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Title: Words of Wisdom: an Intro to Philosophy
Resource Contact: Ondich, Jody
Institution: Lake Superior College
Content Description: Words of Wisdom can come from anyone. In this text we discuss topics ranging from "Are Humans good by nature?" to "Is there a God?" to "Do I have the right to my own opinion?" Philosophy is the study of wisdom, and can emerge in our conversations in social media, in school, around the family dinner table, and even in the car. The text uses materials that are 2,500 years old, and materials that were in the news this year. Wise people come in all shapes and types, and from every culture on earth. We have poetry and folktales, sacred writings and letters. Dialogues and interviews, news columns, Ted Talks, You Tube recordings and even comedy are all a part of the content in this text.You will be most successful reading this on line.
Discipline: Arts and Humanities
Keywords: Philosophy
Course Name: Intro to Philosophy
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Other
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Title: Digital Accessibility as a Business Practice
Resource Contact: Anderson, Tim
Institution: Minnesota State System Office
Discipline: OER
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: EPub
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-SA Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Title: American Environmental History
Resource Contact: Allosso, Dan
Institution: Bemidji State University
Discipline: History
Keywords: Environment, History
Course Name: HST 2925, People of the Environment, American Environmental History
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: EPub
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-SA Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Title: Why Writing Works: Disciplinary Approaches to Composing Texts
Resource Contact: Bemer, Amanda, Baker, Lori, Lucas, Lisa, Smith, Neil
Institution: Southwest Minnesota State University, Southwest Minnesota State University, Southwest Minnesota State University, Southwest Minnesota State University
Content Description: Why Writing Works: Disciplinary Approaches to Composing Texts is an open-access, online textbook resource for college writing. It is written for an audience of second-year college students with a focus on writing in the disciplines.
Discipline: English Language Arts
Keywords: writing, writing in the disciplines, writing across the curriculum, reading, research, documentation, academic writing
Course Name: English 251: Writing in Professions
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Other
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Title: Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy
Resource Contact: Anderson, Tim
Institution: Minnesota State System Office
Discipline: OER
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: EPub
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-SA Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Title: Environmental Biology - Opensource textbook
Resource Contact: Cregan, Joanna
Institution: Saint Paul College
Content Description: Environmental Biology is a free and open textbook that enables students to develop a nuanced understanding of today’s most pressing environmental issues. This text helps students grasp the scientific foundation of environmental topics so they can better understand the world around them and their impact upon it. This book is a collaboration between various authors and organizations that are committed to providing students with high quality and affordable textbooks. Particularly, this text draws from the following open sources, in addition to new content from the editor: - “Biology” by OpenStax is licensed under CC BY 3.0 - “Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation” by Tom Theis and Jonathan Tomkin, Editors, is licensed under CC BY 3.0 - “Essentials of Environmental Science” by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Discipline: Life Science
Keywords: Environmental Science, Environmental Biology, Opensource textbook
Course Name: Environmental Science
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Title: Anatomy and Physiology OpenStax Chapter PDFs
Resource Contact: VanderWaal Mills, Kristyn
Institution: Saint Paul College
Content Description: These are PDFs of each chapter of the OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology textbook. They can be posted to D2L for easy access for students.
Discipline: Life Sciences
Course Name: Anatomy and Physiology 2
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Zipped file (.zip)
License Type: Creative Commons CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Title: Intro To Sociology: Rethinking Civilization
Resource Contact: Payne, Gary
Institution: Central Lakes College
Content Description: There are eight chapters that generally serve for an Introduction to Sociology course at the college level. The book is extremely global in approach, progressive politically with lots of photos taken by the author and others after traveling in over 30 nations.
Discipline: Sociology
Course Name: Introduction to Sociology.
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Title: Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know
Resource Contact: Anderson, Tim
Institution: Minnesota State System Office
Discipline: OER
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Other
License Type: Creative Commons CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Title: Explorations: An Open Invitation To Biological Anthropology
Resource Contact: Nelson Ph.D., Katie et al.
Institution: Inver Hills Community College
Content Description: The first comprehensive, peer-reviewed open access textbook for biological anthropology courses. Produced with support from the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (a section of the American Anthropological Association) and a grant from Minnesota State. Available free of charge for use in any setting.
Discipline: Anthropology
Keywords: anthropology, evolution, biology, primate behavior, hominins, osteology, forensic anthropology
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Title: Critical Literacy Version 2
Resource Contact: Denny, Mitchell, Porter, Kathleen, Larsen, Lori-Beth
Institution: Central Lakes College, Central Lakes College, Central Lakes College
Content Description: In this Critical Literacy textbook, students will be expected to rehearse, revise, and refine their work. They will practice the skills of critical literacy. They will revise their work, making it better each time after having a chance to evaluate it and receive feedback.
Discipline: Reading
Keywords: Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking, Strategies, literacy
Course Name: Critical Literacy
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Other
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Title: Modern World Literature: Compact Edition
Resource Contact: Swing, Amy Jo
Institution: Lake Superior College
Discipline: English
Keywords: Literature
Course Name: World Literature
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: EPub
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-SA Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Title: ESOL Listening and Speaking High Intermediate OER
Resource Contact: Hickcox, Caitlin
Institution: St. Cloud Technical & Community College
Content Description: This resources is meant to be used as a teacher guide for teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages Listening and Speaking to Upper Intermediate students. The resource is organized into 7 chapters with links to course worksheets, presentations, and materials in each chapter.
Discipline: English for Speakers of Other Languages
Keywords: ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages, ESL, ELL, English, Listening and Speaking
Course Name: English for Speakers of Other Languages Listening and Speaking Level 3
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Text/HTML
License Type: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Version Edition: 1, Original

