NSCC Open Textbook Catalogue – NSCC Libraries Pressbooks

NSCC Communication @ Work

CC BY (Attribution) 72 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Jordan Smith, Adapted by Judy Munro

Subject(s): Business communication and presentation, Writing and editing guides

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 14/05/2024

Adapted for use at NSCC. Communication @ Work is designed to guide college students in developing the vital communication skills that are necessary to succeed in the modern workplace.

Principles of Microeconomics

CC BY (Attribution) English (Canada)

Author(s): Emma Hutchinson, OpenStax

Subject(s): Microeconomics,

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 07/05/2024

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.

Safety, Health and Nutrition in Early Childhood Education

CC BY (Attribution) 32 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Jennifer Paris

Subject(s): Early childhood care and education

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 02/05/2024

Early childhood is a critical time in development. Many outcomes, both positive and negative, have their beginnings in these years. It is vital that children’s health and safety be protected. High-quality early care and education programs can play a valuable role in improving outcomesfor children.

Building and Supporting Professional Relationships in Early Childhood Education

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

Author(s): May MacKenzie, Barbie McCuaig

Subject(s): Early childhood care and education

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 29/04/2024

NSCC OER Toolkit

CC BY (Attribution) 1 H5P Activities English (Canada)

Author(s): NSCC, Shannon Moist

Subject(s): Language: reference and general

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 26/03/2024

NSCC OER Toolkit: Guide to Adopting and Adapting at NSCC is a resource designed to help you adopt and adapt Open Educational Resources (OER).

Communication @ Work Seneca Edition

CC BY (Attribution) 177 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Jordan Smith, Nova Scotia Community College

Subject(s): Business communication and presentation

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 25/03/2024

Adapted for Seneca College by Tom Bartsiokas, Robin Potter, and Tricia Hylton from A College-to-Career Guide to Success (2019) Partially Adapted from Business Communication for Success (2015).

Communication @ Work is designed to guide college students in developing the vital communication skills that are necessary to succeed in the modern workplace. It is conveniently presented in a variety of AODA-compliant formats and written in the reader-friendly style of a professional email between colleagues.

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Math for Trades: Volume 3

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

Author(s): Mark Overgaard, Chad Flinn

Subject(s): Applied mathematics, Mathematics, Mathematical foundations, Building skills and trades, Traditional trades, crafts and skills

Publisher: BCcampus

Last updated: 23/03/2024

The Math for Trades: Volume 3 textbook continues the tradition that Math for Trades: Volume 1 and Math for Trades: Volume 2 started. This volume continues the journey through math with topics such as capacities, pressure and total force, grade and total fall and trigonometry. These topics take the foundation that as been built in the first two volumes and adds new layers. Once again the material is presented from a trades perspective with easy-to-understand examples and video explanations accompanying questions. There is also a voiceover which follows along with each section and chapter. This material should provide useful in the continuation of your trades training.

Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application

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

Author(s): James M. Fiore, NSCC

Subject(s): Aerospace and aviation technology, Electrical engineering

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 19/03/2024

The NSCC edition of Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application is a condensed version customized for NSCC. The open textbook covers the features and applications of the fundamental semiconductor devices such as diodes, bipolar junction transistors, junction field effect transistors, metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors, and insulated gate bipolar transistors.
There is a Companion Lab Manual for this book.

Beginning Excel 2019

CC BY (Attribution) English

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

Subject(s): Spreadsheet software

Institution(s): Portland Community College

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 31/01/2024

This textbook was written for a community college introductory course in spreadsheets utilizing Microsoft Excel. While the figures shown utilize Excel 2019, the textbook was written to be applicable to other versions of Excel as well. The book introduces new users to the basics of spreadsheets and is appropriate for students in any major who have not used Excel before. This textbook includes instructions for Excel for Mac.

Western Civilization: A Concise History

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

Author(s): Christopher Brooks

Subject(s): History

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 19/01/2024

Western Civilization: A Concise History is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western Civilization from approximately 8,000 BCE to 2017 CE.

Volume 1: from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia,Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages.
Volume 2: from the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. Volume 2covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment.
Volume 3: from the Napoleonic era to the recent past. Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.