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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Business Plan Development Guide

CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) English

Author(s): Lee A. Swanson

Subject(s): Business process / operations management, Business and Management, Business communication and presentation

Institution(s): University of Saskatchewan

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 02/04/2025

This textbook and its accompanying spreadsheet templates were designed with and for students wanting a practical and easy-to-follow guide for developing a business plan. It follows a unique format that both explains what to do and demonstrates how to do it.

NSCC Pressbooks Guide

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

Author(s): NSCC Copyright and Open Education Office

Subject(s): Desktop publishing, Accessibility in web and digital design

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 01/04/2025

A guide to using Pressbooks at NSCC.
Everything you need to know about locating, using, adapting, and creating open textbooks at NSCC.
Note: Work in progress -- some chapters not finished.

Using H5P in Pressbooks

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 46 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Lynn MacGregor

Subject(s): Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 01/04/2025

This open book was created in NSCC Pressbooks for a Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL) session on using H5P in Pressbooks.

Introduction to Professional Communications

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

Author(s): Melissa Ashman

Subject(s): Business communication and presentation, Communication studies

Last updated: 01/04/2025

No matter your field, having professional communication skills is essential to success in today’s workplace. This book covers key business communications topics that will help you in your career, including intercultural communication, team work, professional writing, audience analysis and adapting messages, document formatting, oral communication, and more.

Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Gina Peterson, Emily Elam

Subject(s): Early childhood care and education

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 01/04/2025

Reading Essentials 2 Student Workbook

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

Author(s): Meredith Hutchings, Jocelyn Boyd-Johnson, Nancy Harvey

Subject(s): Language learning: reading skills

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 31/03/2025

Reading Essentials 1 Student Workbook

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

Author(s): Meredith Hutchings, Jocelyn Boyd-Johnson, Nancy Harvey

Subject(s): Language learning: reading skills

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 31/03/2025

Principles of Microeconomics

CC BY (Attribution) English (Canada)

Author(s): Emma Hutchinson, OpenStax

Subject(s): Microeconomics,

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 31/03/2025

This book is an adaptation of Principles of Microeconomics originally published by OpenStax. This adapted version has been reorganized into eight topics and expanded to include over 200 multiple choice questions, examples, eight case studies including questions and solutions, and over 200 editable figures.

Introduction to Statistics

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Lumen Learning, OpenStax

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 28/03/2025

Beginning Excel

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Barbara Lave, Diane Shingledecker, Julie Romey, Noreen Brown, Mary Schatz

Subject(s): Spreadsheet software, , Business studies: general

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 28/03/2025

This Beginning Excel textbook is intended for use in a one-term introductory spreadsheet course for all majors taught at two-year colleges. The basics of Excel, as they apply to the professional workplace, are introduced, including spreadsheet design, data entry, formulas, functions, charts, tables, and multi-sheet use.

Contact Diane Shingledecker (dshingle@pcc.edu) for inquiries about accompanying online quizzes, tests, What’s Wrong with this Spreadsheet critical thinking exercises, midterm, and final projects that currently reside in a Desire2Learn online course shell.