítica del lenguaje en esta población estudiantil.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Education
Higher Education
Language Education (ESL)
Languages
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Student Guide
Textbook
Author:
Jos Esteban Hern Ndez
Yanina Hern Ndez
Date Added:
02/23/2022
Reframing Art History
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Reframing Art History, an open-access multimedia art history "textbook," gives you a guided journey through the living, breathing, meaningful side of art history. We’re less concerned with names and dates than with meaning and movement. With chapters developed by a group of more than 50 experts, it showcases art and history from the bottom up.

Subject:
Art History
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank
Date Added:
08/22/2023