Biology Textbooks
Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application - beta v 0.1
Copyright Year: 2020
Contributors: Callahan, Leonard, and Powell
Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources
License: CC BY-NC
This book is designed as an OER text and learning resource for undergraduate students enrolled in FN 225 Nutrition at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. The book covers basic nutrition and metabolism, information literacy, energy balance, nutrition across life stages, dietary supplements, an in-depth look at each of the macronutrients, and major functions of vitamins and minerals.
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Histology and Embryology for Dental Hygiene
Copyright Year: 2020
Contributors: Sheldahl and Yapp
Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This eBook makes use of animated images to focus on concepts in histology and embryology, as well as hyperlinks to promote non-linear reading and learning. It is aimed at college students in a dental hygienist program.
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Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs for the Biosciences
Copyright Year: 2019
Contributor: O'Grady
Publisher: Austin Community College
License: CC BY
This 125-page course textbook, entitled Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs for the Biosciences, was created by Jack O'Grady, M.S., professor at Austin Community College. This textbook accompanies the course BITC 1340: Quality Assurance for the Biosciences.
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A Primer for Computational Biology
Copyright Year: 2017
Contributor: O'Neil
Publisher: Oregon State University
License: CC BY-NC-SA
A Primer for Computational Biology aims to provide life scientists and students the skills necessary for research in a data-rich world. The text covers accessing and using remote servers via the command-line, writing programs and pipelines for data analysis, and provides useful vocabulary for interdisciplinary work. The book is broken into three parts:
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General Microbiology - 1st Edition
Copyright Year: 2020
Contributor: Bruslind
Publisher: Oregon State University
License: CC BY-NC
Welcome to the wonderful world of microbiology! Yay! So. What is microbiology? If we break the word down it translates to “the study of small life,” where the small life refers to microorganisms or microbes. But who are the microbes? And how small are they? Generally microbes can be divided in to two categories: the cellular microbes (or organisms) and the acellular microbes (or agents). In the cellular camp we have the bacteria, the archaea, the fungi, and the protists (a bit of a grab bag composed of algae, protozoa, slime molds, and water molds). Cellular microbes can be either unicellular, where one cell is the entire organism, or multicellular, where hundreds, thousands or even billions of cells can make up the entire organism. In the acellular camp we have the viruses and other infectious agents, such as prions and viroids. In this textbook the focus will be on the bacteria and archaea (traditionally known as the “prokaryotes,”) and the viruses and other acellular agents.
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Biochemistry: Free For All
Copyright Year: 2018
Contributors: Ahern, Rajagopal, and Tan
Publisher: Oregon State University
License: CC BY-NC
We are happy to welcome you to our second Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook, Biochemistry Free For All. Biochemistry is a relatively young science, but its rate of growth has been truly impressive. The rapid pace of discoveries, which shows no sign of slowing, is reflected in the steady increase in the size of biochemistry textbooks. Growing faster than the size of biochemistry books have been the skyrocketing costs of higher education and the even faster rising costs of college textbooks. These unfortunate realities have created a situation where the costs of going to college are beyond the means of increasing numbers of students.
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Entomology 311 Lab Manual - 1st Edition
Copyright Year: 2019
Contributors: Scherr, Adams, and Bullock
Publisher: Oregon State University
License: CC BY-NC
Labs in this book supplement the information gained in lecture, as well as providing some perspective and experience with hands-on applications of ideas in pest management. The labs are presented in week-by-week order, so the pre-labs and reading for week 1 are labeled “Pre-Lab 1” and “Week 1 Reading”.
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Explorations: An Open Invitation To Biological Anthropology
Copyright Year: 2019
Contributors: Shook, Nelson, and Aguilera
Publisher: American Anthropological Association
License: CC BY-NC
Anthropology is the study of humanity, in all its biological and cultural aspects, past and present. It is a four-field discipline comprised of biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and linguistic anthropology. The focus of this book is biological anthropology, which explores who we are from biological, evolutionary, and adaptive perspectives.
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Biotechnology Foundations - 2nd Edition
Copyright Year: 2013
Contributor: O'Grady
Publisher: OpenStax CNX
License: CC BY
Given the broad definition of biotechnology applications and products, it is easy to see how there is enormous overlap within the fields of cellular biology, microbiology, chemistry, and biomedical engineering. It is the goal of this textbook to provide foundational knowledge to begin building your biotechnology toolkit and enter an exciting career of making a difference through biotechnology.
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An EKG Interpretation Primer
Copyright Year: 2019
Contributors: Christianson, Team, organization, and organization
Publisher: Nurses International Team
License: CC BY
This book teaches healthcare professionals the basics of EKG interpretation and is available as a Creative Commons resource.
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