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How OER Texts Save Many $$$

This is an example of cross-mapping real world course syllabi to an open textbook, demonstrating that the open textbook covers all or most of the course content, thus permitting easy adoption and saving students thousands of dollars.

We compared Rutger University’s undergraduate Biology Course syllabi with our open biology textbooks. (See tables below). Rutger’s Bio 101 closely matches College Biology Vol 3 while their Bio 102 closely matches College Biology Vol 1.

Bio 101 & 102’s assigned textbook (Fall 2013) is Biology: Concepts & Investigations by M. Hoefnagels (2nd edition, 2011) Originally $225, now $39.51 used, rent $26.00 (Amazon.com).

The current edition is Biology: Concepts & Investigations by M. Hoefnagels (3rd edition, 2011) $211. Rent $94. (Amazon.com)

We’re convinced that the best choice is College Biology where the PDF is free and the print format per volume1 is only $39.20.

Why rent when you can own? Why pay 6 to 7 times more for the same content?

Depending up the next class-assigned textbook, saving range from $39.00 to $172 per student, which amounts to thousands of dollars per semester per college.

BTW – Textbook Equity’s Editors will customize any of our open textbooks to map to your class syllabus, create color textbooks, and add your own material. Output to PDF and print. (Example cross-mapping analysis below.)

Also See Textbook Equity College Services.
Service Fees. Write editors@textbookequity.org

Here’s the Rutger’s example:

Rutger University’s undergraduate biology syllabi cross-mapped to College Biology’s open licensed textbook volumes 1and 3.

Bio 101 Syllabus Topic College Biology’s Matching Chapter(s)
Week 1 Overview/Excretory System Chapter 41: Osmotic Regulation and Excretion
Week 2 Respiratory/Circulatory System Chapter 39: The Respiratory System / Chapter 40: The Circulatory System
Week 3 Nervous System/Senses Chapter 35: The Nervous System/Chapter 36: Sensory Systems
Week 4 Reproduction/ Embryonic Develop Chapter 43: Animal Reproduction and Development
Week 6 Immune System Chapter 42: The Immune System
Week 7 Plant Anatomy & Function Chapter 30: Plant Form and Physiology
Week 8 Plant Reproduction/Development Chapter 32: Plant Reproduction
Week 9 Plant Diversity Chapter 25: Seedless Plants, Chapter 26: Seed Plants
Week 10 Fungi Chapter 24: Fungi
Week 11 Animal Diversity Chapter 27: Introduction to Animal Diversity
Week 13 Population Ecology Chapter 45: Population and Community Ecology
Week 14 Communities & Ecosystems Chapter 46: Ecosystems
Week 15 Biodiversity Chapter 47: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity

______________________________________________________________________________

Bio 102 Syllabus Topics College Biology’s Matching Chapter(s)
Week 1 Overview/Chemistry of Life Unit 1. The Chemistry of Life (Chap 1, 2, 3)
Week 2 Cells Unit 2. The Cell (Chap 4,5)
Week 3 The Energy of Life Chapter 6: Metabolism, Chapter 7: Cellular Respiration
Week 4 Photosynthesis Chapter 8: Photosynthesis
Week 6 Mitosis & Cell Cycle Chapter 10: Cell Reproduction
Week 7 Meiosis & Sexual Reproduction Chapter 11: Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
Week 8 DNA & Gene Function Chapter 14: DNA Structure and Function
Week 10 Patterns of Inheritance Chapter 12: Mendel’s Experiments and Heredity, Chapter 13: Modern Understandings of Inheritance
Week 11 DNA Technology Chapter 17: Biotechnology and Genomics
Week 12 From the Big Bang to Life on Earth Chapter 20: Phylogenies and the History of Life
Week 13 Macro and Microevolution TBD
Week 14 Adaptation & Speciation Chapter 18: Evolution and the Origin of Species
Week 15 Animal Behavior TBD
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►TBQ Editors,"College Biology – Chapter Summaries, Learning Exercises & Answers" (2014)

[Paged Updated 10/06/2015]

“College Biology -Chapter Summaries, Learning Exercises & Answers” (2014)

This useful publication contains the learning exercises, answers, and glossary of “College Biology” Volumes 1 – 3.

