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Technical Writing
No full textThis open textbook offers students of technical writing an introduction to the processes and products involved in professional/ workplace/ and technical writing. The text is broken up into sections reflecting key components of researching/ developing/ and producing a technical report. Readers will also learn about other professional communication/ designing documents/ and creating and integrating graphics. Written especially for an academic setting/ this book provides readers with guidance on information literacy and documenting sources. This book was collected/ adapted/ and edited from multiple openly licensed sources.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1341/thumbnail.jp
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
No full textCanadian History: Pre-Confederation is a survey text that introduces undergraduate students to important themes in North American history to 1867. It provides room for Aboriginal and European agendas and narratives/ explores the connections between the territory that coalesces into the shape of modern Canada and the larger continent and world in which it operates/ and engages with emergent issues in the field. The material is pursued in a largely chronological manner to the early 19th century/ at which point social/ economic/ and political change are dissected. Canadian History: Pre-Confederation provides/ as well/ a reconnaissance of historical methodology and debates in the field/ exercises for students/ Key Terms and a Glossary/ and section-by-section Key Points. Although this text can be modified/ expanded/ reduced/ and reorganized to suit the needs of the instructor/ it is organized so as to support learning/ to broaden (and sometimes provoke) debate/ and to engage students in thinking like historians. Written and reviewed by subject experts drawn from colleges and universities/ this is the first open textbook on the topic of Canadian history.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1357/thumbnail.jp
Human Anatomy and Physiology Preparatory Course
No full textThe overall purpose of this preparatory course textbook is to help students familiarize with some terms and some basic concepts they will find later in the Human Anatomy and Physiology I course.The organization and functioning of the human organism generally is discussed in terms of different levels of increasing complexity/ from the smallest building blocks to the entire body. This Anatomy and Physiology preparatory course covers the foundations on the chemical level/ and a basic introduction to cellular level/ organ level/ and organ system levels. There is also an introduction to homeostasis at the beginning.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1373/thumbnail.jp
Music: Its Language/ History/ and Culture
No full textWelcome to Music 1300/ Music: Its Language History/ and Culture. The course has a numberof interrelated objectives: 1. To introduce you to works representative of a variety of music traditions.These include the repertoires of Western Europe from the Middle Agesthrough the present; of the United States/ including art music/ jazz/ folk/ rock/ musical theater; and from at least two non-Western world areas (Africa/ Asia/ Latin America/ the Caribbean/ the Middle East/ Indian subcontinent). 2. To enable you to speak and write about the features of the music you study/employing vocabulary and concepts of melody/ rhythm/ harmony/ texture/ timbre/and form used by musicians. 3. To explore with you the historic/ social/ and cultural contexts and the role of class/ ethnicity/ and gender in the creation and performance of music/including practices of improvisation and the implications of oral andnotated transmission. 4. To acquaint you with the sources of musical sounds—instruments and voices fromdifferent cultures/ found sounds/ electronically generated sounds; basic principlesthat determine pitch and timbre. 5. To examine the influence of technology/ mass media/ globalization/ and transnationalcurrents on the music of today. The chapters in this reader contain definitions and explanations of musical terms and concepts/short essays on subjects related to music as a creative performing art/ biographical sketchesof major figures in music/ and historical and cultural background information on music fromdifferent periods and places.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1374/thumbnail.jp
Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming
No full textJavaScript lies at the heart of almost every modern web application/ from social apps like Twitter to browser-based game frameworks like Phaser and Babylon. Though simple for beginners to pick up and play with/ JavaScript is a flexible/ complex language that you can use to build full-scale applications. This much anticipated and thoroughly revised third edition of Eloquent JavaScript dives deep into the JavaScript language to show you how to write beautiful/ effective code. It has been updated to reflect the current state of Java¬Script and web browsers and includes brand-new material on features like class notation/ arrow functions/ iterators/ async functions/ template strings/ and block scope. A host of new exercises have also been added to test your skills and keep you on track.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1381/thumbnail.jp
A Guide to Technical Communications: Strategies & Applications
No full textWelcome to the textbook for Engineering Technical Communications courses at The Ohio State University. Our aim in writing this textbook was to create a resource specifically focused on and applicable to the kinds of communication skills most beneficial to the students who take our courses. Therefore/ this textbook focuses on developing both technical and professional communication skills and will help readers practice strategies for critically analyzing audiences and contexts/ real-world applications of rhetorical principles/ and skills for producing documents (reports/ proposals/ instructions)/ presentations/ videos/ and wide variety of other professional communications.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1383/thumbnail.jp
Project Management
No full textThis book covers the basics of project management. This includes the process of initiation/ planning/ execution/ control and close out that all projects share.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1384/thumbnail.jp
A Primer of Real Analysis
No full textThis is a short introduction to the fundamentals of real analysis. Although the prerequisites are few/ I have written the text assuming the reader has the level of mathematical maturity of one who has completed the standard sequence of calculus courses/ has had some exposure to the ideas of mathematical proof (including induction)/ and has an acquaintance with such basic ideas as equivalence relations and the elementary algebraic properties of the integers.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1391/thumbnail.jp
Global Women\u27s Issues: Women in the World Today/ extended version
No full textWe cannot solve global challenges unless women participate fully in efforts to find solutions. Female participation in the private sector is a crucial economic driver for societies worldwide. Economic security benefits every facet of a woman\u27s life/ with positive effects on the health/ education and vitality of families. Learn about women who are changing their societies for the better. This book is based on the twelve critical areas of concern identified in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995: The burden of poverty on women/ unequal access to education and training/ inequalities and inadequacies in and unequal access to health care and related services/ violence against women/ the effects of armed or other kinds of conflict on women/ including those living under foreign occupation/ inequality in economic structures and policies/ inequality between men and women in the sharing of power and decision-making at all levels/ insufficient mechanisms at all levels to promote the advancement of women/ lack of respect for and inadequate promotion and protection of the human rights of women/ stereotyping of women and inequality in women\u27s access to and participation in all communication systems/ especially in the media/ gender inequalities in the management of natural resources and in the safeguarding of the environment/ and persistent discrimination against and violation of the rights of the girl child. This extended version of Global Women\u27s Issues: Women in the World Today includes/ for each chapter/ a summary/ key words/ multiple choice questions/ discussion questions/ essay questions/ and a list of additional resources. Copies of the original book are also available in Arabic/ Portuguese/ and Spanish.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1393/thumbnail.jp
Introduction to Permaculture
No full textPermaculture Design is a method of land planning that can be applied at scales from the home garden to city block to village to farm. It is an ethically based whole-systems design approach that uses concepts/ principles/ and methods derived from ecosystems/ indigenous technologies/ and other time-tested practices to create sustainable human settlements and institutions. Although rooted in horticulture and agriculture/ Permaculture design is interdisciplinary/ touching on a wide range of subjects including regional planning/ ecology/ animal husbandry/ appropriate technology/ architecture/ social justice/ and international development. This open text book is derived from the content of the Massive Open Online Course “Intro to Permaculture”. The original course also included interactive mapping and design tools that accompanied this content. The course and book provide a general overview of the Permaculture design system. The book can be downloaded as a print version. However/ there are many accompanying videos and content pages that are linked to throughout the text/ so it is best viewed online where the links can be accessed.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1397/thumbnail.jp