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.

All titles hosted on NSCC Pressbooks.

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Work-Integrated Learning: Service Learning Guide book cover

Work-Integrated Learning: Service Learning Guide

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

Author(s): Nova Scotia Community College

Subject(s): Education

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 09/10/2024

Work-Integrated Learning Faculty Guide book cover

Work-Integrated Learning Faculty Guide

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

Author(s): Nova Scotia Community College

Subject(s): Education

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 09/10/2024

Work-Integrated Learning Employer Guide book cover

Work-Integrated Learning Employer Guide

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

Author(s): Nova Scotia Community College

Subject(s): Education

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 09/10/2024

Work-Integrated Learning Student Guide book cover

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: 09/10/2024

NSCC Living in Nova Scotia: A Resource Guide for Students book cover

NSCC Living in Nova Scotia: A Resource Guide for Students

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

Author(s): NSCC Student Services

Subject(s): Landlord and tenant law, Counselling and care of students, Student life

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 07/10/2024

This resource guide is for all NSCC students who want to gain knowledge and skills for Living in Nova Scotia. This guide contains information relevant to all campuses with the primary goal of educating students in:
* how to search for housing,
* being successful tenants,
* and understanding how to be safe in their local and campus communities.

All NSCC Students who complete this guide can take a short quiz and receive a digital statement of completion.
NSCC Concepts of Biology I BIOL 1046 book cover

NSCC Concepts of Biology I BIOL 1046

CC BY (Attribution)  83 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Kerri Sheridan, Charles Molnar, Jane Gair, Mary Ann Clark, Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi

Subject(s): Biology, life sciences

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 03/10/2024

In this survey text, directed at those not majoring in biology, we dispel the assumption that a little learning is a dangerous thing. This text also includes interactive H5P activities that you can use to evaluate your understanding as you go.

For BIOL 1047: See companion book NSCC Concepts of Biology II BIOL 1047
NSCC Foundations of Entrepreneurship book cover

NSCC Foundations of Entrepreneurship

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Michael Laverty, Chris Littel, NSCC

Subject(s): Entrepreneurship / Start-ups, Economics, Finance, Business and Management

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 20/08/2024

A remixed adapted version of Entrepreneurship by OpenStax.
Foundations of Entrepreneurship aims to drive students toward active participation in entrepreneurial roles, and exposes them to a wide range of companies and scenarios.
Marketing and Promotion book cover

Marketing and Promotion

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  1 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): NSCC Faculty, Lumen Learning

Subject(s): Sales and marketing management

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 20/08/2024

Created for Food Service and Nutrition Management Marketing and Promotion / FANM 4302

Cover image: Automotive Social Media Marketing by Automotive Social CC BY via Flickr.
Clinical Nutrition book cover

Clinical Nutrition

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  10 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Kendra Riggs

Subject(s): Dietetics and nutrition

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 13/08/2024

Revised July 2024

This open textbook was created for NSCC's Food Service and Nutrition Management program to support the study of clinical nutrition as it applies to food service and nutrition management. Updated with Canadian content and nutrition guidelines.

Cover image by Honolulu Media CC BY
Environmental Science book cover

Environmental Science

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): Bill Freedman

Subject(s): Biology, life sciences, The environment

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 13/08/2024

This textbook is intended to provide the core elements of a curriculum for teaching environmental science at the introductory level in Canadian colleges and universities.