 

Buy Printed Version  $19.99 USD (Black & White, 263 pages)
ISBN: 978-1-312-45149-0

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Contents

  • Chapter Summaries
  • Art Connection Questions
  • Review Questions
  • Critical Thinking Exercises
  • Answers by Chapter
  • Complete Glossary/Key Terms

This textbook is designed as a quick reference for “College Biology” volumes one through three. It contains the “Chapter Summary”, “Art Connection”, “Review”, and “Critical Thinking” Exercises found in each of the three volumes. It also contains the COMPLETE alphabetical listing of the key terms. “College Biology”, intended for capable college students, is adapted from OpenStax College’s open (CC BY) textbook “Biology”. It is Textbook Equity’s derivative to ensure continued free and open access, and to provide low cost print formats. For manageability and economy, Textbook Equity created three volumes from the original that closely match typical semester or quarter biology curriculum. No academic content was changed from the original. See textbookequity.org/tbq_biology This supplement covers all 47 chapters.

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►TBQ Editors, Mathematical Analysis Vol 1 (2011)

2product_thumbnail.phpMathematical Analysis Vol 1 (2011)

A top quality open textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

A complementary textbook to Saylor Academy’s Free Online Math 241 course.

Purchase Print $28.92, 365 pages.  Softcover, black and white.

Download free pdf, 4mb, 385 pages.

  • Peer Reviewed
  • Widely Adopted
  • Plenty of practice problems

Mathematical Analysis Vol 1, (2011)

* “Starred” sections may be omitted by beginners.

Chapter 1. Set Theory

1–3. Sets and Operations on Sets. Quantifiers 1
Problems in Set Theory 6
4–7. Relations. Mappings 8
Problems on Relations and Mappings 14
8. Sequences 15
9. Some Theorems on Countable Sets 18
Problems on Countable and Uncountable Sets 21

Chapter 2. Real Numbers. Fields 23

1–4. Axioms and Basic Definitions 23
5–6. Natural Numbers. Induction 27
Problems on Natural Numbers and Induction 32
7. Integers and Rationals 34
8–9. Upper and Lower Bounds. Completeness 36
Problems on Upper and Lower Bounds 40
10. Some Consequences of the Completeness Axiom 43
11–12. Powers With Arbitrary Real Exponents. Irrationals 46
Problems on Roots, Powers, and Irrationals 50
13. The Infinities. Upper and Lower Limits of Sequences 53
Problems on Upper and Lower Limits of Sequences in E* 60

Chapter 3. Vector Spaces. Metric Spaces 63

1–3. The Euclidean n-space, En 63
Problems on Vectors in En 69
4–6. Lines and Planes in En 71
Problems on Lines and Planes in En 75
7. Intervals in En 76
Problems on Intervals in En 79
8. Complex Numbers 80
Problems on Complex Numbers 83
*9. Vector Spaces. The Space Cn. Euclidean Spaces 85
Problems on Linear Spaces 89
*10. Normed Linear Spaces 90
Problems on Normed Linear Spaces 93
11. Metric Spaces 95
Problems on Metric Spaces 98
12. Open and Closed Sets. Neighborhoods 101
Problems on Neighborhoods, Open and Closed Sets 106
13. Bounded Sets. Diameters 108
Problems on Boundedness and Diameters 112
14. Cluster Points. Convergent Sequences 114
Problems on Cluster Points and Convergence 118
15. Operations on Convergent Sequences 120
Problems on Limits of Sequences 123
16. More on Cluster Points and Closed Sets. Density 135
Problems on Cluster Points, Closed Sets, and Density 139
17. Cauchy Sequences. Completeness 141
Problems on Cauchy Sequences 144

