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Language and Literature

AML 2010

American Literature through the Civil War
 
1.Reading and Responding to Literature  - chapter 8 (5 pages)
2. Reading and Literature Chapter 9
     part 1: Character (5 pages)
     part 2: Setting (4 pages)
     part 3: Symbolism (4 pages)

ENC 1102

English Composition II
 
1.Reading and Responding to Literature  - chapter 8 (5 pages)
2. Reading and Literature Chapter 9
     part 1: Character (5 pages)
     part 2: Setting (4 pages)
     part 3: Symbolism (4 pages)

LIT 2120

World Literature: Enlightenment to Present
 
1.Reading and Responding to Literature  - chapter 8 (5 pages)
2. Reading and Literature Chapter 9
     part 1: Character (5 pages)
     part 2: Setting (4 pages)
     part 3: Symbolism (4 pages)

 

 

 

Natural Sciences

CHM 1040 Ellis

Fundamentals of Chemistry
Test 1 (3 pages)
Test 2 (8)
Test 3 (11)
Test 4 (8)
Test 5 (9)
Test 6 (7)

CHM 2210 Ellis

Organic Chemistry
1. Test 1 -- Chapters 1-4 (11 pages)
2. Test 2 -- Chapters 5, 6a, & 7a  (9)
3. Test 3 -- Chapters 7b-8  (9)
4. Test 4 -- Chapters 9-10  (8)
5. Test 5 -- Chapters 6b, 7b & everything else.  (10)

EVR 1001L Fitzhugh

Introduction to Environmental Science Laboratory
1. Evaluation and Management of Propeller Damage to Seagrass Beds in Tampa Bay, Florida. by Peter A. Clark. (6 pages)
2. Results of Analysis of Prop Scar Damage at the Fort Desoto Aquatic Habitat Management Area 1992/1993. by Tampa Bay National Estuary Program. (9 p.)
3. Scarring of Florida's Seagrasses: Assessment and Management Options. by Frank J. Sargent et. al. (37 p.)
4. Mapping Seagrasses for dredging operations. by Bruce M. Sabol et. al. (8 p.)
5. Guidelines for single family piers over seagrass beds.  (2 p.)
6. Beds, Boats, and Buoys, Final Report, p. A - 4 (13 p.)
7. Example Propeller and Mooring Scar Restoration Plan. by Mark Fonseca (11 p.)
8. A guide to planting seagrasses in the Gulf of Mexico. National Marine Fisheries (This file has been split into 5 sections due to the graphical nature and file size)
a. 7 pages
b. 8 p.
c. 7 p.
d. 8 p.
e. 3 p.
9. Potential for Seagrass restoration in Galveston Bay, Texas by Kamille Hammerstrom (16 p.)
10. Factors affecting restoration of Halodule Wrightii to Galveston Bay, Texas by Pete Sheridan (15 p.)
11. Seagrass planting in the Southeastern United States: Methods for accelerating habitat development by Mark S. Fouseca
12. The restoration and creation of seagrass meadows in the Southeast United States. by Roy R. Lewis III
  a. 15 pages
  b. 6 p.
13. Community-based seagrass restoration activities in Tampa Bay, Florida-1999. by Peter A. Clark (9 p.)
14. Historic trends of human impacts on seagrass meadows in Florida. by Robert J Livingston (13 p.)
15. Seagrass meadows by John Foster (8 p.)
16. An assessment of Molluscan shellfish resources in West Bay, Bay County, FL. by Edwin W. Cake Jr. (5 p.)
17. Community studies in seagrass meadows: A comparison of two methods for sampling Macroinvertebrates and fishes. by Kenneth Lefer (8 p.)
18. Taxonomy and Ecosystem of Benthic Fauna. (23p.)
19. Characterization of Seagrass Meadows in St. Andrew (Crooked Island) Sound, Northern Gulf of Mexico: Preliminary Findings. by Sneed B. Collard (19p.)
20. Seagrass-associated Invertebrate: Communities of the Southeastern U.S.A.: A review. by Robert W. Virnstein (20p.)
21. Ecology of Seagrasses. by Robert W. Virnstein (13p.)
22. Chemistry, Biology, and the Estuarine System. ed. by L. Eugene Cronin (12p.)
23. Mapping and Monitoring of submerged aquatic vegetation in Escambia-Pensacola Bay System, Florida by M. Lores et. al. (14 p.)
24. Incomplete due to missing pages. Please check with the instructor.
25.The decline of submerged vascular plants in Upper Chesapeake Bay: Summary of results concerning possible causes. by ichael Kemp (12p.)
26.The effects of anthiopogenic nutrient enrichment on Turtle Grass (thalassia testudinum) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. by David A. Tomasko (9p.)
27.Thalassia testudinum leaf dynamics in a Mexican coral reef lagoon. by B.I. vanTussenbrock (8p.)
28. Seagrass restoration in Northwest Florida. by J. Taylor Kirschenfield (5p.)
29. A general investigation of St. Andrew Bay, Florida. by Coastal Ecology Branch, Environmental Laboratory, US Corps of Engineers (broken into 4 parts for faster download times)
a. 15 pages
b. 15 p
c. 10 p
d. 8 p
30. Assessing water quality with submersed aquatic vegetation by William C. Dennison et. al. (9p.)
31. Changes in community structure and biomass of seagrass communities along gradients of siltation in SE Asia. by J. Terrados et. al. (12p.)
32. Water quality monitoring and biological integrity assessment in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. by Gilbert c. Signa et. al. (11 p.)
33. Submarine pollution in the marine Angiosperm Zostera Marina (Zosteraceae) by Josef Daniel Ackerman (11 p.)

