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Much of this OER course material is from the following open publications:<\/p>\n

1. Downey, Allen.Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, 2nd Edition, Version 2.2.20. Green Tea Press, Needham, Massachusetts, 2015, http:\/\/greenteapress.com\/wp\/think-python-2e\/<\/span><\/a> . <\/p>\n

<\/em>Permission is granted to copy, distribute, and\/or modify this document under the terms of the<\/em>\n

<\/em>Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License, which is available at http:<\/em>\n

<\/em>\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/ .<\/em>\n

2. 50 Examples for Teaching Python. A.M. Kuchling. Revision 2ef8c29a, 2012, http:\/\/fiftyexamples.readthedocs.io\/en\/latest\/intro.html<\/span><\/a> . Accessed 1 January 2018.<\/p>\n

<\/em>The English text of this work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit <\/em>http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/<\/em><\/a> .<\/em>\n

3. Downey, Allen, et al. How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python. 2012, http:\/\/openbookproject.net\/thinkcs\/python\/english3e\/<\/span><\/a> .<\/p>\n

<\/em>Copyright (C) Peter Wentworth, Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey and Chris Meyers.<\/em>\n

<\/em>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and\/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with Invariant Sections being Foreword, Preface, and Contributor List, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled \"GNU Free Documentation License\".<\/em>\n

4. Alvarado,Christine, et al. CS for All. Harvey Mudd College, 2013, https:\/\/www.cs.hmc.edu\/csforall\/<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n

<\/em>Note: <\/em>\u201c<\/em>Download or read it online for free.<\/em>\u201d<\/em>\n

5. Swaroop, C. H. \"A Byte of Python.\" Enlla\u00e7 web,<\/em> 2003, https:\/\/python.swaroopch.com\/<\/span><\/a> . <\/p>\n

<\/em>\"A Byte of Python\" is a free book on programming using the Python language. <\/em>This book is licensed under a <\/em>Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/em>.<\/em>\n

<\/em>This means:<\/em>\n

<\/em>You are free to Share i.e. to copy, distribute and transmit this book<\/em>\n

<\/em>You are free to Remix i.e. to make changes to this book (especially translations)<\/em>\n

<\/em>You are free to use it for commercial purposes<\/em>\n

6. Brown, Wayne. \"Lesson 6 \u2013 Introduction to Algorithmic Thinking.\" https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1MyFYez2SQvsfq7r1StE2kxZyX...\/edit<\/span><\/a> . Accessed 3 January 2018.<\/p>\n

<\/em>Note: You can only view this document. To make changes, ask the owner for edit access.<\/em>\n

7. Severance, Charles Russell, Sue Blumenberg, and Elliott Hauser. \"Python for Everybody: Exploring Data in Python 3.\" (2016). https:\/\/www.py4e.com\/book<\/span><\/a> .<\/p>\n

<\/em>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This license is available at <\/em>http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/<\/em><\/a> <\/em>\n

8. Halterman, R. \"Fundamentals of Python Programming.\" Southern Adventist University (2017). http:\/\/python.cs.southern.edu\/pythonbook\/pythonbook.pdf<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n

<\/em>This document is copyright \u00a92017 by Richard L. Halterman, all rights reserved.<\/em>\n

<\/em>Permission is hereby granted to make hardcopies and freely distribute the material herein under the following conditions:<\/em>\n

<\/em>\u2022 The copyright and this legal notice must appear in any copies of this document made in whole or in part.<\/em>\n

<\/em>\u2022 None of material herein can be sold or otherwise distributed for commercial purposes without written permission of the copyright holder.<\/em>\n

<\/em>\u2022 Instructors at any educational institution may freely use this document in their classes as a primary or optional textbook under the conditions specified above.<\/em>\n

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<\/em>\u2022 None of material herein can be sold or otherwise distributed in an electronic form for commercial purposes without written permission of the copyright holder.<\/em>\n

<\/em>\u2022 Instructors at any educational institution may freely store this document in electronic form on a local server as a primary or optional textbook under the conditions specified above.<\/em>\n

I AM UNSURE ABOUT HOW TO CITE\/USE THIS MATERIAL<\/p>\n

9. Python Software Foundation<\/em>. python, https:\/\/www.python.org\/<\/span><\/a> . Accessed January 10, 2018.<\/p>\n

<\/em>Python is developed under an OSI-approved open source license, making it freely usable and distributable, even for commercial use. Python's license is administered by the Python Software Foundation.<\/em>\n

10. Zelle, John M. \"Graphics Module Reference.\" (2016).<\/p>\n

<\/em>Simple Graphics Library<\/em>\n

<\/em>The <\/em>graphic <\/em>library is released under the GPL, so it is freely available for use and modification.<\/em>\n

<\/em>graphics.py <\/em><\/span><\/em>This is version 5.0<\/em> will work with both Python 2.x and 3.x. This is the latest version of the graphics library. It is known to work under Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX.<\/em> Found at <\/em>http:\/\/mcsp.wartburg.edu\/zelle\/python\/graphics.py<\/em><\/a>\n

<\/em>Graphics Reference (HTML) <\/em><\/span>Browseable reference documentation for the graphics package<\/em>. Found at <\/em>http:\/\/mcsp.wartburg.edu\/zelle\/python\/graphics\/graphics\/index.html<\/em><\/a> <\/em>\n

<\/em>Graphics Reference (PDF) <\/em><\/span>Downloadable\/printable documentation for the graphics package<\/em>. Found at <\/em>http:\/\/mcsp.wartburg.edu\/zelle\/python\/graphics\/graphics.pdf<\/em><\/a> <\/em>\n

11. Harrington, Andrew N. \u201cHands-on Python Tutorial (Python 3.1 Version).\u201d Loyola University Chicago. https:\/\/anh.cs.luc.edu\/python\/hands-on\/3.1\/handsonHtml\/index.html#<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n

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