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| Course Code | Course Name | Instructor Names | Item Title | Contributors | Find Item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAAS146.001 | Motown and American Soul Music | Kelley | Dancing in the streets : a history of collective joy | Ehrenreich, Barbara | Find info in Sakai course |
| AAAS335.01 | History of Hip-Hop | Douthit, Patrick | Chronicling Stankonia : the rise of the hip-hop South | Bradley, Regina N., 1984- | Find info in Sakai course |
| BIOCHEM301.01 | Intro Biochemistry I | Coggins, Brian | Lehninger principles of biochemistry | Nelson, David L. (David Lee), 1942-; Cox, Michael M.,; Lehninger, Albert L. Principles of biochemistry | See item info |
| BIOLOGY202L.001 | Genetics and Evolution | Staff, Departmental | Molecular biology of the cell | Alberts, Bruce, | See item info |
| BIOLOGY212L.01 | GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY | willis | Brock biology of microorganisms | Madigan, Michael T., 1949-; Bender, Kelly S., 1977-; Buckley, Daniel H. (Daniel Hezekiah); Sattley, W. Matthew, 1975-; Stahl, David Allan, 1949- | See item info |
| BIOLOGY223.002 | Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology | Volkan | Neuroscience | Purves, Dale, | See item info |
| BIOLOGY329L.001 | Principles Animal Physics | Nijhout | Animal physiology | Hill, Richard W.,; Wyse, Gordon A.,; Anderson, Margaret, 1941- | See item info |
| BME221DL.001 | Biomaterials | Collier, Joel | Biomaterials : the Intersection of biology and materials science | Temenoff, J. S.,; Mikos, Antonios G., | See item info |
| BME244L.01 | Quantitative Physiology with Biostatistical Applications | Wallace, Charles | Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology | Hall, John E. | See item info |
| BME260L.001 | Modeling Cellular and Molecular Systems | Saterbak | Bioengineering fundamentals | Saterbak, Ann,; San, Ka-Yiu,; McIntire, Larry V., | See item info |
| BME271D.01 | Signals and Systems | Buckholz, Libby | Fundamentals of signals and systems using the Web and MATLAB | Kamen, Edward W; Heck, Bonnie S | See item info |
| BME303L.001 | Modern Diagnostic Imaging Systems | Bucholz, Libby | Medical imaging signals and systems | Prince, Jerry L.,; Links, Jonathan M., | See item info |
| BME354.01 | Introduction to Medical Instrumentation | Viventi, Jonathan | Medical instrumentation : application and design | Webster, John G., 1932-; Nimunkar, Amit J.,; Clark, John W. (John William), 1936- | See item info |
| CHEM201DL.01 | Organic Chemistry I | Parise, James | Organic chemistry | Loudon, G. Marc; Parise, Jim, 1978- | Find info in Sakai course |
| CHEM201DL.01 | Organic Chemistry I | Parise, James | Organic chemistry | Loudon, G. Marc,; Parise, Jim, 1978- | Find info in Sakai course |
| CHEM201DL.01 | Organic Chemistry I | Parise, James | Study guide and solutions manual to accompany Organic chemistry | Parise, Jim, 1978-; Loudon, G. Marc,; Bonner, Lisa, | Find info in Sakai course |
| CHEM201DL.01 | Organic Chemistry I | Parise, James | Study guide and solutions manual to accompany Organic chemistry, sixth edition | Parise, Jim, 1978-; Loudon, G. Marc, | Find info in Sakai course |
| CHEM202DL.01 | Organic Chemistry II | Kersey, Ferrell | Organic chemistry | Clayden, Jonathan | Find info in Sakai course |
| CHEM210D.001 | Modern Applications of Chemical Principles | Canelas, Dorian | Chemical principles | Zumdahl, Steven S.,; DeCoste, Donald J., | See item info |
| CHINESE101.001 | First-Year Chinese I | Tianshu, He | Chinese link : Level 1 | Wu, Sue-mei, 1968-; Yu, Yueming, 1944-; Zhang, Yanhui, 1974-; Tian, Weizhong,; 吴素美, 1968-; 于月明, 1944-; 张燕辉, 1974-; 田维忠, | Find info in Sakai course |
| COMPSCI210D.001 | INTRO TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS | Staff, Departmental | Computer systems : a programmer's perspective | Bryant, Randal E.,; O'Hallaron, David R. (Davie Richard), 1955- | See item info |
| COMPSCI216.01 | Everything Data | Stephens-Martinez, Kristi | Python Data Science Handbook | See item info | |
| COMPSCI230.001 | Discrete Math for Computer Science | O'Hanlon | Discrete mathematics for computer scientists | Stein, Clifford, 1965-; Drysdale, Robert L., 1951-; Bogart, Kenneth P | See item info |
| COMPSCI230.001 | Discrete Math for Computer Science | O'Hanlon | Structure and interpretation of computer programs | Abelson, Harold; Sussman, Gerald Jay; Sussman, Julie | See item info |
