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Resources>Guide for Adopting Textbooks>Example Search Terms

Example Search Terms

 
Generate the List

Start with your course objectives, the table of contents from a textbook you've used in the past, or simply your own knowledge of areas to be covered in the course.

For Elementary Algebra the list might include:

  • Algebra
  • Elementary Algebra
  • Beginning Algebra
  • Introductory Algebra
  • arithmetic operations
  • order of operations
  • polynomial expressions
  • radical expressions
  • rational expressions
  • algebraic expressions
  • linear equations
  • inequalities
  • factor polynomials
  • graph linear equations


Enter the terms in the search field of an open textbook repository to find possible texts for your class. The tutorial offers lists of some repositories and directories.

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