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City of Dallas And Mack Vines v. Mica England, 846 S.W. 2D 957 (Tex. 1993) (open access)

City of Dallas And Mack Vines v. Mica England, 846 S.W. 2D 957 (Tex. 1993)

An excerpt from the published book Library in a Book: Gay Rights concerning Mica England's 1989 anti-discrimination lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department.
Date: 2005
Creator: Kranz, Rachel & Cusick, Tim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collaborating with Your Local Public Library (open access)

Collaborating with Your Local Public Library

This book chapter discusses collaborating with local public libraries.
Date: 2009
Creator: Hoffman, Starr; Downey, Annie & Sears, Suzanne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict (open access)

Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict

This book chapter provides an overview of teams, complex adaptive systems, conflict stages, and conflict models, while also presenting adaptive leadership as a style that offers organizations with the capabilities of reacting to changing environments quickly.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Turner, John; Baker, Rose M. & Morris, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Gender Equity in STEM Subjects at Four-Year Universities in England (open access)

A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Gender Equity in STEM Subjects at Four-Year Universities in England

This chapter explores gender disparities in enrollment and persistence in STEM undergraduate education in England. The authors examine the difference in early educational achievement in mathematics and science subjects and students’ plan to study STEM subjects by gender. They also examine women’s odds of studying STEM subjects in England after controlling for academic performance and social class characteristics. The authors also particularly test gendered differences in studying STEM at prestigious Russell Group universities. Finally, the authors highlight factors that policy makers, researchers, instructors, and STEM workforce members should consider to close gender gaps in STEM undergraduate education.
Date: July 12, 2021
Creator: Ro, Hyun; Fernandez, Frank & Alcott, Benjamin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational Studies of the Thermochemistry of the Atmospheric Iodine Reservoirs HOI and IONOâ‚‚ (open access)

Computational Studies of the Thermochemistry of the Atmospheric Iodine Reservoirs HOI and IONOâ‚‚

Book chapter discussing computational studies of the thermochemistry of the atmospheric iodine reservoirs HOI and IONOâ‚‚.
Date: April 26, 2008
Creator: Marshall, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conclusion: Unique but Transferable Approaches for Pursuing Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education across the World (open access)

Conclusion: Unique but Transferable Approaches for Pursuing Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education across the World

In this chapter, the authors offer suggestions for how policymakers and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educators may apply unique but potentially transferrable strategies. Finally, the authors suggest directions for innovative research and policy for pursuing gender equity in STEM fields after the economic and educational turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date: July 12, 2021
Creator: Ro, Hyun; Ramon, Elizabeth J. & Fernandez, Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library
Connecting the silos: Systematic data collection for library and collections assessment (open access)

Connecting the silos: Systematic data collection for library and collections assessment

This book chapter describes the efforts of University of North Texas Libraries to organize data relevant for assessing subject-based collections.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Considering the Impact of the WPA Outcomes Statement on Second Language Writers (open access)

Considering the Impact of the WPA Outcomes Statement on Second Language Writers

Book chapter on considerations on the impact of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA) Outcomes Statement (OS) on second language writers. This chapter examines the extent to which the WPA OS reflects (or does not reflect) the presence and needs of second language writers.
Date: 2012
Creator: Matsuda, Paul Kei & Skinnell, Ryan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creating Student-Centered Classroom Environments: The Case of Mathematics

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This book chapter provides examples of how mathematics instruction emphasized meaning and understanding, skills embedded in context, and connections between and among subject areas and school and life outside of school.
Date: 1999
Creator: Reyes, Pedro & Pazey, Barbara L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dear Facebook

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This book chapter is written in the form of a break-up letter from the author to the social networking website, Facebook. It discusses social networking, technological changes, urbanization, globalization, media technology, and philosophical ideas about society.
Date: 2010
Creator: Briggle, Adam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Definition and Goals of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork (open access)

Definition and Goals of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork

Book chapter defining descriptive linguistic fieldwork, explores tasks that fall under this definition, outlines goals of descriptive linguistic fieldwork, and identifies aspirations and limitations of linguistic fieldworkers.
Date: 2011
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & de Reuse, Willem
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disrupting Labor in Digital Humanities; or, The Classroom Is Not Your Crowd (open access)