IDH 2931 Moore

Honors Symposium: Origins Through Religion & Evolution
Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated, by Steve Jones, 2000 
  Table of Contents (6 pages)
  Chapter IV
    Part 1 (5 pages)
    Part 2 (5pages)
    Part 3 (6 pages)

Some of this instructor's materials can also be found on the in the reserve room catalog.

 

OCE 1001 Webb

Fundamentals of Oceanography
1. The Water Planet    (2 pages)
2. Cosmic Origins (1 p.)
3. Historical Perspectives of Oceanography (4 p.)
4. The Waters of Earth (1 p.)
5. Oceans Edge (1 p.)
6. Intertidal Zone (1 p.)
7. Continental Margins (1 p.)
8. Inner Space (1 p.)
9. 
10. Islands (1 p.)
11. Marine Meteorology (1 p.)
12. Ocean Currents (1 p.)
13. Waves (1 p.)
14. Tides (1 p.)
15. Plankton (1 p.)
16. Nekton (Pelagie) (1 p.)
17. Reptiles and Birds (1 p.)
18. Seals and Otters (1 p.)
19. Mammal Whales (1 p.)
20. Living Together (1 p.)
21. Light in the Sea (1 p.)
22. Sound in the Sea (1 p.)
23. Life Under Pressure (1 p.)
24. Polar Seas (1 p.)
25. Tropic Seas (1 p.)
26. Mineral Resources (1 p.)
27. Biological Resources (1 p.)
28. Marine Pollution (1 p.)
29. Hawaii (USA) (1 p.)
30. Epilogue (1 p.)
 

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Nursing

Nursing reserve room videos (a searchable list)

Excelsior College Examination Content Guides (3 sets)

NCLEX© EXCEL Content Review Course Study Guide 

This guide and the Test Taking Tips are part of the NCLEX Excel Content Review Course Study guide. They accompany the 20 audio CD's available at the circulation desk of the library for seven day checkout.

1. Content Review Study Guide  (11 p.)
2. Test Taking Tips (2 p.)

 

As an additional resource, the GCCC Library has just acquired a collection of various preparation tests for various professions.  There is a collection for nursing NCLEX.  These are practice exams that you can take and retake and available from any computer.  They are even “computer adaptive”, just like the actual NCLEX exam.

go to Testing & Education Reference Center

Then click on the green “Test Preparation” icon

Then Nursing (NCLEX)

Then NCLEX-RN Practice Test – not the NCLEX-PN materials.

Then click on “Register Now”

You will be at the registration screen, do so, and then you can proceed.

 

NUR 2420c Ruder

Maternal/Infant Nursing
1.Caring in Nursing Practice. Chapter 15 Management Module 5th ed. Potter & Perry pp. 399-408 (10 p.)
  Part 1, pages 399-404
  Part 2, pages 405-408
2.Let's Put "Caring" Back Into Healthcare: Teaching Staff to Care. Journal of Nursing Administration November 2000 Vol. 31 No.
  11pp. 509-511 (6 p.)
3.Motivate! Nursing Management March 1999 Vol. 30 No. 3 by Linda Rennick Brisch (6 p.)
4.Buzzwords with a Basis. Nursing Management October 2000 Vol. 31 No. 10 by Lettie A. Lee (3 p.)
5. Chapter 22 of Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills, 3rd edition by Arnold and Boggs.
  Part 1: pages 496-505
  Part 2: pages 506-516
  Part 3: pages 517-523

 

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Social Sciences

 

EME 2040 Burrell

Technology for Teachers
 
1.Creating a web page with Microsoft Word

 

EUH 1000 Hamilton

Western Civilization I
1. Story of the Flood (4 pages)
2. The Bible (4 p.)
3. The Republic (Plato) (3 p.)
4. The Education of  a Roman Gentleman (Cicero) (2 p.)
5. Rome and the Early Christians (5 p.)
6. The Koran: Selections (2 p.)
7. Letters: Secular and Ecclesiastical Authority by Pope Gregory VII (6 p.)
8. Jean de Venette: Chronicle of Famine and Black Death (4 p.)
9. Human Dignity (4 p.)
10. The Spark for the Reformation: Indulgences (6 p.)

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EUH 1001 Hamilton

Western Civilization II
1. Reading: Justification of Absolute Monarchy by Divine Right (8 p.)
2. Reading: The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson (7 p.)
3. Reading: The French Revolution (5 p.)
4. Reading: Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Woolstoncraft  (4 p.)
5. Reading: Darwinism and Religion (14 p.)
6. Reading: The Semitic versus the Teutonic Race by Herman Ahlwardt (5 p.)
7. Reading: Shooting an elephant by George Orwell (9 p.)
8. Reading: Theses on Communist morality in the sphere of marital relations by Alexandra Hollntai (6 p.)
9. Reading: Yates Poems (8 p.)
10. Reading: The Failure of Communism by Vaclav Havel (8 p.)

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PHI 2002 Woolson

Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Philosophy

GO TO Articles/Photocopies OR eBooks

Articles/Photocopies:
1. The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (by Oliver Sachs)
  part a. 10 pages
  part b. 8 pages
2. Meditations on First Philosophy
  part a. 6 pages
  part b. 6 pages
3. Meaning as Use by Ludwig Wittganstein (8 pages)
4. From Language and Women's Place by Robin Lakoff (6 pages)
5. Language as Creator of Meaning by Maurice Merleau-Ponty (7 pages)
6. Descartes' Evil Genius by O. K. Bouwsma (8 pages)
7. Communication and Consciousness by Nietzsche
  part a. 1 page
  part b. 1 page
8. Descartes by Russell
  part a 5 pages
  part b 4 pages
9. Feminist Interpretations of Friedrich Nietzsche
  part a 1 page Title page
  part b 1 page Woman ad Truth in Nietzsche's Writing
10. The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan
  part a  6 pages
  part b  4 pages
  part c  7 pages
   
eBooks:

 

Unbearable weight : feminism, Western culture, and the body / Susan Bordo ; new preface by the author ; new foreword by Leslie Heywood. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2003.

 

Descartes / John Cottingham. New York : Routledge, 1999.

