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NSCC Open Textbook Catalogue

This catalogue contains NSCC Open Textbook Titles that have been authored or adapted at NSCC and Open Textbooks being used by NSCC instructors.

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Reflective Practice in Early Years Education book cover

Reflective Practice in Early Years Education

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  14 H5P Activities    English (Canada)

Author(s): Sheryl Third

Subject(s): Early childhood care and education

Institution(s): Fanshawe College

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 24/03/2025

This resource will provide a context that will allow the reader to consider their obligation to reflect from their own perspective and will explore how to create a practice that best suits their professional setting. This book will bring together in one place the history, the values, the skills and disposition required to be a reflective practitioner. It is a textbook with elements of a workbook, embedded are opportunities to watch, to think, to write, and to listen allowing the reader to become a purposeful and intentional reflective practitioner.

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Math for Trades Volume 1

CC BY (Attribution)  5 H5P Activities    English (Canada)

Author(s): Chad Flinn, Mark Overgaard

Subject(s): Mathematics, Applied mathematics

Publisher: BCcampus

Last updated: 23/03/2025

Download FREE digital formats or read online.The Math for Trades: Volume 1 textbook represents the building blocks for math training. The book includes whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents. The material is presented from a trades perspective with easy-to-understand examples and video explanations accompanying questions. The goal of this volume is to get students prepared for the more advanced topics that they will encounter during their trades math education.
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Global Value Chain

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  49 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Dr. Kiranjot Kaur, Iuliia Kau, NSCC

Subject(s): Distribution and logistics management, Purchasing and supply management

Institution(s): Conestoga College, Fanshawe College

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 20/03/2025

Welcome to Global Value Chain Digital Text Open Educational Resource (OER). This book guides readers through important aspects of Global Value Chain and explains logistics cycle in detail. By reading this book, learners will learn more about Distribution Logistics, Procurement, Sourcing and Outsourcing, Transportation, Inventory Management, Material Handling, Warehousing, Incoterm Rules, Trade Facilitation and Promotion, Vulnerability in global value chains, Sustainable value chains, Reverse Logistics, Role of ICT in value chain and Humanitarian Logistics. This is not a comprehensive list, there are other relevant and recent concepts included in the book to enhance readers’ knowledge about International Business, International Trade, Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Global Value Chain.

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Early Childhood Literacy

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Christine Pegorraro Schull, Leslie La Croix, Sara E. Miller, Kimberly Sanders Austin, Julie K. Kidd

Editor(s): Melanie Medina

Subject(s): Early childhood care and education, Educational: Language, literature and literacy

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 20/03/2025

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Procurement in the Supply Chain World

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  18 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Angela Reid-Regier, Bryan Snage

Subject(s): Purchasing and supply management, E-commerce: business aspects, Business studies: general

Publisher: Conestoga College

Last updated: 19/03/2025

This book guides students through the important aspects of procurement. Readers will learn what procurement is, the different strategies involved in procurement, how to find and select suppliers, how to manage suppliers, how to evaluate whether to outsource, how to manage subcontractors, how to evaluate and manage global suppliers and how to be an ethical procurement professional.
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Introduction to Tourism

CC BY (Attribution)  1 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Edited by: Morgan Westcott, Wendy Anderson, Adapted by NSCC

Subject(s): Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 19/03/2025

An introduction to tourism. The NSCC edition has been adapted to include Nova Scotia specific content and examples.
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NSCC Student Advising Handbook 2024-2025

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  13 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): NSCC

Subject(s): Student life, Educational: Study skills

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 19/03/2025

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1, 2, 3 Write!

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  15 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Gay Monteverde

Subject(s): Language learning: writing skills

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 18/03/2025

1, 2, 3 Write! provides step-by-step instruction to build college writing skills. It combines comprehensive grammar and mechanics review with sentence, paragraph and essay writing techniques and practice. Links to example essays from professional and student writers demonstrate the skills studied and provide reading and critical thinking opportunities.

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Algebra and Trigonometry OpenStax

CC BY (Attribution)   English (Canada)

Author(s): Jay Abramson

Subject(s): Mathematics

Publisher: OpenStax

Last updated: 18/03/2025

Algebra and Trigonometry provides a comprehensive exploration of algebraic principles and meets scope and sequence requirements for a typical introductory algebra and trigonometry course. The modular approach and the richness of content ensure that the book meets the needs of a variety of courses. Algebra and Trigonometry offers a wealth of examples with detailed, conceptual explanations, building a strong foundation in the material before asking students to apply what they’ve learned.

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Work-Integrated Learning Student Guide

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Nova Scotia Community College

Subject(s): Work experience, placements and internships

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 18/03/2025