Category: Textbooks

This ebook, Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis (PDF) deals with matrix methods of structural analysis for linearly elastic framed structures. It starts with a background of matrix analysis of structures followed by a procedure to develop force-displacement relation for a given structure using flexibility and stiffness coefficients. The remaining text

Since its publication Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Social Systems Approach 6th edition (PDF), several generations of students have successfully used this classic textbook, which takes a social systems approach to human behavior. This systems approach is still widely accepted in the human services disciplines, including education, social

Our world and bodies are becoming increasingly polluted with chemicals capable of interfering with our hormones and thus, possibly, our present and future mental and neural health. As authors Scott Belcher and Heather Patisaul outline, there is a large lack of data and evidence in this causal relationship, which begs a

Discover Sociology: Core Concepts (PDF) explores sociology as a discipline of curious minds, with the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical tools needed to analyze, understand, and even change the world — all in a more streamlined format. It is adapted from Discover Sociology, 3rd Edition (also available), and offers in-depth coverage

Exploring Writing, 4th Edition, (PDF) focuses on writing skills and processes. By stating a set of four skills for effective writing, Exploring Writing: Paragraphs and Essays motivates new writers to see writing as a skill that can be learned and a process that must be studied. The four skills, or