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American Indian Literature Resources
--from the Minnesota Department of Education--"a starting point for educators to incorporate American Indian literature, with a focus on Anishinaabe and Dakota, into their classes.”
What’s the difference between OERs, Open Access, and Library eBooks?
What are OER?
How open access (OA) differs from OER
Are OER and OA the same thing?
Library eBooks: advantages and disadvantages
OERs
American Environmental History, by Dan Allosso, Bemidji State
Ancient and Modern: The African Experience by Drs. Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Lisa Day, Daniel Joseph, Iddah A. Otieno, Joshua D. Farrington, Kentucky
A Call for Change: Minnesota Environmental Justice Heroes in Action, Macalester College
A Call for Change: Minnesota Environmental Justice Heroes in Action, Volume 2, by Christie Manning, Minori Kishi, and Rachel Campbell, Macalester College
Two Prairies, One Place: a Historical Geography of the Kasota Prairie, by Bob Douglas, Emeritus Professor, Gustavus Adolphus
Words of Wisdom: Intro to Philosophy, by Jody Ondich, Lake Superior College
OPEN ACCESS
Beyond International Intervention: Politics of Improvement in Serbia, by Katarina Kusic
Contemporary Opera in Flux, edited by Yayoi U. Everett
Tribal Reawakening and the Future of State-Building in Kuwait and Qatar, by Maryam Al-Kuwari
E-BOOK IN THE LIBRARIES’ EBSCO DATABASE
Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: The History of Pakistan, by Tahir Kamran
COON RAPIDS
Print Books
ANTHROPOLOGY
The Faceless Terrorist: A Study of Critical Events in Tajikistan, by Sophie Roche
A Historical Ethnography of the Enga Economy of Papua New Guinea, by Polly Wiessner, Akii Tumu and Nitze Pupu
The Petro-State Masquerade: Oil, Sovereignty, and Power in Trinidad and Tobago, by Ryan Cecil Jobson
Tonga Livelihoods in Rural Zimbabwe, edited by Kirk Helliker and Joshua Matanzima
HISTORY
Belarus: a Silenced History, a Chronological Account from the Middle Ages to the War in Ukraine, by Toni Stenstrom
Between Arabia and the Holy Land: Jordan Throughout the Ages, by Jacob Abadi
Brunei – History, Islam, Society and Contemporary Issues, edited by Ooi Keat Gin
A Concise History of Belgium, by Guy Vanthemsche and Roger De Peuter
A Concise History of Korea: from Antiquity to the Present, by Michael J. Seth
The Damascus Events: the 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East, by Eugene Rogan
Discovered but Forgotten: the Maldives in Chinese History, c. 1100-1620, by Bin Yang
The Global History of Portugal: from Prehistory to the Modern World, edited by Carlos Fiolhais, Jose Eduardo Franco and Jose Pedro Paiva
Historical Dictionary of Montenegro, by Bojka Djukanovic
Historical Dictionary of Thailand, by Gerald W. Fry
Historical Dictionary of Togo, by Jennifer C. Seely and Samuel Decalo
The History of Iceland, by Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson
The History of Russia, by Charles E. Ziegler
A History of Rwanda: from the Monarchy to Post-Genocidal Justice, by Klaus Bachmann
The History of Saudi Arabia, by Wayne H. Bowen
The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, by William M. Mahoney
Island & Empire: How Civil War in Crete Mobilized the Ottoman World, by Ugur Zekeriya Pece
Italy Reborn: from Fascism to Democracy, by Mark Gilbert
Land Between the Rivers: a 5,000 Year History of Iraq, by Bartle Bull
Landscaping Patagonia: Spatial History and Nation-Making in Chile and Argentina, by Maria de Los Angeles Picone
Making Space for the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle East, by Arang Keshavarzian
Medieval Riverscapes: Environment and Memory in Northwest Europe, c. 300-1100, by Ellen F. Arnold
Medieval Syria and the Onset of the Crusades: The Political World of Bilad Al-Sham 1050-1128, by James Wilson
Native Peoples, Politics, and Society in Contemporary Paraguay: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Barbara A. Ganson
Nepal: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, by Axel Michaels
The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy, by Rahul Bhatia
Pakistan: the Search for Stability, edited by Maleeha Lodhi
The Penguin History of Modern Spain: 1898 to the Present, by Nigel Townson
Political Continuity and Conflict in East Timor: A History of the 2006 Crisis, by Ruth Nuttall
Revolution and Democracy in Tunisia: A Century of Protestscapes, by Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh
Serbia: A Modern History, by Marko Attila Hoare
Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State, by Christopher P. Lehman
South Sudan’s Fateful Struggle: Building Peace in a State of War, by Steven C. Roach
This Fiction Called Nigeria: The Struggle for Democracy, by Adewale Maja-Pearce
LITERATURE
LGBTQ+ Literature in the West: from Ancient Times to the 21st Century, by Robert C. Evans
Postcolonial Studies: The Key Concepts, by Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Hellen Tiffin
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Critical Dimensions of African Studies, edited by Jennifer L. DeMaio, Suzanne Scheld, and Tom Spencer-Walters
Divided Isles: Solomon Islands and the China Switch, by Edward Acton Cavanough
International Statebuilding in West Africa: Civil Wars and New Humanitarianism in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote d’Ivoire, by Abu Bakarr Bah and Nikolas Emmanuel
The New Politics of Poland: A Case of Post-Traumatic Sovereignty, by Jaroslaw Kuisz
SCIENCE
Building Inclusive Ethical Cultures in STEM, edited by Elisabeth Hildt, Kelly Laas, Eric M. Brey, and Christine Z. Miller
Intertwined: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice, by Rebecca Kormos
Medieval Riverscapes: Environment and Memory in Northwest Europe, c. 300-1100, by Ellen F. Arnold
Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth, by Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D.
WRITING
A Guide to Creative Writing, by SJ Banham
CAMBRIDGE
Print Books
HISTORY
American Indians and the American Dream: Policies, Place, and Property in Minnesota, by Kasey R. Keeler
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture, by Zeba Blay
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity, by Michael Cook
LIBRARY SCIENCE
The Kind Librarian: Cultivating a Culture of Kindness and Wellbeing in Libraries, by Helen Rimmer
Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries, edited by Kalani Keahi Adolpho, Stephen G. Krueger, and Krista McCracken
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Across So Many Seas, by Ruth Behar (2025 Newbery Honor Book)
Bright Red Fruit, by Safia Elhillo (2025 Newbery Honor Book)
Compound Fracture, by Andrew Joseph White (2025 Printz Honor Book)
The Deep Dark, by Molly Knox Ostertag (2025 Printz Honor Book)
Gay Poems for Red States, by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.
The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved, by Steven Mithen
Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All, by Chanel Miller (2025 Newbery Honor Book)
The Quite Librarian, by Allen Eskens
Road Home, by Rex Ogle (2025 Printz Honor Book)
Twenty-four Seconds from Now..., by Jason Reynolds (2025 Coretta Scott King Book Award Winner)
The Wrong Way Home, by Kate O'Shaughnessy (2025 Newbery Honor Book)
MEDICINE
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, by Linda Villarosa
SCIENCE
Artificial Era: Predictions, Problems, and Diversity in AI, by Gissel Velarde
SOCIAL SCIENCES
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder
Policing Pregnant Bodies: From Ancient Greece to Post-Roe America, by Kathleen M. Crowther
Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World, by R. Jisung Park
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Marsha P. Johnson and Beyond, by Leslie Feinberg
