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Fall 2025

CourseInstructorTitleLinkAuthorCopyrightEditionPrint edition also?
ANT 262Women, Arts & Global TourismLockridgeArtisans and Fair Trade : Crafting DevelopmentebookLittrell; Dickson20101stGOR
ANT 315Ethnography: Methods, Ethics, and PracticeLockridgeFierce Climate, Sacred Ground : An Ethnography of Climate Change in Shishmaref, AlaskaebookMarino20151stGOR
ATH 510Examination Diagnosis & Care INeptuneExamination of Orthopedic and Athletic InjuriesebookStarkey; Brown20154th (5th req., check w prof)POR
ATH 626Therapeutic Interventions IIIRossRehabilitation Techniques for Sports Medicine and Athletic TrainingebookPrentice20207thno
BIO 131Our Relationship with the Living WorldFillerI Contain Multitudes : The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of LifeebookYong20161stno
BIO 131Our Relationship with the Living WorldFillerOn Food and Cooking : The Science and Lore of the KitchenebookMcGee20041stno
BPH 337Introduction to EpidemiologyGunderman-KingIntroduction to EpidemiologyebookMerrill; Timmreck20198th (9th req., check w prof)no
BPH 339Substance Use Disorders (Topics)KirschThe Least of Us : True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and MethebookQuinones20221stno
CHY 113Principles of Chemistry INealChemistry – Atoms FirstebookNeth20192ndPOR
CMS 150The Writing ProcessGilbertDocumentary Film : A Very Short IntroductionebookAufderheide20071stPOR
CMS 298Belief and CommunicationShedletskyMindset : The New Psychology of SuccessebookDweck20061stPOR
CMS 485The Road FilmPiersonThe Road Movie BookebookCohan; Hark19971stno
CRM 100Introduction to CriminologyBjelicThe New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessebookAlexander202010th anniv.POR, GOR
CRM 350The American Prison System (Topics)RiiskaHard Time : A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the PrisonebookJohnson20161stno
CYB 551Cyber Laws, Policies, & EthicsCyberethics : Morality and Law in CyberspaceebookSpinello20217thno
ECO 101Introduction to MacroeconomicsAnzalonePrinciples of Macroeconomics 3eebookShapiro et al. 20223rdno
ECO 102Introduction to MicroeconomicsAnzalonePrinciples of Microeconomics 3eebookShapiro et al. 20223rdno
ECO 333Economics & HappinessMamgainHardwiring Happiness : The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and ConfidenceebookHanson20131stPOR
EDU 225Multicultural Child and Adolescent DevelopmentSampson / TurnerCulturally Responsive Teaching and the BrainebookHammond20151stno
EDU 512Teaching Literature PreK-12Hooper-BresslerThe Reading Zone : How to Help Kids Become Passionate, Skilled, Habitual, Critical ReadersebookAtwell; Atwell Merkel20162ndno
EDU 514Improving Teaching in the Content Areas through Literacy for All StudentsHollibushTeaching Reading in the Content Areas : If Not Me, Then Who?ebookUrquhart; Frazee20123rdno
EDU 566Teaching Writing for All StudentsBoyceWriting Workshop : The Essential GuideebookFletcher; Portalupi20011stno
EDU 600Research Methods and TechniquesCohen / DoranResearch Literacy : A Primer for Understanding and Using ResearchebookBeaudry; Miller20161stPOR
EDU 679Evaluation and Supervision of TeachingStewart McCaffertyRethinking Teacher Supervision and EvaluationebookMarshall20132nd (3rd req., check w prof)no
ENG 201Creative WritingSruoginisOn Writing : A Memoir of the CraftebookKing20001stPOR
ENG 305Rhetoric, Syntax and StyleKuenzRhetoricebookAristotle (Roberts tr.)2004Different ed., check w profPOR
ENG 305Rhetoric, Syntax and StyleKuenzPhaedrusebookPlato (Jowett tr.)2000Different ed., check w profPOR
ENG 361ShakespeareBertramOxford Shakespeare : The Tragedy of King Richard IIIebookShakespeare; Jowett2000Different ed., check w profOther editions
ENG 361ShakespeareBertramThe History of King Lear: the Oxford ShakespeareebookShakespeare; Wells2008Other editions
ESL 103Admissions Pathway Program Level I: Intermediate/Advanced Reading, Writing, and VocabularyPerryHidden Figures Young Readers’ EditionaudiobookShetterly, Margot Lee2015no
ESP 150Environmental Science Field Immersion SessionStaplesForest Trees of Maine : 1908 – 2008ebookMaine Forest Service2017POR, GOR
FRE 101Beginning French IHolman / JoubiLiberté volume 1 (chapters 1 to 6) – Student versionOA ebookLulu.com 20092022no
GEO 209Intro to Land Use PlanningGuayReadings in Planning TheoryebookFainstein20151stno
HCE 611Medical and Psychological Aspects of Disability and RehabilitationTugmanMedical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and DisabilityebookFalvo; Holland20176thno
HCE 612Multicultural Counseling: Social & Cultural Foundations of Helping Diverse FamiliesKinsellaCounseling the Culturally Diverse Theory and PracticeebookSue, Sue, Neville, Smith20158th (9th req., check w prof)no
HCE 622Counseling Children and AdolescentsTriggianiThe Elements of Counseling Children and AdolescentsebookCook-Cottone, Anderson, Kane20192ndno
HCE 645Diagnosis and Treatment PlanningShawDiagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5-TR)ebookAmerican Psychiatric Association20225-TRReference
HCE 690Individual Counseling Practicum SeminarKinsellaACA Ethical Standards CasebookebookHerlihy, Barbara20157thno
HIH 281Holistic Health IIKezalPerfect Health : The Complete Mind Body GuideebookChopra2001RevisedPOR
HIH 281Holistic Health IIKezalThe Creation of Health : The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Responses That Promote Health and HealingebookMyss; Shealy; Siegel19931stPOR
HIH 283Healing & SpiritualityGlacyEssence : The Emotional Path to SpiritebookWatson20151stno
HIH 284Botanical TherapiesBeanBody Into Balance : An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self-CareebookGroves20161stPOR
HON 115Iceland: Viking Sagas & SkaldsMullaneFeud in the Icelandic SagaebookByock19821stGOR
HRD 600History & Philosophy of Adult EducationDoranEducated : A MemoiraudiobookWestover20181stno
HRD 630Facilitating Adult LearningDoranFacilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind : A Conceptual and Practical GuideebookTaylor; Marienau20164thno
HTY 102World History, 750CE to PresentRogoffWorld History, vol. 1: to 1500ebookKordas et al.2023no
HTY 102World History, 750CE to PresentRogoffWorld History, vol. 2: from 1400ebookKordas et al.2023no
HTY 141African American History to 1865RoweNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass : An American SlaveebookDouglassvar.POR (Norton)
HTY 171Traditional East AsiaZhaoThe AnalectsebookConfucius2016different ed., check with prof.Other eds. in POR stacks
HTY 374Photographing American HistoryBischofPhotography on the Color LineebookSmith2004no
HTY 394Roads to Extinction: Anti Judaism and Antisemitism from Christianity to the Aftermath of October 7, 2023PeckA Convenient Hatred : The History of AntisemitismebookEvans20111stno
HTY 400Idealism & Realism, the Debates in Ancient ChinaZhaoThe AnalectsebookConfucius2016different ed., check with prof.Other eds. in POR stacks
ITT 451Cyber Laws, Policies & EthicsCyberethics : Morality and Law in Cyberspace : Morality and Law in CyberspaceebookSpinello20207thno
LOS 270Introduction to LeadershipJenkinsA Day in the Life of a College Student Leader : Case Studies for Undergraduate LeadersebookMarshall; Hornak20081stno
LOS 270Introduction to LeadershipJenkinsExploring Leadership : For College Students Who Want to Make a DifferenceebookWagner; Ostick20133rdno
LOS 270Introduction to LeadershipJenkinsExploring Leadership : For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, Student WorkbookebookWagner; Ostick20131stno
LOS 300Organizational TheoryLasleyReframing Organizations : Artistry, Choice, and LeadershipebookBolman; Deal20176th (7th req., check)POR (6th edition)
LOS 500 Foundations of Leadership Studies I: Theory and PracticeAlegbeleye / JenkinsThe Practice of Adaptive Leadership : Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the WorldebookHeifetz2009POR
LOS 500 Foundations of Leadership Studies I: Theory and PracticeJenkinsThe Leader’s Companion : Insights on Leadership Through the AgesebookWren1995POR
LOS 500 Foundations of Leadership Studies I: Theory and PracticeJenkinsOn Becoming a LeaderebookBennis20094thLAC (1994 edition)
LOS 631Leadership and FilmTureskyPrisoners of Our Thoughts : Viktor Frankl’s Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and WorkebookPattakos; Dundon; Covey20173rdno
LOS 700Foundations of Leadership IAlegbeleye / JenkinsThe Practice of Adaptive Leadership : Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the WorldebookHeifetz2009POR
LOS 700Foundations of Leadership IJenkinsThe Leader’s Companion : Insights on Leadership Through the AgesebookWren1995POR
LOS 700 Foundations of Leadership Studies I: Theory and PracticeJenkinsOn Becoming a LeaderebookBennis20094thLAC (1994 edition)
LOS 715Qualitative Methods for Leadership Studies IJenkins“Stretching” Exercises for Qualitative ResearchersebookJanesick20154thno
LOS 715Qualitative Methods for Leadership Studies IJenkinsQualitative Interviewing : The Art of Hearing DataebookRubin; Rubin20052nd (3rd req., check)no
MAT 264Statistical Software PackageAboueissaAn Introduction to Statistical Learning: With Applications in RebookJames; Witten; Hastie; Tibshirani20212ndPOR
MPH 539Substance Use Disorders (Topics)KirschThe Least of Us : True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and MethebookQuinones20221stno
NUR 356Community & Public Health NursingParkmanBeing MortalaudiobookGawande2014POR
NUR 603Nursing Theory and Knowledge DevelopmentRandallPhilosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing PracticeebookButts & Rich (eds)20183rd (4th req., check)no
NUR 606Leadership, Health Policy, and RoleSchroederHealth Policy and Advanced Practice Nursing : Impact and ImplicationsebookGoudreau & Smolenski (eds)20172nd (3rd req., check)no
NUR 636Foundations of Nursing EducationCasimirTeaching to Transgress : Education as the Practice of Freedomebookhooks1994POR
NUR 671Advanced Practice Mental Health NursingYetterDiagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5-TR)ebookAmerican Psychiatric Association20225-TRReference
NUR 680Advanced PsychopharmacologyYetterSchatzberg’s Manual of Clinical PsychopharmacologyebookDeBattista & Schatzberg202410thno
NUR 680Advanced PsychopharmacologyYetterThe Neuroscience of Clinical PsychiatryebookHiggins20183rd (4th req., check)no
OTH 605Management in Occupational TherapyPalmerLeading & Managing Occupational Therapy Services : An Evidence-Based ApproachebookBraveman20162nd (3rd req., check)LAC
PHI 201Public PhilosophyReadWho’s Afraid of GenderebookButler2024no
PHI 201Public PhilosophyReadThe MessageebookaudiobookCoates2024no
PHI 212Environmental EthicsMurphyRoutledge Handbook of Animal WelfareebookKnight; Phillips; Sparks20231stno
PHI 241Work: Economics, Ethics, and PoliticsReadThe Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork ImaginariesebookWeeks20111stno
PHI 275Nature of CompassionDutkowskyCompassion and Moral GuidanceebookBein20131stno
PHY 121General Physics IEberlyUniversity Physics Volume 1ebookMoebs; Ling; Sanny20161stno
POS 203Introduction to Political Science ResearchKlotzIntroduction to Political Science Research MethodsebookFranco et al.20201stno
POS 245French Politics and GovernmentVassalloFrench Politics and SocietyebookCole20173rdPOR
PPM 515Organizational LeadershipZollitschThe Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and ManagementebookRenz20164thno
PPM 515Organizational LeadershipZollitschThe Nonprofit Organizational Culture Guide : Revealing the Hidden Truths That Impact PerformanceebookTeegarden; Hinden; Sturm20101stno
REC 110Foundations of Recreation and Leisure StudiesDangiKraus’ Recreation and Leisure in Modern SocietyebookMcLean; Hurd; Anderson201711 (12th req, check w prof)POR (12th ed)
REC 190Yoga and NutritionKezalEat With IntentionebookBodzak20161stPOR, GOR
SBS 308Medical AnthropologySilberMedical Anthropology in Ecological PerspectiveebookMcElroy20156thGOR
SBS 308Medical Anthropology SilberMountains Beyond MountainsebookKidder20091stno
SBS 337Introduction to EpidemiologyGunderman-KingIntroduction to EpidemiologyebookMerrill; Timmreck20198th (9th req., check w prof)no
