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History and Science of Cultivated Plants

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English

Author(s): Sushma Naithani

Subject(s): Botany and plant sciences

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2021-06-08

Last updated: 2026-07-09

This textbook is archived and will not be updated.

Government Powers and Limitations

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Collected works

Editor(s): Rorie Spill Solberg

Subject(s): Government powers, Legal systems: courts and procedures

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2024-02-01

Last updated: 2026-07-09

This volume focuses on constitutional doctrine and law in the areas of government powers and limitations. It includes excerpts of landmark cases related to the judiciary and executive, contracts and takings clauses, and due process. The excerpts include the constitutional issues in these cases that are related to government powers and limitations with other questions of law and dicta omitted.
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Civil Rights and Liberties

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Collected works

Editor(s): Rorie Spill Solberg

Subject(s): Legal systems: courts and procedures, Human rights, civil rights

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2023-01-02

Last updated: 2026-07-09

This volume focuses on the constitutional doctrine and law in the areas of civil rights and liberties. It contains excerpts of landmark cases covering the first amendment, second amendment, fourteenth amendment and the right to privacy. The excerpts include the constitutional issues in these cases that are related to civil rights and liberties with other questions of law and dicta omitted.

Rights of the Accused

CC BY (Attribution) English

Author(s): Collected works

Editor(s): Rorie Spill Solberg

Subject(s): Criminal procedure

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2025-09-01

Last updated: 2026-07-09

This volume focuses on the constitutional doctrine and law in the areas of criminal rights. It contains excerpts of landmark cases covering the fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth amendments, exceptions to the Warrants Rule, and investigatory methods. The excerpts include the constitutional issues in these cases that are related to rights of the accused with other questions of law and dicta omitted.

Ancient Civilizations

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Author(s): John R. Bawden

Subject(s): Ancient history, General and world history

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2026-03-01

Last updated: 2026-07-06

The documents in this primary source reader explore themes such as religion, government, philosophy, warfare, and literature from influential civilizations across different world regions, including Mesopotamia, China, South Asia, the Mediterranean, and Middle East. Primary sources, which are records and artifacts created during historical periods, include legal codes, sacred scriptures, diaries, administrative records, poetry, plays, and physical objects. Their connection to a specific time and place provides valuable insights into the past. The materials contained in this primary source reader supplement and reinforce textbooks such as World History, Volume 1: to 1500 and World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500.
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Middle and Early Modern Ages

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Author(s): John R. Bawden

Subject(s): General and world history

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2026-07-01

Last updated: 2026-07-06

The documents in this primary source reader explore themes such as science, religious conflict, travelers in new cultural environments, ecological change, politics, technological change, individual rights, trade, and democracy. Primary sources, which are records created during the historical period under study, include legal codes, speeches, sacred scriptures, speeches, essays, poetry, plays, and physical objects. Because these sources originate from a specific time and place, they offer valuable insights into the past. The materials contained in this primary source reader supplement and reinforce textbooks such as World History Volume 1 (to 1500) and Volume 2 (from 1400).
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Introduction to Climate Science

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial) English

Author(s): Andreas Schmittner

Subject(s): Climate change, Atmospheric physics, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Climatology and climate modelling

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2018-05-28

Last updated: 2026-06-29

This book describes how Earth’s climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth’s energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized. Ethical and economical aspects of human-caused climate change and solutions are presented.

Introduction to the Principles of Veterinary Pharmacology

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

Author(s): Carl Ruby

Subject(s): Veterinary pharmacology

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2026-01-01

Last updated: 2026-06-01

Advances in drug development over the past 50 years for human diseases have facilitated an increase in prescribed drugs in veterinary medicine. This textbook reorients the general principles of pharmacology from humans to animals to better engage veterinary students and practitioners. It explores the general principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics before applying them to clinical pharmacology, dose calculations, and toxicity. Terminology is presented simply, and drug examples are omitted to maintain clarity and focus.

State and Local Government and Politics, 3rd Edition

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Author(s): Christopher A. Simon, Brent S. Steel, Nicholas P. Lovrich

Subject(s): Regional, state and other local government

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2024-09-23

Last updated: 2026-05-28

This book is the third edition of a collective effort to understand and apply current conceptualizations of sustainability to a study of state and local government. It is an attempt to focus our attention on a basic understanding of the time-tested institutions and guiding principles likely to take society and governance towards greater advancement. Our work is, however, tempered by a developing understanding of smart growth — growth in productive capacity, quality of life and social justice that does not necessitate large-scale destructive or extractive activity. The growth sought produces widespread mutual benefit, is prudent in design and thoughtful in execution. The growth in question here is mindful of the past, yet builds better lives and futures for our posterity.
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Business Writing Style Guide

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Author(s): John Morris, Julie Zwart

Subject(s): Writing and editing guides

Publisher: Oregon State University

Publication date: 2018-12-01

Last updated: 2026-05-26

This textbook is archived and will not be updated.

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