Links & Resources for Students

English & Writing

Purdue Online Writing Lab
The OWL at Purdue offers online handouts covering writing, research, grammar, and MLA and APA documentation style.

Mathematics

All Levels

Geometry Formulas
Handout covering formulas for 2-D and 3-D geometrical shaps.

Greek Alphabet
Handout covering the Greek Alphabet including pronunciation, capital letters, and lower case letters.

Math Anxiety
Handout explaining how to handle math anxiety.

Powers of Ten Guide
Handout covering the units for the SI (metric) measurement system.

Test Taking Strategies
Handout covering strategies for taking math tests.

Developmental - College Algebra

Basic Math Skills

Divisibility Tests
Handout covering strategies to quickly identify what numbers a given number is divisible by.

Multiplication Tables
Handout with the multiplications tables up to 20 by 20.

Order of Operations
Handout covering the basic order of operations hierarchy.

Algebra

Algebraic Formulas
Handout covering many algebra formulas and rules.

Speaking Algebra
Handout covering the translation of English into algebraic expressions.

Exponents & Logarithms

Become Friends with Logarithms
Handout with lots of examples for working with logarithms.

Exponent Properties
Handout covering the basic exponent properties with examples.

Logarithm Properties
Handout covering the basic exponent properties with examples.

Factoring

Basic Factoring Strategies
Handout covering the basic factoring strategies and formulas.

Factoring by Grouping & AC Method
Handout covering Factoring by Grouping and using the AC Method.

Factoring by Trial and Error
Handout covering factoring by the Trial and Error Method.

Fractions

Arithmetic of Fractions
Handout covering the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions.

Graphing

Linear Equations
Handout covering formulas for graphing and constructing linear relationships from data.

Catalogue of Graphs
Handout covering a brief catalogue of graphs.

Trigonometry - Calculus

Trigonometry

Trigonometry Reference
Handout covering trigonometric formulas and the unit circle.

Calculus

Derivation and Integration Rules
Handout covering the basic rules for derivatives and integrals.

Derivative Review
Handout reviewing the basic derivative rules.

Integration Review
Handout reviewing the basic integration rules.

Integration by Parts
Handout covering the technique of integration by parts.

Integrations by Substitution
Handout covering the technique of integration by substitution.

Physics Applications for Calculus II (Sections 6.5) Reference Sheet
Handout covering the applications of integration to physics and engineering for Stewart Calculus Book, 3rd Edition.

Power Series
Handout covering the power series representation for the elementary functions.

Sequences
Handout covering Sequences.

Series Convergence Flowchart
Handout demonstrating the process for determining series convergence.

Tests For Series Convergence
Handout covering the tests for series convergence.

TI Graphing Calculators

TI-86

TI-86 Handout One
Handout covering solving equations with the simultaneous solver, setting up the custom menu, and graphing piece-wise defined functions, and solving polynomials with the polynomial solver.

TI-86 Handout Two
Handout for manipulating matrices by basic row operations.

TI-89

TI-89 Basic Graphing
Handout covering basic graphing on the TI-89 calculator.

TI-89 Calculus Features
Handout covering the advanced calculus based features of the TI-89 calculator.

TI-89 Common Errors
Handout covering the most common errors when working with the TI-89 calculator.