Chapter 4. Function Limits and Continuity 149

1. Basic Definitions 149
Problems on Limits and Continuity 157
2. Some General Theorems on Limits and Continuity 161
More Problems on Limits and Continuity 166
3. Operations on Limits. Rational Functions 170
Problems on Continuity of Vector-Valued Functions 174
4. Infinite Limits. Operations in E* 177
Problems on Limits and Operations in E* 180
5. Monotone Functions 181
Problems on Monotone Functions 185
6. Compact Sets 186
Problems on Compact Sets 189
*7. More on Compactness 192
8. Continuity on Compact Sets. Uniform Continuity 194
Problems on Uniform Continuity; Continuity on Compact Sets. 200
9. The Intermediate Value Property 203
Problems on the Darboux Property and Related Topics 209
10. Arcs and Curves. Connected Sets 211
Problems on Arcs, Curves, and Connected Sets 215
*11. Product Spaces. Double and Iterated Limits 218
*Problems on Double Limits and Product Spaces 224
12. Sequences and Series of Functions 227
Problems on Sequences and Series of Functions 233
13. Absolutely Convergent Series. Power Series 237
More Problems on Series of Functions 245

Chapter 5. Differentiation and Antidifferentiation 251

1. Derivatives of Functions of One Real Variable 251
Problems on Derived Functions in One Variable 257
2. Derivatives of Extended-Real Functions 259
Problems on Derivatives of Extended-Real Functions 265
3. L’Hˆopital’s Rule 266
Problems on L’Hˆopital’s Rule 269
4. Complex and Vector-Valued Functions on E1 271
Problems on Complex and Vector-Valued Functions on E1 275
5. Antiderivatives (Primitives, Integrals) 278
Problems on Antiderivatives 285
6. Differentials. Taylor’s Theorem and Taylor’s Series 288
Problems on Taylor’s Theorem 296
7. The Total Variation (Length) of a Function f : E1 ? E 300
Problems on Total Variation and Graph Length 306
8. Rectifiable Arcs. Absolute Continuity 308
Problems on Absolute Continuity and Rectifiable Arcs 314
9. Convergence Theorems in Differentiation and Integration 314
Problems on Convergence in Differentiation and Integration 321
10. Sufficient Condition of Integrability. Regulated Functions 322
Problems on Regulated Functions 329
11. Integral Definitions of Some Functions 331
Problems on Exponential and Trigonometric Functions 338

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►TBQ Editors, "College Biology" Volume 1 of 3 (2014)

Page Updated 10/06/2015)

“College Biology” Volume 1 of 3 “The Chemistry of Life” through “Genomic Proteomics”

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Contents Volume 1

Unit 1. The Chemistry of Life

Chapter 1: The Study of Life
Chapter 2: The Chemical Foundation of Life
Chapter 3: Biological Macromolecules

Unit 2. The Cell

Chapter 4: Cell Structure
Chapter 5: Structure and Function of Plasma Membranes
Chapter 6: Metabolism
Chapter 7: Cellular Respiration
Chapter 8: Photosynthesis
Chapter 9: Cell Communication
Chapter 10: Cell Reproduction

Unit 3. Genetics

Chapter 11: Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
Chapter 12: Mendel’s Experiments and Heredity
Chapter 13: Modern Understandings of Inheritance
Chapter 14: DNA Structure and Function
Chapter 15: Genes and Proteins
Chapter 16: Gene Expression
Chapter 17: Biotechnology and Genomics


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  • Comparable biology textbooks cost $180 – $225.**
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  • Comprehensive with current content.
  • Pedagogically enhanced.
  • Authored and reviewed by the academic community.
  • Original textbook prepared, published, copyrighted, and released with an open license (CC BY) by Rice University’s Openstax College.
  • Text is available in various e-formats at Rice University’s Connexions (cnx.org)
  • Open licensed. Fearlessly copy, print, remix. Add to it. Take away.  Rearrange. Create class-specific content. (Textbook Equity can help you with that.)

