Map
Purchases
Online NOVA eBooks: From the NOVA website, click
MyNova, enter your codes,
click Library Services, go to Safari Books, and then start your
search
McGraw-Hill website (math section) has other books, especially the
Schaum's Outlines (full text and Crash Course) and the "XYZ Demystified"
brands (see the links on the left hand side)
http://freecomputerbooks.com has free books on diverse topics, e.g.,
computer science, math, java, linux, software engineering
DoD users who have a *.mil account can freely access Safari
Books Online via the
DoD MWR
Libraries. This provides online access to 17111 books, videos, and
tutorials.
Study Aids (see also Mathematics Help)
Campus Library
MTH173/174/277 students can use the Interactive Video Skillbuilder CD mentioned in the To the Student section of Stewart's Calculus Early Transcendentals (page xxiii in the 6th edition). Library Reserves has the CD whose videos explain examples in each section of the text. Another video says how to succeed in calculus.
Learning Resources for Univariate/Multivariate Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations
MathDL Course Communities in Undergraduate Mathematics has 250+ online resources that users may rate, comment upon, and discuss.
Tutorials (with some publications)
"XYZ
for Dummies" series (click
here
for free math tutorials)
Math Tutor DVD
offers math help via DVD tutorials in diverse subject areas (all topics taught
thru worked examples)
How to Write
Proofs gives an overview of the subject
Click here for a website (note the tabs at the top) to Waner and Costenoble texts on Finite Mathematics and Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus. Many topics are covered by good presentations. For instance, the Finite Math book covers basic algebra, functions and linear models, linear systems, matrix algebra, linear programming, mathematics of finance, set theory and counting, probability, random variables, statistics and logic.
Publications and Answer Keys
Miscellaneous
Tutorials (all TI calculators)
TI-83 (the TI-84 version is simply faster with more memory)
TI-83 Tutorials (text website, Other Resources, TI Tutors in pulldown menu)
TI-83 in Statistics: Lists, random numbers, descriptive stats, probability distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, 1-way ANOVA, chi-square test, linear regression
See the online courses in General
Information above
TI-89 (the Titanium version is simply faster with more memory)
♦ To do statistics on the TI-89, please read the info below (paraphrased from Professor Vaden Fitton, January 2008):
Register at the TI web site and get the StatLE software found at education.ti.com.
Read this concise manual for the software..
You'll need the TI-Connect software to install anything on the 89.
Here are TI's instructions for everything. Once the computer and 89 are wired together, use the mouse to drop the StatLE icon on the TI-Connect icon. You need not get the new operating system that they offer.
NSpire (merges the TI-83 and TI-89; although not used at NOVA-Alexandria, this may interest you)
Click
here
for a seemingly good intro abstract algebra "text" by Paul Garrett, found in
Summer 2009 by a Calculus II student who took an interest in the subject
following classroom discussion. Abstract algebra pervades mathematics,
and its simplicity makes it difficult. Although many view it as pure
theory devoid of application, it is in fact widely used. At NVCC,
MTH200
is Abstract Algebra I.
American Mathematical Association of 2-Year Colleges (AMATYC)
Archives of American Mathematics collects and preserves the papers and records of mathematicians and mathematical organizations
Clay Mathematics Institute (dedicated to increasing and disseminating mathematical knowledge)
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Joy of Stats. This 1-hour documentary (recommended by a Fall 2010 student) sketches how statistics touches our lives.
Mathematics Awareness Month presents diverse summaries of how mathematics is used in practice (sports, medicine, biology, communications, etc)
Professor Ezra Brown's website (Virginia Tech) is fun to explore, filled with good thoughts (mathematical and otherwise)
The Unapologetic Mathematician - Mathematics for the Interested Outsider (from a Summer 2009 MTH174 student)
Theorem of the Day posts a different theorem (lemma, formula, etc) daily, one that aims at a wide audience
Virginia Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (VMATYC)
Wolfram Research (Makers of Mathematica)
Careers in the Mathematical Sciences
As found on page 7 in the December 2009 MAA Focus, the National Association of Colleges and Employers says that the "15 highest-earning college degrees all share a common element: mathematics."
Its classifieds site highlights a different career each month
The MAA (its link is among those above
in Special Interest ) has diverse career-related publications
Careers and Colleges. This site addresses general career concerns for students, and has a section on careers and majors.
When Will I Use Math? Created by students at Brigham Young University, this website highlights math careers.
Plus Magazine discusses "living" mathematics and has a section devoted to careers
Some links in the Special Interest section above also have pages that address career interests