Titles & Authors

An Oxford Insight course is organized into sections that map to clear learning objectives. Each section includes the high quality content in the form of an e-book plus all relevant media resources, formative activities, and practice self-assessment. In addition, the guided and customizable learning environment offers gradable assignments and assessments alongside performance analytics and student engagement insights.

The most popular best-in-class OUP titles higher education instructors prefer and trust are available as Oxford Insight courses and more are in development. Explore the unique features available to our current slate of titles and those coming soon to our courseware platform.

Titles & Authors

An Oxford Insight course is organized into sections that map to clear learning objectives. Each section includes the high quality content in the form of an e-book plus all relevant media resources, formative activities, and practice self-assessment. In addition, the guided and customizable learning environment offers gradable assignments and assessments alongside performance analytics and student engagement insights.

The most popular best-in-class OUP titles higher education instructors prefer and trust are available as Oxford Insight courses and more are in development. Explore the unique features available to our current slate of titles and those coming soon to our courseware platform.

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Adler, Essential
 
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Adler, Interplay 16E
 
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Adler, Understanding Human Communication 15E
 
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Bowman, Ecology 6E
 
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Breedlove, Behavioral Neuroscience 10E
 
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Chemeketa, Art for Everyone
 
Cooper, The Cell 9E
 
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Gordon, Art Matters
 
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Juris, Immunology
 
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LeVay, Discovering Human Sexuality
 
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Nordell, Animal Behavior
 
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Purves, Neuroscience 7E
 
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Sternberg, Children Today
 
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Tamis-LeMonda, Child Development
 
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Watson, The Mind’s Machine
 
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Wolfe, Sensation & Perception
 
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Von Sivers, Patterns of World History
 

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Morone, By The People, 7E
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Sedra, Microelectronic Circuits 9E

Adler, Essential Communication

Synopsis: The third edition of Essential Communication excels in its coverage of diversity, social media, and career success. This edition builds upon the engaging design and practical advice that have made the first editions of Essential Communication so popular.

Oxford Insight features: Essential Communication with Oxford Insight also offers the following resources to help keep students engaged and get the most out of your Intro to Communication course:

  • “Pause to Reflect” prompts
  • “Ask Yourself” activities

Adler, Interplay

Synopsis: Interplay addresses the perception that students have that they already know how to communicate, which is an issue that every faculty member faces. By artfully weaving cutting-edge academic research and theory into the clear, down-to-earth, student-friendly narrative, Interplay enables students to understand the complexity and depth of human communication and interpersonal relationships.

Oxford Insight features: Interplay with Oxford Insight helps you address challenges surrounding student engagement in your course with:

  • “Watch and Discuss” videos in every chapter
  • Simulations of interpersonal communication scenarios

Adler, Understanding Human Communication

Synopsis: By artfully weaving cutting-edge academic research and theory into the clear, down-to-earth, and student-friendly narrative, the authors of Understanding Human Communication help students understand the complexity and depth of human communication and public speaking. The series of concepts builds logically through the chapter sequence, enabling students to further deepen their communication skills as they progress through the book.

Oxford Insight features: Understanding Human Communication with Oxford Insight features useful learning tools like:

  • Video quizzes
  • “Understanding Your Communication” activities

Bowman, Ecology 6E

Synopsis: Ecology, Sixth Edition, introduces readers to the beauty of nature and the importance of ecology and provides content in a way that engages students without overwhelming them in the process. The authors motivate students with an engaging case study conceptual approach that highlights relevant applications and data-driven examples.

Oxford Insight features: Ecology with Oxford Insight engages students in a variety of ways, including:

  • Case study videos narrated by the author
  • Interactive figures

Breedlove, Behavioral Neuroscience 10E

Synopsis: Breedlove & Watson’s 10th Edition of Behavioral Neuroscience combines the most current and exciting research in the field with an unparalleled art program and a suite of interactive digital tools to help introductory neuroscience and behavioral neuroscience students grasp complex biological processes.

Oxford Insight features: Marc Breedlove and Neil Watson’s Behavioral Neuroscience with Oxford Insight provides a host of distinctive features, including:

  • “The Cutting Edge” highlights illustrating the methodology of experimentation
  • A robust video collection

Chemeketa, Art for Everyone

Synopsis: Developed by practicing artists, Art for Everyone is a practical and accessible guide to art appreciation that emphasizes the creative process and the importance of art in our everyday lives.

Oxford Insight features: Art for Everyone with Oxford Insight pairs a thorough exploration of art techniques with the most concise introduction to art history available. Resources include:

  • “Artist at Work” features spotlighting well-known contemporary artists
  • Interactive image walkthroughs

Cooper, The Cell 9E

Synopsis: Cell biology instructors face the challenge of cultivating both the foundational knowledge and analytical skills that students need for their entry into an increasingly complex field. The Cell: A Molecular Approach is an ideal resource for undergraduate students in a one-semester introduction to cell biology.

Oxford Insight features: The Cell: A Molecular Approach with Oxford Insight is a well-organized text with a modern approach that brings cell biology to life using:

  • Full-color illustrations and micrographs
  • “FYI” sidebars that provide highlights of points of interest

Gordon, Art Matters

Synopsis: Art Matters enables students to experience art actively and meaningfully, weaving together innovative pedagogy and compelling stories about a wide assortment of artworks and artists to show students that art is everywhere, art is vibrant, and art matters.