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  • Easier to read and navigate.
  • You have the right to give or sell the book to others.
  • You can mark  it, copy pages, tear out pages, and use it for kindling.
  • It looks more impressive on your bookshelf than a blank, dusty space.
  • You can read it anytime you wish, even decades later.
  • There may be a secondary market.
  • Honestly, you know the benefits of having a ” hard copy.”

Features of All Volumes

  • Chapter summaries.
  • Review questions.
  • Critical thinking questions.
  • Answer keys.
  • Key terms by chapter.
  • Embedded supplemental learning links.
  • Attributions, credits, and textbook provenance.

 

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►TBQ Editors, "College Biology" Volume 2 of 3 (2014)

(Page last updated October 6, 2015)

“College Biology” Volume 2 of 3

Chapters 18  –  32  “Evolution and the Origin of Species” through “Asexual Reproduction ” 

Buy Print Version   USD $39.20 (paperback, grayscale, 515 pages) Lulu.com ISBN: 978-1-312-39533-6

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Contents Volume 2

Chapter 18: Evolution and the Origin of Species
Chapter 19: The Evolution of Populations
Chapter 20: Phylogenies and the History of Life
Chapter 21: Viruses
Chapter 22: Prokaryotes: Bacteria and Archaea
Chapter 23: Protists
Chapter 24: Fungi
Chapter 25: Seedless Plants
Chapter 26: Seed Plants
Chapter 27: Introduction to Animal Diversity
Chapter 28: Invertebrates
Chapter 29: Vertebrates
Chapter 30: Plant Form and Physiology
Chapter 31: Soil and Plant Nutrition
Chapter 32: Plant Reproduction
Plus chapter summaries, review questions, critical thinking questions, answer keys, key terms by chapter, embedded supplemental learning links.

 

Advantages of Adopting this Textbook:

  • Price. PDFs are free. Printed books only $39.00*.    Funds beyond costs go to the evaluation and creation of additional free and inexpensive printed open textbooks.
  • Comparable biology textbooks cost $180 – $225.**
  • Class relevant. Adopt only the volumes you need.  Make the textbook yours.
  • Comprehensive with current content.
  • Pedagogically enhanced.
  • Authored and reviewed by the academic community.
  • Original textbook prepared, published, copyrighted, and released with an open license (CC BY) by Rice University’s Openstax College.
  • Text is available in various e-formats at Rice University’s Connexions (cnx.org)
  • Open licensed. Fearlessly copy, print, remix. Add to it. Take away.  Rearrange. Create class-specific content. (Textbook Equity can help you with that.)

Advantages of Buying a PRINTED Copy

  • Easier to read and navigate.
  • You have the right to give or sell the book to others.
  • You can mark  it, copy pages, tear out pages, and use it for kindling.
  • It looks more impressive on your bookshelf than a blank, dusty space.
  • You can read it anytime you wish, even decades later.
  • There may be a secondary market.
  • Honestly, you know the benefits of having a ” hard copy.”

Features of All Volumes

  • Chapter summaries.
  • Review questions.
  • Critical thinking questions.
  • Answer keys.
  • Key terms by chapter.
  • Embedded supplemental learning links.
  • Attributions, credits, and textbook provenance.
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►TBQ Editors, "College Biology" Volume 3 of 3 (2014)

collegebiologyvol3“College Biology” Volume 3 of 3

Chapters 33 – 47  “Animal Structure and Function” through “Preserving Biodiversity”

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ISBN: 978-1-312-40299-7

Free: Volume 3 Download PDF Full color, 556 pages, 101 MB

Contents Volume 3

Chapter 33: The Animal Body: Basic Form and Function
Chapter 34: Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System
Chapter 35: The Nervous System
Chapter 36: Sensory Systems
Chapter 37: The Endocrine System
Chapter 38: The Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 39: The Respiratory System
Chapter 40: The Circulatory System
Chapter 41: Osmotic Regulation and Excretion
Chapter 42: The Immune System
Chapter 43: Animal Reproduction and Development
Chapter 44: Ecology and the Biosphere
Chapter 45: Population and Community Ecology
Chapter 46: Ecosystems
Chapter 47: Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
Plus  Chapter summaries, Review questions, Critical thinking questions, Answer keys, Key terms by chapter, Embedded supplemental learning links.

