Updating search results...

Search Resources

11 Results

View
Selected filters:
  • Michigan State University
CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

We designed this book to help you attain a confident, competent, and coherent understanding of basic chemistry, in particular of the chemistry associated with organisms and their origins. That said, this is not a chemistry for biologists or non-scientists book but rather an approach to the difficult and often counterintuitive ideas at the heart of chemistry, for an intelligent and engaged student who, often quite reasonably, finds these ideas unbelievable, arbitrary, or incoherent. Our goal is to assist you in developing an understanding of the foundations of chemistry, so that you can apply these ideas to a range of new situations.

Subject:
Chemistry
Physical Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
Melanie Cooper
Michael Klymkowsky
Date Added:
06/03/2021
Elementary Arabic
Unrestricted Use
CC BY
Rating
0.0 stars

This is an open textbook on Elementary Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their second semester. It addresses language structures in theme-based modules that cover the four language skills. The book can be used as a self-study resource or as the main textbook in beginning Arabic classes.

Subject:
Language, Philosophy, and Culture
Languages
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
Ayman Mohamed
Sadam Issa
Date Added:
06/03/2021
Financial Management for Small Businesses: Financial Statements & Present Value Models
Unrestricted Use
CC BY
Rating
0.0 stars

This book is for those whose financial management focus is on small businesses. For you, we adapt the traditional financial management themes emphasized in corporate financial management courses to meet the needs of small businesses.

Many financial managers of small businesses come from farms or agribusinesses. Others are interested in working for or starting businesses in the food or retail sectors. In most cases, these businesses aren’t organized as C-corporations impacting things like taxes, depreciation, and legal requirements around compiling and reporting financial data. They are rarely publicly traded which creates unique constraints to raising debt and equity capital and calculating required risk-adjusted returns.

These financial managers are interested in solving specific problems they face in family or small businesses. They want to know how to apply the tools they are learning—coordinated financial statement analysis, present value analysis, management of cash flow, measuring their opportunity costs, etc.—to the problems they face at home. As we started to work on the actual problems faced by these managers, it quickly became clear that corporate finance tools don’t exactly fit the small businesses they come from. Further, in attempting to tackle the problems they bring, we learned that finding and/or constructing the data needed for financial management is another skill set often overlooked and in need of development. In the end, after investing a lot of time, we found that—without adaptation—corporate finance theory as traditionally taught doesn’t meet the knowledge needs and application skills of financial managers of small businesses. We wrote this book to be a catalyst that enables students and managers of small businesses to learn the tools and skill sets that will help them make sound financial management decisions.

Subject:
Business
Finance
Management
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
J Roy Black
Lindon Robison
Steven Hanson
Date Added:
08/13/2020
Foundations of Neuroscience
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

Foundations of Neuroscience is aimed at undergraduate students new to the field of neuroscience. The first edition specifically targets students enrolled in Neurobiology at Michigan State University and primarily contains topics covered in that course.

Subject:
Anatomy/Physiology
Life Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
Casey Henley
Date Added:
08/16/2021
Hookup Culture
Unrestricted Use
CC BY
Rating
0.0 stars

“Hookup” culture remains a common practice on college campuses yet remains a taboo topic for many to understand and/or discuss. This text is a collection of students’ reflections that bring “hookup” culture into the mainstream narrative and provides real-life experiences that inform, educate, and challenge the reader.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Michigan State University
Date Added:
06/03/2021
An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This "textbook" is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. The first unit introduces students to the nature of science, including scientific controversies, and information literacy, including how to analyze literature and identify stakeholders. Unit 2 is organismal biology, including carbon cycling and population growth, and unit 3 is molecular biology with a focus on gene expression.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
Andrea Bierema
Date Added:
06/03/2021
Matrix Algebra with Computational Applications
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC
Rating
0.0 stars

Matrix Algebra with Computational Applications is a collection of Open Educational Resource (OER) materials designed to introduce students to the use of Linear Algebra to solve real-world problems. These materials were developed specifically for students and instructors working in a "flipped classroom" model that emphasizes hands-on problem-solving activities during class meetings, with students watching lectures and completing readings and assignments outside of the classroom. To access the Matrix Algebra with Computational Applications website, please go to http://colbrydi.github.io/MatrixAlgebra

Subject:
Algebra
Mathematics
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
Dirk Colbry
Date Added:
06/03/2021
OCLUE: Organic Chemistry, Life, the Universe & Everything
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon and carbon-containing compounds. Since the core structural, catalytic, information storage, and retrieval systems of organisms are carbon-based macromolecules, organic chemistry is of direct relevance to the life sciences. Just as importantly, the properties of carbon make possible an amazing range of molecules with unique properties, from small molecules to complex plastics and even more complex biomolecules.

Subject:
Chemistry
Physical Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
Melanie M. Cooper
Michael W. Klymkowsky
Date Added:
06/03/2021
Reframing Digital Humanities: Conversations with Digital Humanists
Unrestricted Use
CC BY
Rating
0.0 stars

Growing from Reframing History, a podcast about history theory and practice, Reframing Digital Humanities: Conversations with Digital Humanists, Julian Chambliss, Professor of English at Michigan State University, brings together a diverse group of digital humanities practitioners to reflect on theory and practice. From the question of public engagement and knowledge production to considerations of identity and cultural production, the conversations presented in this work shed light on the ways digital humanities offer scholars tools to ask humane questions. Are the benefits promised being achieved? Are the right tools and training available? Are we asking the right questions? In this volume, scholars deeply engaged in using digital tools reflect on their work and this dynamic academic field.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
Julian Chambliss
Date Added:
06/03/2021
Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry
Only Sharing Permitted
CC BY-NC-ND
Rating
0.0 stars

This virtual textbook allows for visualization of 3D-molecular models while teaching principles of Organic Chemistry. Before his retirement in 1999, Professor William Reusch began working on a virtual organic chemistry textbook that could be used by anyone with an interest in the subject. On this site, visitors can take advantage of his labors, and the introduction to this important subject offered on the homepage is a great place to start. After entering the main area of the site, visitors will find two columns of links that serve as the main table of contents. There are over twenty five topics covered here, and they include aromaticity, alkyl halides, alcohols, and amines. Each area contains lucid text accompanied by well-organized diagrams. Additionally, the site contains practice problems, incorporated into the text, along with links to external institutions such as the University of Wisconsin that offer additional problems. One area that shouldn't be missed is the "Chemicals and Society" area. Here visitors will find a narrative essay that addresses how the incorporation of different chemicals into air, water, and soil may affect human society over time.

Subject:
Chemistry
Physical Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Michigan State University
Author:
William Reusch
Date Added:
06/03/2021