LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER) Subject Guides: Computer Science

How to use this guide

Touro Library’s recommended free resources for Computer Science.

Touro courses are listed in the left column
Their corresponding recommended OER are on the right

This is just a sampling of what is available. You are urged to reach out to the OER Librarian directly (Kirk Snyder, kirk.snyder3@touro.edu) for personalized recommendations of OER for your course/subject area.

OER for Computer Science

GCON 120 Fundamentals of Computers with Microcomputer Applications	Workplace Software and Skills (OpenStax)
	Intro to Computer Applications and Concepts (Lumen)
	Computer Usage and Applications (Abigail Rusu)
	Computer Fundamentals for Technical Students (Heisserer)

GCON 122 Computer Literacy and Information Retrieval	How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: C++ Version
	How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: C Version
	Programming Fundamentals - A Modular Structured Approach using C++

GCON 141 Introduction to Programming	Introduction to Programming using Fortran (Jorgensen)
	Java with BlueJ (McFadyen & Bautista)
	An Introduction to Matlab and Mathcad (Siemers)

GCON 220 Java I & GCON 222 Java II	Think Data Structures: Algorithms and Information Retrieval in Java (Downey)
	Think Java: How To Think Like a Computer Scientist (Downey, Mayfield)
	Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming (Haverbeke)
	Introduction to Programming Using Java, 8th Ed. (Eck)
	Java with BlueJ (McFadyen & Bautista)
	Java with BlueJ Part 2 (McFadyen)

GCON 228 Advanced Computer Hardware and System Security	Computer Systems Security: Planning for Success

GCON 230 C++ Programming Language	Programming Fundamentals - A Modular Structured Approach using C++
	How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: C++ Version

GCON 231 Fundamentals of Cybersecurity	Cyber Security (Springer Open)
	Computer Systems Security: Planning for Success (Tolboom)
	Information Security (Saylor Foundation)

GCON 243 Operating Systems	Operating System Fundamentals (Affordable Learning Georgia)

GCDN 235 Computer Graphic Design I	Graphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals (opentextbc.ca)
	Introduction to Computer Graphics (Eck)

GCON 260 Computer Architecture	Advanced Computer Organization Architecture

GCDN 263 Web Page Design I w/Lab	Full Stack Web Development for Beginners (Scott)

GCON 264 Data Structures I	Open Data Structures: An Introduction (Morin)
	Data Structures and Algorithms (Njoroge)

GCON 325 Advanced Cybersecurity	Computer Systems Security: Planning for Success
	Wireless Network Security (Colojoara Tiberiu)

GCON 343 Database Concepts and Design	Database Design – 2nd ed. – The BC Open Textbook Project

GCON 344 Relational Databases	Relational Databases and Microsoft Access 365 - Version 4.0 (McFadyen)