| COMPSCI356.01 | Computer Network Architecture | Gorlatova | Computer networking : a top-down approach | Kurose, James F.,; Ross, Keith W., 1956- | See item info |
| CULANTH335 | History of Hip-Hop | Douthit, Patrick | Chronicling Stankonia : the rise of the hip-hop South | Bradley, Regina N., 1984- | See item info |
| DOCST480S.01 | Capstone Seminar in Documentary Studies | Baghban | The art of the documentary : ten conversations with leading directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers | Cunningham, Megan | Find info in Sakai course |
| ECE110L.001 | Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Introduction to electric circuits | Svoboda, James A; Dorf, Richard C | See item info |
| ECE110L.001 | Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Practical electronics for inventors | Scherz, Paul,; Monk, Simon | See item info |
| ECE230L.001 | Introduction to Microelectronic Devices and Circuits | Brown, April | Semiconductor physics and devices : basic principles | Neamen, Donald A | See item info |
| ECE250D.001 | Computer Architecture | Sorin, Daniel | Computer organization and design : the hardware | Patterson, David A.,; Hennessy, John L., | See item info |
| ECE270DL.001 | Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation | Gustafson | Elements of electromagnetics | Sadiku, Matthew N. O., | See item info |
| ECE280L.02 | Intro to Signals and Systems | Gustafson | Linear systems and signals | Lathi, B. P. (Bhagwandas Pannalal),; Green, R. A. (Roger A.), | See item info |
| ECON104D.01 | Statistical Foundations of Econometrics and Data Science | Reshidi,Pellumb | Statistics for business and economics | McClave, James T.,; Benson, P. George, 1946-; Sincich, Terry, | See item info |
| ECON174.01 | Financial Accounting | Skender, CJ | Financial accounting | Hoyle, Joe Ben,; Skender, C. J., 1954-; Kratz, Leah (Accounting teacher), | See item info |
| ECON201D.001 | Intermediate Microeconomics | Nechyba | Microeconomics : an intuitive approach with calculus | Nechyba, Thomas J., 1968- | See item info |
| ECON205D.001 | Intermediate Microeconomics II | Arcidiacano, Peter | Game theory for applied economists | Gibbons, Robert, 1958- | See item info |
| ECON205D.001 | Intermediate Microeconomics II | Arcidiacano, Peter | Microeconomics : an intuitive approach with calculus | Nechyba, Thomas J., 1968- | See item info |
| ECON390.01 | Corporate Valuation | Levonmaa | Corporate Valuation | Find info in Sakai course | |
| EDUC101.01 | Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | Anderson, Amy | Teachers, schools, and society : a brief introduction to education | Sadker, David Miller, 1942-; Zittleman, Karen R., | See item info |
| EGR103.001 | Computational Methods in Engineering | Staff, Departmental | Think Python | Find info in Sakai course | |
| EGR201L.001 | Mechanics of Solids | Staff, Departmental | Statics and mechanics of materials | Hibbeler, R. C., | See item info |
| ENVIRON102.01 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Policy | Wernegreen, Jennifer | The Environment and you | Christensen, Norman L., 1946-; Leege, Lissa,; St. Juliana, Justin, | See item info |
| EOS101.03 | The Dynamic Earth | Klein | Earth : an introduction to physical geology | Tarbuck, Edward J; Lutgens, Frederick K | See item info |
| EOS101.03 | The Dynamic Earth | Klein | Essentials of geology | Marshak, Stephen, 1955- | See item info |
| EOS103.01 | CLIMATE CHANGE | Glass, Alexander | Earth's climate : past and future | Ruddiman, W. F. (William F.), 1943- | See item info |
| EVANTH260.01; NEUROSCI260.01; psy255.01 | Human Cognitive Evolution | Feldblum | Survival of the friendliest : understanding our origins and rediscovering our common humanity | Hare, Brian, 1976-; Woods, Vanessa, 1977- | See item info |
| FRENCH101.01 | Elementary French 1 | Staff, Departmental | Cosmopolite 1 : Cahier d'activités | Hirschsprung, Nathalie,; Mater, Anaïs,; Mathieu-Benoit, Émilie,; Mous, Nelly,; Tricot, Tony, | Find info in Sakai course |
| FRENCH101.01 | Elementary French 1 | Staff, Departmental | Cosmopolite 1 : méthode de français, A1 | Hirschsprung, Nathalie,; Tricot, Tony, | Find info in Sakai course |
| FRENCH102.01 | Elementary French 2 | Staff, Departmental | Cosmopolite 1 : Cahier d'activités | Hirschsprung, Nathalie,; Mater, Anaïs,; Mathieu-Benoit, Émilie,; Mous, Nelly,; Tricot, Tony, | Find info in Sakai course |