Buy Print Version USD $39.20 (paperback, grayscale, 556 pages) Lulu.com ISBN: 978-1-312-40299-7

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►TBQ Editors, Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective, Financial Accounting (Chapt 1-8) (2011)

accountingprinciplesthumb480+ MULTIPLE CHOICE AND T/F TEST QUESTIONS COVERING BOTH VOLUMES (Chapters 2 – 18). More details at Textbook Equity’s Tests Online.

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Related Texts by the same authors:  Vol 2, Chapters 9 – 18  and Managerial Accounting

Publication Date: Apr 14 2011
ISBN/EAN13: 1461088186 / 9781461088189
Page Count: 434
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 8″ x 10″
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Related Categories: Business & Economics / Accounting / Managerial

Key Features

√ Demonstration problems
√ Solutions to demonstration problems
√ Key terms
√ Self-tests

Table of Contents

1 The Accounting Environment

Learning objectives
Accounting Defined
Employment opportunities in accounting
Financial accounting versus managerial accounting
Development of financial accounting standards
Ethical behavior of accountants
Critical thinking and communication skills
Internet skills
How to study the chapters in this text

2 Accounting and its use in business decisions

Learning objectives
A career as an entrepreneur
Forms of business organizations
Types of activities performed by business organizations
Financial statements of business organizations
The financial accounting process
Underlying assumptions or concepts
Transactions affecting only the balance sheet
Transactions affecting the income statement and/or balance sheet
Summary of balance sheet and income statement transactions
Dividends paid to owners (stockholders)
Analyzing and using the financial results—the equity ratio
Understanding the learning objectives
Appendix: A comparison of corporate accounting with accounting for a sole
proprietorship and a partnership
Demonstration problem
Solution to demonstration problem
Key terms
Self-test

3 Recording business transactions

Learning objectives
Salary potential of accountants
The account and rules of debit and credit
Recording changes in assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity
The accounting cycle
The journal
The ledger
The accounting process in operation
The use of ledger accounts
Analyzing and using the financial results— Horizontal and vertical analyses
Key terms
Self-test

4 Adjustments for financial reporting

Learning objectives
A career as a tax specialist
Cash versus accrual basis accounting
The need for adjusting entries
Classes and types of adjusting entries
Adjustments for deferred items
Adjustments for accrued items
Effects of failing to prepare adjusting entries
Analyzing and using the financial results—trend percentages
Understanding the learning objectives

5 Completing the accounting cycle

Learning objectives
A career in information systems
The accounting cycle summarized
The work sheet
Preparing financial statements from the work sheet
Journalizing adjusting entries
The closing process
Accounting systems: From manual to computerized
A classified balance sheet
Analyzing and using the financial results — the current ratio
Understanding the learning objectives

6 Accounting theory

Learning objectives
A career as an accounting professor
Traditional accounting theory
Underlying assumptions or concepts
Other basic concepts
The measurement process in accounting
The major principles
Modifying conventions (or constraints)
The financial accounting standards board’s conceptual framework project
Objectives of financial reporting
Qualitative characteristics
The basic elements of financial statements
Recognition and measurement in financial statements
Summary of significant accounting policies
Significant accounting policies
Understanding the learning objectives

7 Introduction to inventories and the classified income statement

Learning objective
A career as a CEO
Sales revenues
Cost of goods sold
Classified income statement
Analyzing and using the financial results—Gross margin percentage
Understanding the learning objectives
Appendix: The work sheet for a merchandising company
Key terms
Self-test

