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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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Math for Trades Volume 2 book cover

Math for Trades Volume 2

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

Author(s): Chad Flinn, Mark Overgaard

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

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 06/05/2025

The Math for Trades: Volume 2 textbook continues where the first volume left off. Volume 2 increases the challenge with topics such as converting units, working with equations, perimeter, area and volume. Once again the material is presented from a trades perspective with easy-to-understand examples and videos explanations accompanying questions. The goal of this volume is to take the material you learned in Math for Trades: Volume 1 and apply it to more advanced topics that you may encounter during your trades training.

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Nutrition and Labelling for the Canadian Baker

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): The BC Cook Articulation Committee

Subject(s): Baking, Food and drink service industries, Catering and food preparation skills and trades

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 05/05/2025

This book is intended to give students a basic understanding of nutritional information and labelling in the baking industry. In particular, there is a focus on Canadian regulations regarding labelling and merchandising of baked goods, as well as baking for customers with special diets, allergies, and intolerances.

Nutrition and Labelling for the Canadian Baker is one of a series of Culinary Arts books developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s food service and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook and Baker programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in food service skills.

Other books in the series include:

  • Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management
  • Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene
  • Human Resources in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry
  • Meat Cutting and Processing for Food Service
  • Modern Pastry and Plated Desserts
  • Understanding Ingredients for the Canadian Baker
  • Working in the Food Service Industry
  • Workplace Safety in the Food Service Industry

The series has been developed collaboratively with participation from public and private postsecondary institutions.

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College Health Mathematics

CC BY (Attribution)  57 H5P Activities    English (Canada)

Author(s): andré davey, Julia Langham

Subject(s): Applied mathematics, Mathematical foundations

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 05/05/2025

Note: The webbook contains interactive content that will not be included in a print or PDF version.

College Health Mathematics is a workbook to help strengthen practical numeracy skills in the field of nursing. Chapters include subjects of mathematical review and proportional reasoning; measurement and unit conversions; medication abbreviations and medical labels; dosages and IV therapy; logarithms, pH and concentrations; as well as introductory statistics. Chapters include a main lesson and may be followed by sample exercises, practice questions, key takeaways, and/or case studies.
Administering Early Childhood Services in Nova Scotia book cover

Administering Early Childhood Services in Nova Scotia

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

Author(s): Barbie McCuaig, Meghan Hightower Smith

Subject(s): Early childhood care and education, Educational systems and structures

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 05/05/2025

Cover illustration by Olivia Conrad.
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A Guide to Numeracy in Nursing

CC BY (Attribution)  51 H5P Activities    English (Canada)

Author(s): Julia Langham

Subject(s): Nursing fundamentals and skills, Mathematical foundations

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 05/05/2025

A Guide to Numeracy in Nursing is a workbook for learning how to use and understand numbers in a nursing context. Chapters include subjects of basic math skills, unit conversions, medication math, interpreting lab values, and introductory statistics. Within each chapter, there is a main lesson followed by sample exercises and sets of practice questions.
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Concepts of Biology - 1st Canadian Edition

CC BY (Attribution)  42 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Charles Molnar, Jane Gair

Subject(s): Biology, life sciences,

Publisher: BCcampus

Last updated: 05/05/2025

In this survey text, directed at those not majoring in biology, we dispel the assumption that a little learning is a dangerous thing. We hope that by skimming the surface of a very deep subject, biology, we may inspire you to drink more deeply and make more informed choices relating to your health, the environment, politics, and the greatest subject that are all of us are entwined in, life itself. This text also includes 80 interactive H5P activities that you can use to evaluate your understanding as you go.

In the adapted textbook, Concepts of Biology — 1st Canadian Edition, you will find the following units:

  • Unit 1: The Cellular Foundation of Life
  • Unit 2: Cell Division and Genetics
  • Unit 3: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
  • Unit 4: Animal Structure and Function
Introduction to Human Resource Management / Canadian Edition book cover

Introduction to Human Resource Management / Canadian Edition

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

Author(s): Zelda Craig, College of New Caledonia

Subject(s): Personnel and human resources management

Institution(s): College of New Caledonia

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 05/05/2025

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Principles of Macroeconomics

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)  24 H5P Activities    English (Canada)

Author(s): Sharmistha Nag, NSCC

Subject(s): Macroeconomics

Institution(s): Fanshawe College

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 05/05/2025

Principles of Macroeconomics explains macroeconomic activity measures such as Gross Domestic Product, Unemployment, and Inflation. It discusses the factors that result in growth in the economy. The book uses data and graphs for students to see the implications of these theories on our economy. The textbook uses economic models to determine equilibrium in an economy and explain what causes fluctuations in economic activity. It also describes fiscal and monetary policy tools and evaluates their relative effectiveness on the Canadian economy, outlining the Government’s and Bank of Canada’s roles in stabilizing the economy.

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Public Relations Case Studies: Strategies & Actions

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

Author(s): Sam Schechter

Editor(s): Sam Schechter

Subject(s): Public relations

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 04/05/2025

Public Relations Case Studies: Strategies & Actions provides students with real-world PR case studies. The case studies explore PR dilemmas and campaigns in a variety of sectors and circumstances. The book offers learning opportunities about audience analysis, campaign planning, strategy, tactics, message development, media relations, and crisis communications for the PR practitioners of today and the future.
Hybrid Text: Working With PLCs book cover

Hybrid Text: Working With PLCs

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Ted Evans

Subject(s): The Arts

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 04/05/2025

ELTG 3009 / 3021
A open textbook for the study of automation using PLCs. The title is Hybrid because it teaches two systems together: Allen-Bradley and Siemens.
PLC imageBy Pierre75000 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikipedia.