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

How to use this guide

Below are Touro Library’s recommended free resources for Computer Science courses.

This is just a sampling of the available OER. Contact OER Librarian Kirk Snyder for personalized recommendations.

For other subjects, refer to the menu on the left.

OER for Computer Science

Computer Science

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

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
	Introduction to Programming Using Java
	An Introduction to Matlab and Mathcad

GCON 147 Computer Hardware, Software and System Security	Signal Computing: Digital Signals in the Software Domain
	Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems (Open SUNY/Open Textbook Library)
	IT Fundamentals

GCON 202 Networking Essentials	Computer Networking : Principles, Protocols and Practice
	Computer Networks: A Systems Approach
	An Introduction to Computer Networks

GCON 220 & 222 Java I & II	Think Data Structures: Algorithms and Information Retrieval in Java
	Think Java: How To Think Like a Computer Scientist
	Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming
	Introduction to Programming Using Java
	Java with BlueJ
	Java with BlueJ Part 2

GCON 228 Advanced Computer Hardware and System Security	Wireless Network Security (Colojoara Tiberiu)
	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)
	Mastering Cybersecurity (Lindstrom)
	Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (CyberWatch West) - Workforce LibreTexts
	Information Security (Saylor Foundation)

GCON 243 Operating Systems	Operating System Fundamentals

GCON 260 Computer Architecture	Advanced Computer Organization Architecture

GCON 264 Data Structures I	Open Data Structures: An Introduction (Morin)
	Data Structures (Wikibooks)
	Data Structures and Algorithms (Njoroge)
	Think Data Structures: Algorithms and Information Retrieval in Java (Downey)
	Relational Databases and Microsoft Access 365 - Version 4.0

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

GCON 343 Database Concepts and Design	Database Design – 2nd Edition – The BC Open Textbook Project (opentextbc.ca)

GCON 344 Relational Databases	Relational Databases and Microsoft Access 365 - Version 4.0


GCON 364 Data Structures II	Open Data Structures: In Java (bccampus.ca)

GCDN 235 & 236 Computer Graphic Design I & II	Graphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals (opentextbc.ca)
	Introduction to Computer Graphics (Eck)

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