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Community College Open Textbook Project

by Alison Henning!
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Description:
This is a collection of open textbooks currently under consideration for review by the Community College Open Textbook Project of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (http://cccoer.wordpress.com).
Prerequisites:
Most of these open textbooks are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Textbooks available under the GNU Free Documentation License are noted. Under a GNU Free Document License, readers are free to copy and distribute the text; they are also free to modify it, which allows them to adapt the book to different needs, and to help develop new material.
Assessment Methodology:
If you are interested in reviewing any of these open textbooks, please contact Dr. Judy Baker at bakerjudy@foothill.edu for details about volunteering.

Authorized users only:


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Anatomy Atlases


Added: 01/25/2009
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Art History


Added: 01/25/2009
Under a GNU Free Documentation License.
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Biochemistry


Added: 01/25/2009
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Calculus


Added: 01/25/2009
part of MIT courseware
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Calculus-Based Physics


Added: 01/25/2009
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Collaborative Statistics


Added: 01/25/2009
Accessibility information about Collaborative Statistics is available at http://cnx.org/content/m17211/latest/
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College Algebra


Added: 01/25/2009
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Discover Physics


Added: 01/25/2009
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Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases


Added: 01/25/2009
RTF files in addition to pdfs
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Financial Anaysis


Added: 01/25/2009
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First Aid


Added: 01/25/2009
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Formal Logic


Added: 01/25/2009
GNU licensing
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Free Medical Information: Doctor = Publisher


Added: 01/25/2009
manual for Doctors who want to author medical texts
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Accounting II


Added: 01/25/2009
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Genes and Disease


Added: 01/25/2009
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Genomes


Added: 01/25/2009
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Dimensions (geometry)


Added: 01/25/2009
Video textbook, not accessible in all players. See chart http://www.dimensions-math.org/Dim_download_E.htm
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Help Me Understand Genetics


Added: 01/25/2009
Public domain
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Hippocampus US History


Added: 01/25/2009
interactive media, not accessible
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HIV Medicine


Added: 01/25/2009
video included Dated material
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Human Physiology


Added: 01/25/2009
Under a GNU free documentation license.
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Information Systems


Added: 01/25/2009
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Inside the Cell


Added: 01/25/2009
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Intermediate Algebra


Added: 01/25/2009
PDF files are not 508 compliant
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Accounting I


Added: 01/25/2009
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Programming in C


Added: 01/25/2009
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Linear Algebra


Added: 01/25/2009
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Linear Methods of Applied Mathematics


Added: 01/25/2009
HTML uses frames so may not work with screen readers for blind readers
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Clear and Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers


Added: 01/25/2009
Federal Agency Material is Public Domain
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Macroeconomics


Added: 01/25/2009
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Medical Knowledge Base


Added: 01/25/2009
Wiki
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Medicines by Design


Added: 01/25/2009
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Microeconomics


Added: 01/25/2009
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Modern Genetic Analysis


Added: 01/25/2009
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Multivariable Calculus


Added: 01/25/2009
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Online Biology Book


Added: 01/25/2009
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Open Shakespeare


Added: 01/25/2009
Part of Open Shakespeare Package
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Introduction to Sociology


Added: 01/25/2009
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Outline of US History


Added: 01/25/2009
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Political Economy


Added: 01/25/2009
Wiki Book under GNU licensing
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PreAlgebra


Added: 01/25/2009
PDF only and PDF's are not tagged or otherwise accessible
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Reasonable Basic Algebra (RBA)


Added: 01/25/2009
Copyleft license, PDF's for all chapter, not 508 compliant PDF's
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Rhetoric and Composition


Added: 01/25/2009
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Simple Nature


Added: 01/25/2009
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Statistics, Probability, and Data Collection Wikibook


Added: 01/25/2009
Under GNU Free Documentation License
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Survey of Modern European History


Added: 01/25/2009
Under GNU copy license
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The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction


Added: 01/25/2009
PDF is not accessible to screen readers
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The Math Open Reference Project


Added: 01/25/2009
some interactive content
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The New Genetics


Added: 01/25/2009
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The Structures of Life


Added: 01/25/2009
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Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist


Added: 01/25/2009
Under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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Trigonometry Wikibook


Added: 01/25/2009
GNU licensing
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Understanding Algebra


Added: 01/25/2009
No permissions to copy without contacting the author. PDF not accessible
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US Economy in Brief


Added: 01/25/2009
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US History


Added: 01/25/2009
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USA LITERATURE in BRIEF


Added: 01/25/2009
audio available for some readings, transcripts downloadable from a link
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Vector Calculus


Added: 01/25/2009
PDF available
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