tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks/reviewed?page=4Open Textbook Library - All Reviewed Textbooks2023-08-07T02:38:55Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png14512023-08-07T02:43:26Z2023-08-30T03:14:45ZWeb Writing - First Edition<img alt="Read more about Web Writing - First Edition" title="Web Writing - First Edition cover image" class="cover " width="765" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTI1MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ca4b149dda4922234459a80ac6e628a6326968fe/Pfannenstiel_WebWriting_Cover-765x1024.png" />Web Writing (2023) by Dr. A Nicole Pfannenstiel is designed to provide a practical, rhetorical approach to web writing and content strategy analysis for students completing advanced writing courses. The eTextbook uses the rhetorical situation and key concepts to help readers/students understand how to write within specific web spaces for specific audiences drawing on appropriate discourse community conventions. It includes a chapter devoted to the rhetorical situation and key concepts to help students analyze and build their understanding of existing communication. It also includes a chapter outlining approaches to content strategy analysis, using the rhetorical situation and key concepts to understand the rich public data provided through social media accounts to support learners understanding effective web writing. The content analysis overview helps students build skills for analyzing writing, for collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative social media data, and for drawing conclusions about content strategy best practices.14502023-08-07T02:33:08Z2024-02-29T02:52:19ZIntroduction to Women’s & Gender Studies - First Edition<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies - First Edition" title="Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies - First Edition cover image" class="cover " width="639" height="853" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTI0NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--76dc11bbbd10e0f60864bca964fd3a400ae3200a/Clemens_IntroToWomensGenderStudies-767x1024.png" />Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (2023) is an eTextbook designed to provide an introduction to the fields of Women’s Studies and Gender Studies for students taking introductory courses. The textbook touches on a variety of subjects including gender theories, feminisms, intersectionality, equity, and activism. Chapters contain questions to consider and list of suggested readings by theorists and activists. This multimedia eTextbook incorporates videos and podcasts to create a rich introductory experience for students.14402023-06-21T18:04:36Z2024-02-27T01:00:56ZClimate Justice in Your Classroom<img alt="Read more about Climate Justice in Your Classroom" title="Climate Justice in Your Classroom cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzYyOSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5723cec42b6a21b75ea9e62199a68ba3329e005e/Cover-683x1024.png" />As the inequitable impacts of climate change become more evident and destructive, it is essential for climate and environmental justice, as well as methods of civic engagement, to be taught at a high-level to college-level students. This book provides real examples of how professors at the University of Washington integrated these critical issues into their teachings, both in targeted lessons and as throughlines across an entire course. These samples of how environmental and climate justice have been successfully integrated into higher-level education can serve as both a record of the UW's progress towards centering JEDI at the heart of all students, and as a model for future instructors to use as they work to incorporate more aspects of justice and engagement into their own material.8902023-06-09T17:15:14Z2024-03-08T17:28:55ZFundamentals of Psychological Disorders - 3rd edition<img alt="Read more about Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders - 3rd edition" title="Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders - 3rd edition cover image" class="cover " width="1119" height="1490" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzQ2MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--61b39a7212564fd517675c9df5359fab031c7e36/Fundamentals-of-Psychological-Disorders-Title-Page-3rd-ed-5-TR%20(1).jpg" />Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders (formerly Abnormal Psychology) is an Open Education Resource written by Alexis Bridley, Ph.D. and Lee W. Daffin Jr., Ph.D. through Washington State University. The book tackles the difficult topic of mental disorders in 15 modules and is updated through the DSM-5-TR. This journey starts by discussing what abnormal behavior is by attempting to understand what normal behavior is. Models of abnormal psychology and clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment are then discussed. With these three modules completed, the authors next explore several classes of mental disorders in 5 blocks. Block 1 covers mood, trauma and stressor related, and dissociative disorders. Block 2 covers anxiety, somatic symptom, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Block 3 covers eating and substance-related and addictive disorders. Block 4 tackles schizophrenia spectrum and personality disorders. Finally, Block 5 investigates neurocognitive disorders and then ends with a discussion of contemporary issues in psychopathology. Disorders are covered by discussing their clinical presentation and DSM Criteria, epidemiology, comorbidity, etiology, and treatment options.14352023-06-02T14:44:14Z2023-12-25T15:25:17ZIntroduction to Comparative Government and Politics - 1st edition<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics - 1st edition" title="Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics - 1st edition cover image" class="cover " width="768" height="994" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzAyNiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--efd79d482b977ac947946617836f85daf4a9b367/ICGP-Book-Cover-768x994.png" />Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics, 1st edition, is an Open Education Resource Textbook that surveys contemporary comparative politics. The textbook is organized thematically