8 Measuring and reporting inventories

Learning objectives
Choosing an accounting career
Inventories and cost of goods sold
Importance of proper inventory valuation
Determining inventory cost
Departures from cost basis of inventory measurement
Analyzing and using financial results—inventory turnover ratio
Understanding the learning objectives
Alphabetical Index

Alphabetical Index

academic accountants
accounting cycle
Accounting Education Change Commission
accounting equation
Accounting period
Accounting Principles Board (APB)
Accounting Review
Accounting Review The
accounting system
accounting theory
Accounting year
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
accrual basis
Accrual basis of accounting
accrued assets and liabilities
Accrued revenues and expenses
Accumulated amortization
Accumulated Depreciation
Accumulated Depreciation account
Adjunct account
adjusting entries
administrative expenses
AECC
AICPA
Allowances account
American Accounting Association
assets
balance sheet
bias
bonds payable
book value
Buildings
Business emphasis
business entity concept
Business transactions
calendar year
capital stock
cash basis of accounting
cash discount
cash equivalents
Certified Internal Auditor
Certified Management Accountants
Certified Public Accountant
Chain discount
Chart of accounts
CIA
classified balance sheet
classified income statement
closing process
Comparability
completed-contract method
Compound journal entry
Conservatism
Consigned goods
consistency
Construction in progress
continuity
contra asset account
Copyright
Corporation
cost
cost of goods available for sale
cost of goods sold
cost principle
Cost-benefit consideration
CPA
Credit balance
Creditors and lenders
Cross-indexing
current assets
Current liabilities
current ratio
Curriculum concerns
customers
Debit balance
deferred items
Delivery Expense
Depreciable amount
Depreciable asset
depreciation accounting
Depreciation expense
depreciation formula
Dividend
Dividends payable
Double entry procedure
Earning principle
Edwards
Employees and their unions
End of Volume Chapters
entity
entrepreneur
equities
equity ratio
estimated useful life
ethical behavior
ethics
exchange-price
exchange-price (or cost) principle
expenses
Exposure Drafts
FASB
Fearless copy print remix(tm)
feedback value
Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Financial Analysts Federation
Financial Executives Institute
financial reporting objectives
financial statements
fiscal year
FOB destination
FOB shipping point
for Volume Chapters and all of Volume
freight collect
freight prepaid
full disclosure principle
GAAP
Gain and loss recognition principle
Gains
GASB
general public
generally accepted accounting principles
Global Text Project
Going-concern
goodwill
Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Governmental units
gross margin
gross margin percentage
gross profit
gross selling price
Hermanson
historical cost
Horizontal analysis
IASB
IASC
IFRS
Income from operations
income statement
Income Summary account
Income taxes payable
installment basis
Institute of Certified Management Accountants
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Institute of Management Accountants
intangible assets
Interest Payable
Interest Receivable
Internal Auditors
International Accounting Standards
International Financial Reporting Standards
invoice
invoice price
Journal entry
Journal of Accountancy
Land
Leasehold improvements
Leaseholds
Ledger
liabilities
liquidation
long-term assets
Long-term investment
Long-term liabilities
losses
Maher
management advisory
Manufacturers
manufacturing companies
marketable securities
matching principle
Materiality
McCubbrey
Merchandise in transit
Merchandise Inventory
Merchandising companies
Modifying conventions
Money measurement
Net cost of purchases
net income
net purchases
net sales
neutrality
Nominal accounts
Non-operating expenses
Non-operating revenues
Note
notes payable
Objectives and overall approach of the eighth edition
office equipment
office furniture
operating cycle
Operating expenses
Operating revenues
Owners and prospective owners
Pacioli
Paid-in Capital
partnership
Passage of title
Patent
Pedagogy
percentage-of-completion
Period costs
periodic inventory procedure
Periodicity
Permanent accounts
perpetual inventory procedure
Philosophy and purpose
physical inventory
post-closing trial balance
Predictive value
Prepaid expense
prepaid expenses
private sector
Product costs
profitability
Property plant and equipment
Purchase bound textbooks and download free PDFs
purchase discount
Purchase Discounts account
Purchase returns
Purchases account
qualitative characteristics
real accounts
Realization principle
Relevance
reliability
representational faithfulness
retailers
Retained Earnings
retained earnings
revenue recognition principle
revenues
revenues received in advance
Salaries Payable
sales allowance
sales discount
Sales Discounts account
Sales Return
Sales returns
scrap value
SEC
Securities and Exchange Act of
Securities and Exchange Commission
selling expenses
service companies
service potential
shareholders
Simple journal entry
Single proprietorship
solvency
stable dollar assumption
statement of cash flows
statement of retained earnings
stockholders
stockholders’ equity
stockholders’ equity
straight-line
Summa de Arithmetica
summary of transactions
T-account
Tax services
Taxes withheld from employees
Temporary accounts
Textbook Equity
time periods
Timeliness
Trade Discount
transaction
Transportation In account
unclassified balance sheet
unclassified income statement
unearned revenue
Unearned revenues
verifiability
wholesalers
work sheet
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►TBQ Editors, “Principles of Economics” (2014) Volumes 1 and 2