| FRENCH102.01 | Elementary French 2 | Staff, Departmental | Cosmopolite 1 : méthode de français, A1 | Hirschsprung, Nathalie,; Tricot, Tony, | Find info in Sakai course |
| FRENCH203.01 | Advanced Intermediate French Language and Culture | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Cosmopolite 3 : Cahier d'activités | Dorey-Mater, Anaïs,; Mathieu-Benoit, Émilie,; Briet-Peslin, Nelly, | Find info in Sakai course |
| FRENCH204.01 | Advanced Intermediate French Language and Culture | Staff, Departmental | LE JEU DES HIRONDELLES. MOURIR PARTIR REVENIR | Find info in Sakai course | |
| HISTORY112.01 | SEXUAL PLEASURE/MODERN WORLD | Sigal, Peter | The feminist porn book : the politics of producing pleasure | Taormino, Tristan, 1971-; Shimizu, Celine Parreñas,; Penley, Constance, 1948-; Miller-Young, Mireille, 1976-; Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture | See item info |
| ITALIAN101.01 | Elementary Italian 1 | Staff, Departmental | Sentieri : attraverso l'Italia contemporanea | Cozzarelli, Julia | Find info in Sakai course |
| ITALIAN102.01 | Elementary Italian 2 | Staff, Departmental | Sentieri : attraverso l'Italia contemporanea | Cozzarelli, Julia | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH105L.001 | Laboratory Calculus and Functions I | Arcila-Maya | Calculus : single and multivariable | Hughes-Hallett, Deborah,; Gleason, Andrew M.,; McCallum, William Gordon, | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH106L.001 | Laboratory Calculus and Functions II | Bar-On | Calculus : single and multivariable | Hughes-Hallett, Deborah,; Gleason, Andrew M.,; McCallum, William Gordon, | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH111L.011 | Laboratory Calculus I | Viel, Shira | Calculus : single and multivariable | Hughes-Hallett, Deborah,; Gleason, Andrew M.,; McCallum, William Gordon, | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH112L.011 | Laboratory Calculus II | Schott, Sarah Jane | Calculus : single and multivariable | Hughes-Hallett, Deborah,; Gleason, Andrew M.,; McCallum, William Gordon, | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH212.001 | Multivariable Calculus | Liss | Multivariable calculus | Edwards, C. Henry (Charles Henry), 1937- | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH218D-1.001 | Matrices and Vector Spaces | Rabinoff, Joseph | Introduction to linear algebra | Strang, Gilbert, | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH218D-2.001 | Matrices and Vector Spaces | Fitzpatrick, Brian | Introduction to linear algebra | Strang, Gilbert, | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH219.001 | Multivariable Calculus | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Multivariable calculus | Edwards, C. Henry (Charles Henry), 1937- | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH221.001 | Linear Algebra and Applications | Regan, Margaret | Abstract algebra : a geometric approach | Shifrin, Theodore, 1953- | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH222.001 | Advanced Multivariable Calculus | Hahn | Vector calculus | Marsden, Jerrold E; Tromba, Anthony | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH230.001 | Probability | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Probability | Pitman, Jim | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH343.001 | Theory and Methods of Statistical Learning and Inference | Xu, Jason | Probability and statistics | DeGroot, Morris H., 1931-1989; Schervish, Mark J | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH353.001 | Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations | Venakides,Stephanos | Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems | Find info in Sakai course | |
| MATH356.01 | Elementary Differential Equations - Duplicate | wheeler, aric | Differential equations with boundary value problems | Polking, John C; Boggess, Albert; Arnold, David, 1945- | Find info in Sakai course |
| MATH401.01 | Introduction to Abstract Algebra | Payne | Abstract algebra : a geometric approach | Shifrin, Theodore, 1953- | Find info in Sakai course |
| ME221L.001 | Structure and Properties of Solids | Ni, Xiaoyue | Materials science and engineering : an introduction | Callister, William D., Jr., 1940-; Rethwisch, David G., | Find info in Sakai course |
