MHCC Library Press: OER Catalog

Using insights from the fields of anthropology, depth psychology, religious studies, world literature, and archaeology, we explore the living knowledge of the world’s great wisdom traditions and what they can teach us about how to live more meaningful, integrated lives in the modern world.

This project was funded by the MHCC Foundation OER Grant Program and published by MHCC Library Press. MARC record available at the end of the book.

This online textbook was created for MO141 Patient Advocacy at Mt. Hood Community College, including sections on publicly funded and private health insurance, access to care issues, and case studies of patients in different medical scenarios and the different roles of health care providers who cared for them.

Race in the United States has influenced where we live.  This project-based book explores how race played a role in land ownership and housing policy, focusing on Oregon.  In essence, the project is a way of using the Sociological Imagination to examine where we live.  The Sociological Imagination requires an understanding of the connection between macro level social structures and the lives of individuals.  In this case, we are looking at the ways that the macro level of racial discrimination in housing and land ownership historically impact where we live.

This project begins with mapping technologies.  Users first learn about the racial demographics of their census tract.  Next, they explore the Native Land digital map.  In the process, they layer onto their geography some of the history of the tribal communities.  Next, users read about racial discrimination in Oregon’s history impacting: land ownership, housing policy,  immigration, and racial demographics.   This history helps users to understand the racial demographics of their census tract.

Write On! provides step-by-step instruction to build college writing skills. It combines basic grammar and mechanics study with sentence, paragraph, and essay writing techniques and practice. Links to example essays from professional and student writers provide reading and discussion opportunities.