index of collections
Live Collections
american government
Americans Governing brings political science to life, with more than 100 assignments presenting real world experiences and thought-provoking questions. These assignments have been arranged into more than 30 different TOCs, each accommodating a specific emphasis or course approach. Courses have been created for over 300 schools, resulting in numerous customized versions.
The following collections are ready to go. To build one specifically for your class or department, contact us.
To Support Specific Courses:
- American Government
- Campaigns & Elections
and more. Let us know if your course isn't listed.
With Keeping the Republic, brief 3e
The complete e-textbook of KTR is now available as part of Americans Governing at a total cost of only $50. Students can add a print text for only $25, including shipping.
To Support Specific Textbooks:
- Barbour & Wright
- Dye & Sparrow
- Gitelson, Dudley & Dubnick
- Janda, Berry & Goldman
- O'Connor & Sabato
- Patterson
- Schmidt, Shelley & Bardes
- Wilson & DiIulio
and more. Let us know if your book isn't listed.
international relations
Between Nations explores the fundamental concepts of international relations through documentary excerpts from CNN, NPR, and BBC; original interviews; and a wealth of primary sources to provide a multi-dimensional view of how states relate. Visit the site to take a test drive.
comparative government
Comparing Governments is available in either country-based or theme-based formats. In either format, our digital reader offers extensive comparative data and real world stories that exemplify fundamental and common themes among the world's nations.
In-Class Testing
english
For writing courses, Nobody Writes Like Me integrates a digital reader, original interviews, a usage handbook, and a brief rhetoric guide into a simple organizational system that helps you link course resources, track student input, and grade student work. We’re currently optimizing Nobody Writes Like Me for community colleges in North Carolina, but will be looking to work with additional partners this fall, preparing for classroom use in spring 2010.
political science
Working with hundreds of political scientists has inspired a number of exciting new political science efforts for us. Instructors are currently class-testing courses in:
- Presidency
- Legislative Process
- The Politics of Development
spanish
Designed for a Latin- or Spanish-American culture course taught in Spanish, Culturas Latinoamericanas is a collection of 45 compelling artifacts from Latin American culture.
In Development
biology
We are in the early stages of creating virtual laboratories for use primarily in blended and distance courses.
business
A work bench for statisticians-in-training, this resource will allow students to work on problem sets at their own pace, providing context-sensitive instruction as needed.
history
Our not-yet-live collection of history resources, now in its second year of development, promises to make the exploding number of online archives and artifacts both accessible and assignable.
political science
We are working with more than a dozen authors to create new collections for upper-level courses, as well as fresh approaches to intro-level courses. These include:
- American government and The Daily Show
- American government and Christian political thought
- Comparative government from a thematic perspective
- American government with an emphasis on statistics
- Black political thought in American government
- Historical documents in American government
and more. If you would like us to develop something you don’t see here, please let us know.