and includes chapters that cover a wide range of topics in comparative politics: how and what comparativists study; methods in comparative politics; states and regimes; democracies and democratization; non-democracies and democratic backsliding, political identity, including culture, race and ethnicity, gender, nationalism, religion, and class; political economy; collective action and social movements; comparative public opinion; political violence; and globalization and fragmentation. Each chapter accompanied by a case study or a comparative study, one of the main methodological tools used in comparative politics. By contextualizing the concepts, we hope to help students learn the comparative method, which to this day remains one of the most important methodological tools for all researchers.14332023-05-30T02:20:34Z2023-12-11T14:58:56ZIntroduction to Library and Information Science<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Library and Information Science" title="Introduction to Library and Information Science cover image" class="cover " width="731" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Njk2MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--86b3eb70d9d8ec81ddada6787334df04af1b052c/Introduction%20to%20Library%20and%20Information%20Science.png" />This book explores the history, present, and future of library science, both in theory and in practice. It examines the place of the librarian as arbiter of information access in a constantly-changing and modernizing global community.14302023-05-19T15:50:37Z2023-08-19T01:02:03ZA History of the Middle East 1.01<img alt="Read more about A History of the Middle East 1.01" title="A History of the Middle East 1.01 cover image" class="cover " width="1000" height="1209" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Njc0MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--6693d593b6a62cc3490ecfd343c5410768ec4843/Screenshot%202023-05-18%20at%202.23.56%20PM.png" />History of the Middle East is a survey of Middle Eastern History from the time of Muhammad in the seventh century until the eve of the War on Terror in 2001. It is designed to meet the requirements of a single-term introductory course and is aimed at students who have no more than a casual understanding of the history, cultures, and societies of the region. It offers a relatively concise narrative of the region’s historical development that seeks to avoid oversimplification on the one hand and overcomplexity on the other.14282023-05-18T18:50:20Z2023-12-21T18:47:56ZNursing Advanced Skills<img alt="Read more about Nursing Advanced Skills" title="Nursing Advanced Skills cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="457" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjczNiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--d12c26b5f48d3f83c9cba747f14d253653d5368f/adv-skills-1-350x457.png" />This textbook is an open educational resource with CC-BY licensing developed specifically for prelicensure nursing students. The e-book and downloadable versions are free. Affordable print versions are published in collaboration with XanEdu and available on Amazon and in college bookstores. Content is based on the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Advanced Skills course (543-112) and the NCLEX-RN Test Plan. 1 Content includes advanced skills for registered nurses, such as intravenous infusion, blood product administration, management of central lines and chest tube systems, basic electrocardiogram interpretation, and nasogastric/feeding tube insertion, and builds on basic nursing skills discussed in the Open RN Nursing Skills OER textbook.14272023-05-18T18:32:17Z2023-09-18T14:29:10ZNursing Management and Professional Concepts<img alt="Read more about Nursing Management and Professional Concepts" title="Nursing Management and Professional Concepts cover image" class="cover " width="502" height="741" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjczMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--df37ab32786818a28424675a70a7fac515a95bbc/Screenshot%202023-05-18%20at%201.20.06%20PM.png" />This book introduces concepts related to nursing leadership and management, prioritization strategies, delegation and supervision, legal implications of nursing practice, ethical nursing practice, collaboration within the interprofessional team, health care economics, quality and evidencebased practice, advocacy, preparation for the RN role, and the avoidance of burnout with self-care. Several online, interactive learning activities are included in each chapter that encourage application of content to patientcare situations. Additionally, the Appendix includes a “suite of patients” with suggested prompts for classroom discussion to assist students in applying concepts from the book to real patient-care situations.14262023-05-18T18:04:40Z2023-12-22T15:29:39ZThreshold Concepts in Biochemistry<img alt="Read more about Threshold Concepts in Biochemistry" title="Threshold Concepts in Biochemistry cover image" class="cover " width="526" height="748" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjczMCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--6a690d944db70a26d41c9f9e253ede984c45f136/Screenshot%202023-05-18%20at%2012.56.01%20PM.png" />Biochemistry (and Molecular Biology) represent one of the fastest-growing fields of scientific research and technical innovation and the resulting biotechnology is increasingly applied to other fields of study. So, an understanding of Biochemistry is increasingly important for students in all biological disciplines. However, at the same time, the content is inherently complex, highly abstract, and often deeply rooted in the pure sciences – mathematics, chemistry, and physics. This makes it difficult to both learn and to teach. This book is designed as a succinct and focused resource, specifically aimed to help students grasp key threshold concepts in Biochemistry. Due to their troublesome nature, understanding threshold concepts is a cognitively demanding task. By using a series of thematically linked case studies that accompany theory, the cognitive load will be reduced. This will free up students to focus on learning concepts rather than distracting them with unnecessary specifics.
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