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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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Fundamentals of Heat, Light & Sound book cover

Fundamentals of Heat, Light & Sound

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Lumen Learning, OpenStax

Subject(s): Physics, Optical physics, Applied physics

Last updated: 30/04/2025

NSCC Student Advising Handbook 2024-2025 book cover

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: 30/04/2025

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Psychology 2e OpenStax book cover

Psychology 2e OpenStax

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Julie Lazzara

Subject(s): Psychology

Publisher: Openstax

Last updated: 30/04/2025

Psychology 2e is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

The second edition contains detailed updates to address comments and suggestions from users. Significant improvements and additions were made in the areas of research currency, diversity and representation, and the relevance and recency of the examples. Many concepts were expanded or clarified, particularly through the judicious addition of detail and further explanation where necessary. Finally, the authors addressed the replication issues in the psychology discipline, both in the research chapter and where appropriate throughout the book.

Human Resources in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry book cover

Human Resources in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): The BC Cook Articulation Committee

Subject(s): Food and drink service industries, Personnel and human resources management

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 30/04/2025

Human Resources in the Food Services and Hospitality Industry is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in foodservice and the hospitality industry.
Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application book cover

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: 30/04/2025

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.
Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education book cover

Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Jennifer Paris, Kristin Beeve, Clint Springer

Editor(s): Alexa Johnson

Subject(s): Early childhood care and education

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 29/04/2025

Business Computer Applications book cover

Business Computer Applications

CC BY (Attribution)  10 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Amy Savoury, Abigail Rusu, Joy Perrin

Editor(s): Jessica Parsons, Aleta Butler, Andrea Long, Heather Maye, Jennifer Evans, Amy Ledgerwood

Subject(s): Word processing software, Office and workplace

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 29/04/2025

This book introduces students to Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email management. The text covers basic concepts of creating word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation materials for the workplace.

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: 29/04/2025

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.
Opening Eyes onto Inclusion and Diversity book cover

Opening Eyes onto Inclusion and Diversity

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): Susan Carter, Professor Lindy-Anne Abawi, Professor Jill Lawrence, Associate Professor Charlotte Brownlow, Renee Desmarchelier, Melissa Fanshawe, Kathryn Gilbey, Michelle Turner, Jillian Guy

Editor(s): Susan Carter

Subject(s): Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 28/04/2025

Introduction to Human Geography book cover

Introduction to Human Geography

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): R. Adam Dastrup

Subject(s): Human geography

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 27/04/2025