Openstax: Principles of Economics
** https://openstax.org/details/principles-economics (In Library Collection)
Open Geography Education
https://www.opengeography.org/
Nature of Geographic Information (BC Campus)
NOBA
Expertly compiled from Noba modules to fit the scope and sequence of common courses. Use them as-is or customize them to fit your needs. Instructor manual, PowerPoint presentations, and test bank available for many modules.
Open Textbook Library
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=48
Openstax
** https://openstax.org/details/psychology (in Library collection)
The Orange Grove (Florida's OER Repository)
https://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/items/4abb620c-ab18-af7c-f009-0fae30e3f088/1/
This section includes links to several OER materials that have been identified for use in Sociology, found from various existing repositories (such as those linked above). The following include full textbooks, but also other resources:
College of the Canyons Sociology OER
General Resources
The Society Pages- a blog that has several easy-to-search categories of articles written by academics, plus community pages (such as Sociological Images, Everyday Sociology Blog, etc.) and other partners linked on their page: https://thesocietypages.org
TED- Collection of TED Talks (and more) on Sociology: https://www.youtube.com/user/NortonSOC
The Sociological Cinema Videos: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/videos
Sociology Live! YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCejYxz_-OD7ApJniESN1Rpg
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Sociology 2e" by Keirns, et. al. via Open Stax / Rice University: https://openstax.org/details/introduction-sociology-2e (Note: there are at least 3 other Intro OER texts--let me know if you'd like the links to them. This one above is the most popular, and has accompanying resources).
Social Crises of Today
"Social Problems: Continuity and Change" by Steven E. Barken, University of Maine: http://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/
Research Methods
"Principles of Sociological Inquiry - Qualitative and Quantitative Methods" by Amy Blackstone, University of Maine: http://www.oercommons.org/courses/principles-of-sociological-inquiry-qualitative-and-quantitative-methods/
“e-Source Behavioral and Social Sciences Research” by the Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Research:http://www.esourceresearch.org/tabid/36/Default.aspx
Marriage and Family
“Sociology of the Family” by Ron Hammond, Paul Cheney, and Raewyn Pearsey: http://freesociologybooks.com/Sociology_Of_The_Family/01_Changes_and_Definitions.php
All content on this guide is licensed CC BY 4.0 International, except where otherwise noted.
Preferred attribution: Open Educational Resources (OER) & Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) at GCC by Glendale Community College (CC BY 4.0
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