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CHIN/WCL 3342: Tales of East Asian Cities

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

Author(s): Dr. Li's Tales of East Asian Cities Class, Fall 2022

Editor(s): Melody Yunzi Li, Katherine Carter, Ariana Santiago

Subject(s): Cultural studies, East Asia, Far East

Publisher: University of Houston Libraries

Last updated: 18/10/2023

This book features essays about six major East Asian cities contributed by students of the Fall 2022 CHIN/WCL 3342: Tales of East Asian Cities course. Essays describe background information about each of the cities, followed by critical analyses of relevant cultural subjects.

Basic Notions of Thermodynamics and Quantum Mechanics for Natural Sciences

CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) English

Author(s): Vassiliy Lubchenko

Subject(s): Physical chemistry

Last updated: 11/10/2023

This book is intended as a semester course on the basic notions of Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and Quantum Mechanics for students majoring in Science (other than Chemistry and Physics) and Mathematics. It is appropriate as an introductory text for Chemistry and Physics majors as well.

Information technology in hospitality

CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) English

Author(s): Cristian Morosan, PhD

Subject(s): E-commerce: business aspects, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects

Institution(s): University of Houston

Last updated: 31/08/2023

This textbook is designed to introduce undergraduate students to the fundamental concepts of information technologies within the context of hospitality and tourism organizations. Taking a strategic approach, it offers a robust foundation in the key principles that comprise the information technology landscape in the hospitality sector. This resource is tailored for both first-year students and those who haven't yet explored advanced courses in information technology and its applications in the realm of hospitality.

Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 23 H5P Activities English

Author(s): OpenStax

Editor(s): Barbara Carlin, Marina Sebastijanovic

Last updated: 08/08/2023

The Story of Earth: An Observational Guide

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 1 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Daniel Hauptvogel, Virginia Sisson

Subject(s): Historical geology and palaeogeology, Earth sciences, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

Last updated: 20/07/2023

The 2nd edition is now available!

This is an open-access lab manual for a historical geology lab focused on student observations. The print version is not longer available for this edition; please see the 2nd edition.
Do you plan on using the lab manual? Have any questions, comments, suggestions, or notice an error? Please fill out our contact form and let us know!

Latin American History and Culture

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

Author(s): Anadeli Bencomo

Subject(s): Historia de América

Last updated: 10/10/2022

Making “Meaning”: Precolumbian Archaeology, Art History, and the Legacy of Terence Grieder

CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) English

Author(s): James Farmer, Rex Koontz

Editor(s): James Farmer, Rex Koontz

Subject(s): History of art, History of art, Material culture, Altiplano / Andean plateau, Pre-Columbian styles, Theory of art, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks, Paintings and painting, Murals and wall paintings, Textile artworks, Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Archaeological sites, Guatemala, Mexico, Chichen Itza, Amazonas region, Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas, Teotihuacan, Uto-Aztecan languages

Publisher: University of Houston Libraries

Last updated: 02/03/2022

The book examines the work of Terence Grieder, an early pre-Columbian art historian of wide-ranging interests and often provocative stances. His students and other intellectual descendants discuss his major ideas through examples drawn from their own work. The work of those he mentored is in the end the most important testament to his continuing influence in the field.

OER and Alternative Textbook Handbook

CC BY (Attribution) 5 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Ariana Santiago

Subject(s): Open learning, distance education

Publisher: University of Houston

Last updated: 02/09/2021

This handbook has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Each chapter is accompanied with learning objectives and most chapters feature interactive elements and opportunities for readers to engage with the text. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education.

“Bad Breath”: An integrated case study of alcoholic liver disease for first year medical students.

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Omar Matuk-Villazon, MD, MBA, Kevin Rowland, PhD

Subject(s): Clinical and internal medicine, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Clinical and internal medicine, Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences

Last updated: 02/09/2021

KIN 4370: Virtual Exercise Testing and Prescription Lab Manual

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) 33 H5P Activities English

Author(s): Melissa Markofski

Last updated: 10/05/2021

This book is a lab manual to accompany the Virtual KIN 4370 course: Exercise Testing and Prescription. The chapter for each lab activity includes background information, protocol description, comprehension questions, and tables to help with test interpretation (as required). The lab activities have been modified from face-to-face environment to an at-home virtual learning course.