Originally provided by by Openstax College (Rice University) in PDF and online format in one volume.

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Purchase print:  Principles of Economics, Vol 1 Chapters 1 – 23 (493 pages)  $39.95 USD

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Principles of Economics covers the scope and sequence for a two-semester principles of economics course. The text also includes many current examples, including; discussions on the great recession, the controversy among economists over the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the recent government shutdown, and the appointment of the United States’ first female Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen.

The pedagogical choices, chapter arrangements, and learning objective fulfillment were developed and vetted with feedback from educators dedicated to the project. The outcome is a balanced approach to micro and macro economics, to both Keynesian and classical views, and to the theory and application of economics concepts. Current events are treated in a politically-balanced way, as well.

Table of Contents

Volume 1 Chapter 1 – 23
Welcome to Economics!
Choice in a World of Scarcity
Demand and Supply
Labor and Financial Markets
Elasticity
Consumer Choices
Cost and Industry Structure
Perfect Competition
Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
Monopoly and Antitrust Policy
Environmental Protection and Negative Externalities
Positive Externalities and Public Goods
Poverty and Economic Inequality
Issues in Labor Markets: Unions, Discrimination, Immigration
Information, Risk, and Insurance
Financial Markets
Public Choice
The Macroeconomic Perspective
Economic Growth
Unemployment
Inflation
The International Trade and Capital Flows

Volume 2 Chapters 24 – 34 and Appendices
The Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand Model
The Keynesian Perspective
The Neoclassical Perspective
Money and Banking
Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation
Exchange Rates and International Capital Flows
Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy
The Macroeconomic Impacts of Government Borrowing
Macroeconomic Policy Around the World
International Trade
Globalization and Protectionism
The Use of Mathematics in Principles of Economics
Demand, Supply, and Efficiency
Indifference Curves
Present Discounted Value
The Expenditure-Output Model

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§ Openstax, "Introduction to Sociology" (2012)

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From their website: “Introduction to Sociology is intended for a one-semester introductory sociology course. Conceived of and developed by active sociology instructors,. This online, fully editable and customizable title includes sociology theory and research; real-world applications; simplify and debate features; and learning objectives for each chapter.”

Peer reviewed plus faculty supplements.

Table of Contents
Preface
An Introduction to Sociology
Sociological Research
Culture
Society and Social Interaction
Socialization
Groups and Organization
Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
Media and Technology
Social Stratification in the United States
Global Inequality
Race and Ethnicity
Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
Aging and the Elderly
Marriage and Family
Religion
Education
Government and Politics
Work and the Economy
Health and Medicine
Population, Urbanization, and the Environment
Social Movements and Social Change