Disrupting Labor in Digital Humanities; or, The Classroom Is Not Your Crowd

This chapter critiques the use of student labor on digital humanities projects in and out of the classroom.
Date: November 6, 2018
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Documenting Institutional Knowledge Through TRAC Self-Audit: A Case Study

Book chapter on the Trusted Repository Audit and Checklist (TRAC) process through the lens of contextual dimensions within knowledge management, using the case study of the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Krahmer, Ana; Andrews, Pamela; Tarver, Hannah; Phillips, Mark Edward & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library
Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today (open access)

Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow's Treasures Today

This book chapter discusses educating communities. and preserving tomorrow's treasures today. Librarians, curators, archivists, and volunteers work hard to conserve and preserve materials as they are added to their collections, insuring that the materials can be safely used. However, not all genealogical and historical information is held in cultural institutions; unknown numbers of valuable information sources reside with individuals and in residences. By educating the community today on how to protect the treasures in their care, we have the potential to minimize the repairs needed for these items in the future.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: Phillips, Jessica
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland (open access)

Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland

This book chapter examines problems emerging due to the designation of protected areas as well as implementation and management of the Natura 2000 in Poland.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: Grodzińska-Jurczak, Małgorzata; Strzelecka, Marianna; Kamal, Sristi & Gutowska, Justyna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrochemical Synthesis of Rare Earth Ceramic Oxide Coatings (open access)

Electrochemical Synthesis of Rare Earth Ceramic Oxide Coatings

This book chapter discusses the electrochemical synthesis of lanthanum, cerium, and praseodymium oxides.
Date: November 11, 2015
Creator: Golden, Teresa; Shang, Yajuan; Wang, Qi & Zhou, Ting
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrodeposition of Cu-Ni Composite Coatings (open access)

Electrodeposition of Cu-Ni Composite Coatings

This book chapter reviews the electrodeposition of Cu-Ni incorporated with nano- to microparticles to produce metal matrix composites.
Date: March 23, 2016
Creator: Thurber, Casey; Mohamed, Adel M. A. & Golden, Teresa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engaging with the IR Remotely (open access)

Engaging with the IR Remotely

Book chapter exploring approaches and methods of engaging with an institutional repository (IR) remotely.
Date: December 2023
Creator: Johnson-Freeman, Whitney R. & Scott, Megan E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Disease Resistance in Plants: An Overview (open access)

Engineering Disease Resistance in Plants: An Overview

This book chapter gives an overview of engineering disease resistance in plants.
Date: 1995
Creator: Dixon, R. A.; Paiva, Nancy L. & Bhattacharyya, Madan Kumar
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library (open access)

The Evolution of Publishing Agreements at the University of Michigan Library

Book chapter on the evolution of publishing agreements at the University of Michigan Library. Taking as an example an open-access journal with a single editor, this chapter discusses the various configurations of rights agreements used by the University of Michigan Library throughout the evolution of its publishing operation, the advantages of the various models, and the reasons for moving from one to another.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Excerpt from A Guide to Developing Educational Partnerships] (open access)

[Excerpt from A Guide to Developing Educational Partnerships]

An excerpt from "A Guide to Developing Educational Partnerships" by Naida C. Tushnet about different types of educational partnerships.
Date: October 1993
Creator: Tushnet, Naida C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review (open access)

Facilitating Discovery and Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Resources with Folksonomies: A Review

This article explores the strengths and limitations of folksonomies through traditional indexing and taxonomies with an emphasis on the history of cultural heritage information retrieval.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ferromagnetic ZnO Nanowires for Spintronic Applications (open access)

Ferromagnetic ZnO Nanowires for Spintronic Applications

This book chapter reviews experimental results of observed room temperature ferromagnetism in transition metal doped group II-VI semiconductors.
Date: December 19, 2012
Creator: Philipose, Usha & Sapkota, Gopal
System: The UNT Digital Library
Frances Brooke's History of Emily Montague (1769) Epistolarity at the Transatlantic Intersection of Public and Private (open access)

Frances Brooke's History of Emily Montague (1769) Epistolarity at the Transatlantic Intersection of Public and Private

Book chapter on Frances Brooke's "History of Emily Montague" and the epistolarity at the transatlantic intersection of public and private.
Date: 2008
Creator: Kaplan, Marijn S.
System: The UNT Digital Library