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This initial listing
of online textbooks that are being offered for sale includes
twelve works in eight fields. All of these publications are intended
for university-level courses.
We're clearly at the
base of an exponential curve in the spread of next-generation educational
materials and approaches. The upcoming months are certain to witness
striking growth in the availability of online textbooks, and increasing
activity in online educational publishing will be reflected in expanded
updates of the Catalog.
Current entries are
listed below, and you'll find a key to their features in the frame
to the left.
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Accounting
Accounting
Information Systems: A Database Approach. Uday S. Murthy (Associate
Professor, Texas A&M University) and S. Michael Groomer (Associate
Professor, Indiana University). $39.99.
Features: 3-5, P, L, E, G, H.
Source URL: www.cybertext.com
| Accounting
Information Systems: A Database Approach presents a
modern database-oriented view of accounting systems. Modeling of accounting
systems is discussed using a variation of McCarthy's REA modeling
approach. Actual implementations of database accounting systems are
presented using Microsoft Access. A key feature of the book is an
online self-test quizzing system. Students get a random set of 5 questions
on each chapter. The quizzes are ideally taken *before* class on the
day a chapter is to be covered, thus ensuring that students come prepared
to class. Professors can access grade reports on the Web. |
Advanced Systems Analysis
and Design. Uday S. Murthy (Associate Professor, Texas A&M
University). $18.99. Features: 4-5, P, L, E, G, H.
Source URL: www.cybertext.com
Foreign
language
First-Year and Second-Year
French. Marlies
Mueller (Professor, Harvard University). $100.00. Features: 3,
P, SA, SV, L, M, CD.
Source URL: www.digitlearn.org
First-Year
and Second-Year French
Second-language acquisition is, by nature, an interactive process;
therefore, the World Wide Web is the perfect complement to language
instruction. In Digital Learning Interactive's first-year and second-year
French textbook, Dis donc!, traditional ancillary components such
as audio, video, and workbooks have been integrated into online préparations,
transforming the textbook into an entirely self-contained language-learning
tool. |
History
American History I:
Colonial Period to 1877. Richard D. Brown (Professor, University
of Connecticut). Features: 1, 3, 4, P, SA, SV, L, E, M, CD.
Source URL: www.digitlearn.org
| American
History I: Colonial Period to 1877
provides comprehensive interactive coverage of United States history
from the Colonial era through Reconstruction. The text includes a
narrative of major events and is enriched by primary source readings,
interactive maps, and animated modules.
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Western Civilization
I: Antiquity to 1650. John Monfasani (Professor, SUNY, Albany).
$50.00. Features: P, SA, L, E, M, CD.
Source URL: www.digitlearn.org
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Civilization I: Antiquity to 1650 introduces
students to the broad sweep of European history and culture. The text
traces the development of European civilization from its roots in
the prehistory of the Middle East to the end of the Thirty Years'
War. Interactive maps highlighting important places and events help
students understand the close connection between geography and political,
cultural, and intellectual developments. Extensive glossary entries
and profiles, linked to the text, give students immediate access to
more detailed information. More than 75 primary source readings bring
students in direct contact with the words of people who have profoundly
influenced history and culture.
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Western Civilization
II: 1650 to the Present. Charles Maier (Professor, Harvard University).
$50.00. Features: P, SA, L, E, M, CD.
Source URL: www.digitlearn.org
Western
Civilization II: 1650 to the Present
introduces the major themes of European development from the fundamental
division of consciousness and society during the Reformation to today's
post-Communist Europe.
The advantage to this online textbook is that the abundant
primary source materials and visual presentations are only a click
away. Historical developments and concepts, such as comparisons of
different art or architectural styles, changes in political geography,
and complex analyses of historical events, are conveyed through interactive
modules that engage students directly in the learning process. |
Information
Systems/Information Studies
The
Internet Guide. Gwen
Harris (Internet consultant and instructor) and Sandra Wood (Internet
consultant and instructor). $75 CND.
Features: 1-3, S, L, E, M, C.
Source URL: www.fis.utoronto.ca/conted/TIG/Demo
| The
Internet Guide is a comprehensive course about what
to do on the Net and how best to do it. It provides progressive learning
from basic to pro. There are step-by-step lessons covering Netscape
and IE, research, communication, discussion groups, shopping, and
software. |
A Technology Primer.
Uday S. Murthy
(Associate Professor, Texas A&M University) and S. Michael Groomer
(Associate Professor, Indiana University). $10.99.
Features: 3-5,
S, L, E, H.
Source URL: www.cybertext.com
Literature
Introduction to the
Plays of Shakespeare. Alan Levitan (Professor Emeritus, Brandeis
University) and Timothy Peltason (Professor, Wellesley College). $50.00.
Features: 1, P, SA, SV, L, M, CD.
Source URL: www.digitlearn.org
| Introduction
to the Plays of Shakespeare offers an interactive online
approach to the reading and comprehension of Shakespeare's plays.
The textbook takes full advantage of technology in order to introduce
a new way of using these classic texts in the classroom. |
Management
The Strategic Management
Process. Samuel
Certo (Professor, Rollins College) and J. Paul Peter (Professor, University
of Wisconsin at Madison). $19.75. Features: 4-5, P, L, E.
Source URL: http://www.studystrategy.com
| The
Strategic Management Process is an interactive text
that combines such features as a study guide with instant student
feedback, photos, hot links to companies and scholars, and innovative
web site design to harness the learning power of the Internet. |
Research
Methods
The Research Methods
Knowledge Base. William
Trochim (Professor, Cornell University). $10 ($38 with hard copy).
Features: 3-5, P, L, E, H, Online Study Guide.
Source URL: www.atomicdog.com
| The
Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive
text available in both online and print formats for undergraduate
and graduate research methods courses. This unique interactive text
offers faculty and students a high quality inter-disciplinary resource
for a wide range of social research methods courses. Written in an
accessible and conversational manner, the work's major focus and structure
center around trans-disciplinary social research methods theory. Trochim
has tailored the text to help students think critically about doing
social research and about what constitutes valid research. Rather
than focusing on a specific school of thought, Trochim explores how
to "mix methods" intelligently across both quantitative and qualitative
traditions. |
Sociology
SociologyOnline
(Sociology in Global Perspective). Lynn
D. Nelson (Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University). $36.
Features: 1, P, SA, L, E, M, H.
Source URL: http://www.sociologyonline.com
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the core of
SociologyOnline
is an introductory level textbook that is historically grounded, tightly
focused on leading-edge research and keyed to critical questions of
today, Sociology in Global Perspective. By
joining the textbook with an inviting message board (discussion forum)
and procedures to encourage the creative use of library and Web resources,
this system provides effective tools for helping students develop
a keen sociological imagination. |
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