Oxford Insight features: Art Matters by Pam Gordon inspires and enables students to experience art actively and meaningfully. Combined with Oxford Insight, students have access to:

  • “Practice Art Matters” activities to apply what they’ve learned
  • “Connections” features to explore universal themes in art

Juris, Immunology

Synopsis: Immunology offers the most contemporary perspective on the science available, providing a clear, easy-to-follow introduction to the discipline suitable for undergraduate students. An authoritative presentation without excessive detail, Juris’ Immunology offers the most contemporary view of the concepts, scientific research, and cutting-edge applications in the field today.

Oxford Insight features: Provides your students with a fundamental background in immunology with the most contemporary perspective on the field using Immunology with Oxford Insight, which includes:

  • Checkpoint questions to reinforce learning
  • Interactive figures including drag-and-drop labeling exercises

LeVay, Discovering Human Sexuality

Synopsis: Discovering Human Sexuality has established itself as a popular and widely praised text that respects diversity both in the sexual world and among the students who read it. The backgrounds of the authors–in psychology, sociology, teaching, and writing–have made possible a text that is multidisciplinary, authoritative, sex-positive, and a delight to read.

Oxford Insight features: Discovering Human Sexuality with Oxford Insight combines the popular and widely praised text with an invaluable learning aid, including:

  • Podcasts about engaging discussions led by expert hosts
  • Interactive figures and activities exploring key figures and concepts

Nordell, Animal Behavior

Synopsis: Animal Behavior has garnered praise from reviewers for its accessibility, student engagement, and profound exploration of major concepts and empirical methods in animal behavior. The goals of this text are to allow students to learn how knowledge about animal behavior is generated and to promote an inquiry-based process.

Oxford Insight features: Animal Behavior by Shawn E. Nordell and Thomas J. Valone is an accessible and engaging text that explores major concepts and empirical methods. Paired with Oxford Insight, your students can use multiple tools to learn about animal behavior, including:

  • Quantitative reasoning exercises to teach them to extract information from data
  • “Engaging the Classroom” exercises to assess their understanding of the material

Purves, Neuroscience 7E

Synopsis: Neuroscience provides a bridge between the undergraduate and medical school worlds. It brings the relevance of neuroscience to both those exploring careers in the field as undergraduates and those developing core neuroscience understanding for medical school.

Oxford Insight features: Not only is Neuroscience with Oxford Insight suitable for undergrads, premedical, and medical students, but it also offers:

  • Interactive figures with quizzes
  • Animated streaming videos
  • Self-assessment questions

Sternberg, Children Today

Synopsis: Children Today gives students practical knowledge to support children in their development. It uses stories and case studies to connect theory to practice, with a particular emphasis on how technology impacts the lives of children. Theories are most useful when we can see their value in real life, as such, a key objective of this text is to show how development theories connect to the lives of children with features that demonstrate how educators can make practical use of theoretical concepts.

Oxford Insight features: Karin Sternberg’s practical and engaging text, Children Today: An Applied Approach to Child Development through Adolescence, uses Oxford Insight to present the latest research and theories in the field using:

  • Interactive case studies
  • Author-narrated and illustrative videos

Tamis-LeMonda, Child Development: Context, Culture, and Cascades

Synopsis: Child Development: Context, Culture, and Cascades is a new child development text that presents a contemporary understanding of development today. Written by an active researcher this text is informed by the importance of socio-cultural context, the interconnectedness of developmental domains and a focus on contemporary research.

Oxford Insight features: Child Development: Context, Culture, and Cascades by Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda with Oxford Insight presents a holistic, chronological approach inspiring students with:

  • “Thinking Like a Developmentalist” questions, featuring hypothetical situations to engage with
  • “The Developmentalist’s Toolbox” recapping research methods and describing methods and their purposes

Watson, The Mind’s Machine

Synopsis: The Mind’s Machine captivates students of all backgrounds through coverage of contemporary research, clinical cases, experiments, and compelling examples that directly relate to their lives and fields of interest. This bestselling text is designed to cater to a wide range of students, including non-science majors to those majoring in psychology, life sciences, and neuroscience. The Mind’s Machine successfully presents neuroscience concepts in a manner that is accessible and meaningful to a diverse audience while maintaining scientific accuracy.

Oxford Insight features: The Mind’s Machine with Oxford Insight introduces readers to the basics of behavioral neurosciences and the newest and most fascinating discoveries using:

  • Assignable activities, such as visual summaries, videos and animations, and quizzes Interactive exercises exploring a variety of experiments, illusions, and cognitive processes
  • Interactive figures

Wolfe, Sensation & Perception

Synopsis: Sensation & Perception with Oxford Insight introduces students to the fascinating world of human senses using:

Oxford Insight features: The Mind’s Machine with Oxford Insight introduces readers to the basics of behavioral neurosciences and the newest and most fascinating discoveries using:

  • Interactive exercises exploring a variety of experiments, illusions, and cognitive processes
  • Interactive diagrams of important structures

Von Sivers, Patterns of World History

Synopsis: Patterns of World History offers a distinct framework for understanding the global past through the study of origins, interactions, and adaptations. The authors examine the full range of human ingenuity over time and space in a comprehensive, evenhanded, and critical fashion. They offer a distinct intellectual framework for the role of innovation and historical change through patterns of origins, interactions, and adaptations. Each chapter ends with four to six primary sources, both textual and visual.

Oxford Insight features: Patterns of World History with Oxford Insight encourages a broad-based understanding of continuity, change, and innovation in human history and features:

  • Closer Look videos with in-depth examinations of visual sources
  • Primary sources
  • “Doing History on the Web” activities to guide students through how to investigate historical research, virtually