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Did you know that there are several STEM course textbooks available on loan through the Norco College Library? Save $$$ by borrowing your textbook for free from the Library for the entire semester. You can view the full listing of available textbooks here.

Currently the library has textbooks available for the following STEM courses:

ARE/DFT-24: Residential Design Using Autodesk Revit 2002; Architecture: Residential Drafting & Design; Parametric Modeling with Autodesk Fusion 360
BIO-50A & 50B: Human Anatomy & Physiology (Marieb & Hoehn 11th edition)
CHE-1A & 1B: Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (Tro 5th edition)
CHE-12A & 12B: Organic Chemistry (Wade & Simek 9th edition)
ELE-73: Electrical Motor Controls for Integrated Systems (5th edition)
ENE/DFT-21: Exploring Drafting
ENE/DFT-30: AutoCAD 2022 Tutorial First Level 2D Fundamentals (Shih)
ENE/DFT-42: SOLIDWORKS 2021 Basic Tools (Tran)
ENE-52: Exploring Drafting (Walker, Mathis, Scribner 12th edition)
MAN-73: Electrical Motor Controls for Integrated Systems
MAT-1A, 1B & 1C: Calculus Early Transcendentals (Stewart 8th edition)
PHY-4A/4B/4C: University Physics with Modern Physics (Young 14th edition)

FREE ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS	Connect with a Norco Librarian for help finding access to free eBooks. Libby, by Overdrive app - use your local library card to borrow thousands of eBooks and audiobooks free of charge Open Stax - Browse a variety of disciplines for textbooks and Learning Modules. Open Textbook Library - browse by subject Cool 4ed - well organized collection of 149 open access textbooks Lumen Learning
ASTRONOMY	Astronomy Simulations NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Resources
ANATOMY & BIOLOGY	Bozeman Science - free anatomy and physiology videos and resources Bozeman Science - free biology videos and resources Get Body Smart - list of 50+ websites and Apps to learn human anatomy and physiology online HHMI BioInteractive - view the cell cycle Human Anatomy Online - online cadaver dissection references Khan Academy - free biology video lessons, exercises, and quizzes MIT Open Courses - free access to MIT anatomy and physiology courses and materials MIT Open Courses - free access to MIT biology courses and materials PhET Interactive Simulations - for biology Smart Servier Medical Art - free biology and medical images WEHI.TV - explains discoveries at the frontier of medical research through accurate and entertaining 3D animation Zygote Body Get Body Smart - list of 50+ websites and Apps to learn human anatomy and physiology online
CHEMISTRY	Bozeman Science - free chemistry videos and resources Khan Academy - free chemistry video lessons, exercises, and quizzes MIT Open Courses - free access to MIT chemistry courses and materials Periodic Table PhET Interactive Simulations - all the molecular shapes in a simulator
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE	Bozeman Science - free environmental science videos and resources
ENGINEERING	Khan Academy - free electrical engineering video lessons, exercises, and quizzes MIT Open Courses - free access to MIT engineering courses and materials
MATH	Desmos - online graphing tool Khan Academy - free video lessons, exercises, and quizzes for statistics, algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra Math-o-mir - software tool designed to write and edit math equations as easily as possible by acting as your personal math notepad where you can write down your quick and informal calculations. MIT Open Courses - free access to MIT math courses and materials PhET Interactive Simulations - for math Statistics and Graphing - free statistics and graphing resources
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY	Khan Academy - free organic chemistry video lessons, exercises, and quizzes Marvin - a chemically intelligent desktop toolkit built to help you draw, edit, publish, render, import and export your chemical structures and as well as allowing you to convert between various chemical and graphical file formats. It requires a free account, but it’s not a scam.
PHYSICS	Bozeman Science - free physics videos and resources Khan Academy - free physics video lessons, exercises, and quizzes MIT Open Courses - free access to MIT physics courses and materials PhET Interactive Simulations - for physics
SKETCHING SOFTWARE	Sketchbook - free high quality digital drawing software Whiteboard - digital whiteboard designed for stylus use

STEM ACADEMIC RESOURCES​

STEM ACADEMIC RESOURCES