| ME321L.001 | Mechanical Engineering Analysis for Design | Simmons, Rebecca | Shigley's mechanical engineering design. | Budynas, Richard G. (Richard Gordon); Nisbett, J. Keith; Shigley, Joseph Edward. Mechanical engineering design | Find info in Sakai course |
| ME336L.001 | Fluid Mechanics | Chan | Introduction to fluid mechanics | Shaughnessy, Edward J; Katz, Ira M., 1958-; Schaffer, James P | Find info in Sakai course |
| ME344.01 | Control of Dynamic Systems | Lipp | Control systems engineering | Nise, Norman S | Find info in Sakai course |
| ME421L.001 | Mechanical Systems Design | Franzoni | Shigley's mechanical engineering design. | Budynas, Richard G. (Richard Gordon); Nisbett, J. Keith; Shigley, Joseph Edward. Mechanical engineering design | Find info in Sakai course |
| MUSIC335 | History of Hip-Hop | Douthit, Patrick | Chronicling Stankonia : the rise of the hip-hop South | Bradley, Regina N., 1984- | Find info in Sakai course |
| NEUROSCI102.01 | Biological Bases of Behavior (Team-Based Learning) | Ng,Minna | Biological psychology | Kalat, James W., | Find info in Sakai course |
| PHYSICS142L.001 | General Physics I | Mueller | University physics with modern physics | Young, Hugh D.,; Freedman, Roger A.,; Young, Hugh D. Sears and Zemansky's university physics | Find info in Sakai course |
| PHYSICS152.001 | Introductory Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics | Roy, Arya | Fundamentals of physics | Walker, Jearl, 1945-; Resnick, Robert, 1923-2014; Halliday, David, 1916-2010 | Find info in Sakai course |
| PHYSICS363.001 | INTRODUCTION TO THERMAL PHYSICS | An introduction to thermal physics | Find info in Sakai course | ||
| PSY103D.001 | Developmental Psychology: Introduction and Survey | tOMASELLO | How children develop | Siegler, Robert S.,; DeLoache, Judy S.,; Eisenberg, Nancy,; Gershoff, Elizabeth T.,; Saffran, Jenny,; Leaper, Campbell, 1955- | See item info |
| PSY104.01 | Social Psychology | Shah, James | Social psychology | Gilovich, Thomas,; Keltner, Dacher,; Chen, Serena,; Nisbett, Richard E., | Find info in Sakai course |
| PSY105.001 | Clinical Psychology and Mental Health | carmody | Essentials of abnormal psychology | Durand, Vincent Mark,; Barlow, David H.,; Hofmann, Stefan G., | Find info in Sakai course |
| SPANISH101.01 | Elementary Spanish 1 | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Proyectos | Contreras, Fernando,; Pérez Ovalle, Javier,; Rosales Varo, Francisco, | Find info in Sakai course |
| SPANISH101.01 | Elementary Spanish 1 | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Una aventura de WhatsApp : a short story in Spanish | Danader, María, | Find info in Sakai course |
| SPANISH102.01 | Elementary Spanish 2 | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Proyectos | Contreras, Fernando,; Pérez Ovalle, Javier,; Rosales Varo, Francisco, | Find info in Sakai course |
| SPANISH102.01 | Elementary Spanish 2 | STAFF, DEPARTMENTAL | Una aventura de WhatsApp : a short story in Spanish | Danader, María, | Find info in Sakai course |
| SPANISH203.01 | Intermediate Spanish | Fernandez,Bethzaida | Proyectos | Contreras, Fernando,; Pérez Ovalle, Javier,; Rosales Varo, Francisco, | Find info in Sakai course |
| SPANISH204.001 | Intermediate Spanish | Ewing,Rebecca A | Proyectos | Contreras, Fernando,; Pérez Ovalle, Javier,; Rosales Varo, Francisco, | Find info in Sakai course |
| STA101L.01 | Data Analysis and Statistical Inference | Lane, Andrea | OpenIntro Statistics 4th edition | Find info in Sakai course | |
| STA199L.01 | Introduction to Data Science and Statistical Thinking | Cetinkaya-Rundel | OpenIntro Statistics 4th edition | Find info in Sakai course | |
| STA199L.01 | Introduction to Data Science and Statistical Thinking | Cetinkaya-Rundel | R for data science : import, tidy, transform, visualize, and model data | Wickham, Hadley,; Grolemund, Garrett, | Find info in Sakai course |
| STA323D.001 | Statistical Computing | Rundel | Advanced R | Find info in Sakai course | |
| STA323D.001 | Statistical Computing | Rundel | R for data science : import, tidy, transform, visualize, and model data | Wickham, Hadley,; Grolemund, Garrett, | Find info in Sakai course |
| STA323D.001 | Statistical Computing | Rundel | R packages | Wickham, Hadley | Find info in Sakai course |
| STA360.001 | Bayesian Inference and Modern Statistical Methods | Hoff, Peter | A first course in Bayesian statistical methods | Hoff, Peter D | Find info in Sakai course |