SBS  370Toward a Global EthicsVázquez JacobusThe Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksebookSkloot20101stPOR, stacks
SBS 399Law and SocietyVázquez JacobusThe 1619 Project : A New Origin StoryebookHannah-Jones20211stPOR
SED 318 Targeted and Individualized Instructional Strategies for Students with DisabilitiesDasEssentials of Intensive InterventionebookZumeta Edmonds; Gandhi; Danielson20191stno
SED 318 Targeted and Individualized Instructional Strategies for Students with DisabilitiesDasStrategy Instruction for Students with Learning DisabilitiesebookReid; Lienemann; Hagaman20132ndno
SED 518 Targeted and Individualized Instructional Strategies for Students with DisabilitiesDas / MerrillEssentials of Intensive InterventionebookZumeta Edmonds; Gandhi; Danielson20191stno
SED 518 Targeted and Individualized Instructional Strategies for Students with DisabilitiesDasStrategy Instruction for Students with Learning DisabilitiesebookReid; Lienemann; Hagaman20132ndno
SOC 336Law and SocietyVázquez JacobusThe 1619 Project : A New Origin StoryebookHannah-Jones20211stPOR
SOC 370Sociology of the EnvironmentAnzaloneEnvironment and Society : A Critical IntroductionebookRobbins20141st (2nd req, check w prof)no
SPM 100Introduction to Exercise, Health & Sport SciencesFoleyIntroduction to Exercise ScienceebookHoush; Housh; Johnson20175thPOR, GOR, LAC
SPM 477Health Research MethodsWhitakerIntroduction to Health Research Methods : A Practical GuideebookJacobsen20203rdno
SPY 601Behavioral Principles of LearningPrattScience and Human BehaviorebookSkinner19651stGOR
SPY 604Functional Behavioral AssessmentJefferson / BubierConducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practitioner’s GuideebookSteege; Pratt; Wickerd; Guare; Watson20193rdGOR
SPY 607Consultation and Collaborative Problem-SolvingBeardsley Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practitioner’s GuideebookSteege; Pratt; Wickerd; Guare; Watson20193rdGOR
SPY 609Ethics in School PsychologySteegeEthics and Law for School PsychologistsebookJacob20228thGOR (older ed)
SPY 612BehaviorismShaw / RoyScience and Human BehaviorebookSkinner19651stGOR
SPY 621Mental Health InterventionsKolbe-HoldenCognitive Therapy for Adolescents in School SettingsebookCreed; Reisweber; Beck20111stno
SPY 621Mental Health InterventionsKolbe-HoldenClinical InterviewingebookSommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan20155th (7th req., check w prof)no
SPY 672Assessments and Interventions to Develop Academic SkillsWickerd / WilliamsAssessment for Intervention : A Problem-Solving ApproachebookBrown-Chidsey; Hokkanen; Harrison20122ndno
SPY 674PsychopathologyWilliams / DoucetteDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)ebookAmerican Psychiatric Association20225-TRGOR, POR, LAC (ref)
SPY 677Cognitive AssessmentRoyAssessing Intelligence in Children and Adolescents : A Practical Guide for Evidence-based AssessmentebookKranzler20202ndno
STA 574Statistical ProgrammingAboueissaAn Introduction to Statistical Learning: With Applications in RebookJames; Witten; Hastie; Tibshirani20212ndno
SWO 330Grief & Loss Across LifespanGiamportoneLiving Through LossebookHooyman; Kramer20061st (2nd req., check w prof)no
SWO 365Foundations of Justice in Social WorkDixonWhen They Call You a TerroristaudiobookKhan-Cullors; bandele2018POR
SWO 402Methods of Social Work Practice IIQuinn / Hirsh-WrightThe Social Work InterviewebookKadushin20135thno
SWO 530Grief & Loss Across LifespanGiamportoneLiving Through LossebookHooyman; Kramer20061st (2nd req., check w prof)no
SWO 402Methods of Social Work Practice IIHirsh-Wright / QuinnThe Social Work InterviewebookKadushin20135thno
SWO 660Advanced Biopsychosocial AssessmentHirsh-Wright / Burkstrand-ReidDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)ebookAmerican Psychiatric Association20225-TRGOR, POR, LAC (ref)
WGS 245Women, Arts & Global TourismLockridgeArtisans and Fair Trade : Crafting DevelopmentebookLittrell; Dickson20101stGOR