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PHI 2600  Woolson

Ethics

GO TO Article/Photocopies OR eBooks

Ethics: Wolson Articles/Photocopies

1. "Why Abortion is Immoral" by Don Marquis

 

part a (7 pages)

 

part b (7 pages)

2. "Feminist Analysis of Women and Abortion" by Susan Sherwin

 

part a (8 pages)

 

part b (5 pages)

3. "Choosing Disability" by Laura Hershey (6 pages)

4. "The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense" by Ernest van der Haag (4 pages)

5. "Race and the Death Penalty" by Anthony G Amsterdam (6 pages)

6. "Does it Matter if the Death Penalty is Arbitrarily Administered?" by Stephen Nathanson (10 pages)

7. "Feminine Masochism and Politics of Personal Transformation"

 

part a (5 pages)

 

part b (5 pages)

 

part c (5 pages)

 

part d (3 pages)

8. Throwing Like a Girl by Iris Marion Young

 

part a (6 pages)

 

part b (7 pages)

 

part c (7 pages)

9. Femininity and Domination by Sandra Lee Bartky

 

part a (11 pages)

 

part b (10 pages)

10 On Public and Private by MacKinnon

 

part a (6 pages)

 

part b (6 pages)

11 In Pursuit of Difference by Lederman

 

part a (5 pages)

 

part b (5 pages)

 

part c (5 pages)

12. Race and Gender Fallacies by Gisela Kaplan and Lesley J. Rogers

 

part a (6 pages)

 

part b (6 pages)

 

part c (6 pages)

13. A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thompson (10 pages)

14. "Sexism" from Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory by Marilyn Frye (15 pages)

15. Positive Functions of the Undeserving Poor: Uses of the Underclass in America by Herbert J. Gans in "Crossroads: Readings in Social Problems; G. Lassan, ed.

 

part a (6 pages)

 

part b (5 pages)

16. The Men's Rights Movement: "Male" is Not a Four-Letter Word. by Jack Kramer in "Feminist Philosophies: Problems. Theories, and Applications."

 

part a (5 pages)

 

part b (4 pages)

   
Ethics: Woolson eBooks
   
 

Unbearable weight : feminism, Western culture, and the body / Susan Bordo ; new preface by the author ; new foreword by Leslie Heywood. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2003.

 

Throwing like a girl.  Young, Iris Marion  Bloomington Indiana University Press 1989

 

Taking sex differences seriously / Steven E. Rhoads. San Francisco, CA : Encounter Books, 2004.

 

The ups and downs of affirmative action preferences / M. Ali Raza, A. Janell Anderson, Harry Glynn Custred. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.

 

Race matters / Cornel West ; with a new preface by the author. Boston : Beacon Press, c2001.

 

Undoing gender / Judith Butler. New York : Routledge, 2004.

 

The Communist manifesto / Karl Marx* (note: this eBook is not the same edition as your instructor has placed on reserve)

   

PHI 2635  VanNette

Biomedical Ethics

1. The Incompetent Patient on the Slippery Slope by Rebecca Dresser and Peter J. Whitehouse (7 pages)
2. Exercising Restraint: Anatomy, Welfare, and Elderly Patients by Susan Dodds (4 pages)
3. Professional Boundaries in the Physician-Patient Relationship by Glen O. Gabbard and Carol Nadelson
4. Is Informed Consent Still Central to Medical Ethics? from Taking Sides: Clashing views on controversial bioethical issues. ed. Carol Levine

 

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REL 2240 Hamilton

Introduction to the New Testament
1. The Sacred and the Profane by Mircea Eliade (13 pages)
2. Gospel Fictions by Randel Helms (17 p.)
3. The Gospel of Thomas (II, 2) (15 p.)
4. Women from the Greeks to the French Revolution by Susan Groag Bell (18 p.)
5. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (35 p.)
 

WST 2010  Woolson

Introduction to Women's Studies
1. Throwing Like a Girl by Iris Marion Young
  part a (6 pages)
  part b (7 pages)
  part c (7 pages)
2. Femininity an Domination by Sandra Lee Bartky
  part a (11 pages)
  part b (10 pages)
3. Roe V. Wade (8 pages)
4. Abortion: On Public and Private (6 pages)
5. Body and Soul (6 pages)
6. "Pricks" and "Chicks": A Plea for "Persons"  by Robert Baker (6 pages)
7. Anorexia Nervosa: Psychopathology as the Crystallization of Culture by Susan Bordo (10 pages)
8. Politics of Women's Biology by Ruth Hubbard. (5 pages)

 

 

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