Title: Game Based and Adaptive Learning Strategies
Resource Contact: Lewis Miller, Carrie, Batsaikhan, Odbayar, Chen, Yilin (Leon), Pluskwik, Elizabeth, Pribyl, Jeffrey
Institution: Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Discipline: Education
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Text/HTML
License Type: Creative Commons CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Version Edition: Derivative, Original

Title: Lifespan Development: A psychological perspective
Resource Contact: Bridget Reigstad (added alt-text), Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine-French (textbook content authors)
Institution: Normandale Community College
Content Description: This OER textbook was written by Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine French in 2017 and updated in 2021. It is a comprehensive textbook for Lifespan Development/ Developmental Psychology classes with chapters covering pre-natal development to death and all age ranges in-between. In December 2021, Bridget Reigstad changed the format from a pdf to Word document to make the textbook easier to edit and put into other formats, as well as added alternative text for pictures, tables and figures and checked accessibility standards.
Discipline: Social Science
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Text/HTML
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Version Edition: 3rd edition with alt-text and accessibility standards checked, Derivative

Title: Introduction to Humanities II
Resource Contact: Larsen, Lori-Beth
Institution: Central Lakes College
Content Description: This course is an introductory survey of the genres and themes of the humanities. Readings, lectures, and class discussions will focus on genres such as music, the visual arts, drama, literature, and philosophy. As themes, the ideas of freedom, love, happiness, death, nature, and myth may be explored from a western and non-western point of view.
Discipline: Humanities
Keywords: Humanities
Course Name: Introduction to Humanities
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: Other
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Version Edition: 2nd Edition, Derivative

Title: Introduction to Humanities II
Resource Contact: Larsen, Lori-Beth
Institution: Central Lakes College
Content Description: This course is an introductory survey of the genres and themes of the humanities. Readings, lectures, and class discussions will focus on music, the visual arts, drama, literature, and philosophy. As themes, the ideas of freedom, love, happiness, death, nature, and myth may be explored from a western and non-western point of view.
Discipline: Humanities
Keywords: Humanities, Global Perspective
Course Name: Introduction to Humanities
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: EPub
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Version Edition: 2nd Edition, Derivative

Title: Field Patrol Officer Guidebook To Calls for Service
Resource Contact: Schwint, Ronald
Institution: Minnesota West Community & Technical College
Discipline: Law Enforcement
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Title: Critical Literacy: Version 2
Resource Contact: Denny, Mitchell, Porter, Kathleen, Larsen, Lori-Beth
Institution: Central Lakes College, Central Lakes College, Central Lakes College
Content Description: In this Critical Literacy textbook, students will be expected to rehearse, revise, and refine their work. They will practice the skills of critical literacy. They will revise their work, making it better each time after having a chance to evaluate it and receive feedback.
Discipline: Reading
Keywords: Literacy, Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking, Strategies
Course Name: Critical Literacy
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Title: Introduction to Humanities
Resource Contact: Larsen, Lori-Beth
Institution: Central Lakes College
Content Description: This course is an introductory survey of the genres and themes of the humanities. The material focuses on philosophy, religion, language, and the arts. As themes, the ideas of freedom, love, happiness, death, nature, and myth are be explored. Typically, a study of humanities looks at western philosophers, maybe a few of the world religions, a history of western music and western visual arts. This textbook begins to break down the barriers of limiting ourselves to learning primarily about western humanities. The question “What makes us human?” is answered by looking at many traditions.
Discipline: Humanities
Keywords: Goal 8: Global Perspective
Course Name: Introduction to Humanities
Resource Type: Textbook
Resource Format: PDF/Text
License Type: Creative Commons CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Version Edition: 1st Edition, Original

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