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Available resources for all enrolled math students in all course at NVCC-Loudoun:

•  Free tutoring is provided on campus for all students enrolled in a math course.
  Go to room LR 242. 

• Help is available in the math center , located in LR 204. The hours are:

• All faculty have office hours that are listed on your syllabus. Take advantage of these hours. Each full-time faculty has a web page. Click here.

• Graphing calculator video tapes for the TI 82, 85 specifically and a third set for other TI’s. are available at the library circulation desk, located on the third floor in LC

• For a calculator tutorial click on: 

http://www.titutorials.com/index.htm   (cancel when it asks for user name)
http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/esm/app/calc_v2/frameset_83.html
http://www.college.hmco.com/mathematics/larson/precalculus_aga/4e/students/graph_tech_guide.html

• Here is the link for the library catalog http://library.cc.va.us/webpac-bin/wgbroker?new+-access+nvcclrc
  You can perform a key word search for the specific area of math that you need: algebra, calculus, trigonometry, etc.  Students can access the catalog from any location and they do not have to log in. Students can have books owned by other campuses sent to Loudoun using Intercampus Loan, the process takes 2-3 days and is free. Students do need an NVCC student ID card to check out materials.

• Video tapes for Basic Mathematical Skills with Geometry
  The tapes contain a short video lesson for each section of the textbook.
  See the Video Index Binder for the table of contents.

• Streeter-SMART CD
  This interactive tutorial and testing software is keyed specifically to your textbook. Look for the Streeter-Smart icon on the desktop of the computer. You will need the CD-ROM in the computer while you run this program.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Video tapes for Fundamentals of Mathematics
  The tapes contain a short video lesson for each section of the textbook. See the Video Index Binder in the Math Center for the table of contents.

• Interactive Video Skillbuilder CD
  This is the CD that comes with your textbook. Look for the Fundamentals of Math icon on the desktop of the computer in the Math Center. This program contains MathCue, the same software that is used during class sessions. It also contains short video lessons for each section of the text.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Video tapes
  The tapes contain a short video lesson for many areas of difficulty in the textbook. See the Video Index Binder for the table of contents.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Video tapes: Real to Reel Video Series for Beginning Algebra
  The tapes contain a short video lesson for each section of  the textbook. See the Video Index Binder for the table of contents.

• Digital Video Tutor for Beginning Algebra
  This set of CDs contains the same video lessons that are on the videotapes. Find the appropriate CD in the CD rack. Then follow the instructions that are in the box with the CD.

• Pass the Test CD
  This CD contains practice tests, section reviews and tutorials for each chapter in your Lial textbook. Check the Math Center Resource notebook for instructions on how to use the CD.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Textbook author's web site:  www.lialalgebra.com

• Video tapes: Steps to Success Video for Intermediate Algebra
  The tapes contain a short video lesson for each section in the textbook.

• Digital Video Tutor: Intermediate Algebra, ninth edition
  This set of CDs contains the same video lessons that are on the videotapes. Find the appropriate CD in the CD rack. Then follow the instructions that are in the box with the CD.

• Video Tapes: for the graphing calculator

• MyMathLab:
  You can enroll in this tutorial if your textbook included a CD when you purchased the book. Follow the instructions that came with your CD and choose this course ID:   serbousek91927

• Thinkwell: Intermediate Algebra
  This set of CDs contains video lectures by a lively, entertaining teacher. Check the Math Center Resource notebook for instructions on how to use the CDs.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Video tapes: Steps to Success Video for Intermediate Algebra: Graphs and Models
  The tapes contain a short video lesson for each section in the textbook.

• Digital Video Tutor: Intermediate Algebra: Graphs and Models
  This set of CDs contains the same video lessons that are on the videotapes. Find the appropriate CD in the CD rack. Then follow the instructions that are in the box with the CD.

• Video Tapes: for the graphing calculator

• Thinkwell: Intermediate Algebra
  This set of CDs contains video lectures by a lively, entertaining teacher. Check the Math Center Resource notebook for instructions on how to use the CDs.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Interact Math
  This software is available for you to put on your own computer to use for tutoring. Ask your instructor or an instructor in the Math Center how you can check out a CD.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Set of geo-solids: on the bookcase

• CD: Interactive Trigonometry
  The CD is linked to a different textbook than the one you use for your class, but by looking at the table of contents you should be able to find each topic from your textbook. Tutorials, guided examples and quizzes are available for each section.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• ELI video tapes
  See the Video Index Binder in the Math Center for a table of contents for these video lectures.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Video tapes: for Mathematical Ideas
  The tapes contain a short video lesson for each section in the textbook.

• Digital Video Tutor: Mathematical Ideas
  This set of CDs contains the same video lessons that are on the videotapes. Find the appropriate CD in the CD rack. Then follow the instructions that are in the box with the CD.

• Video tape:  CNN Today for the Liberal Arts Mathematics

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• Video tapes and DVDs: for Precalculus, A Graphing Approach
  The tapes contain a short video lesson for each section in the textbook.

• Interactive Precalculus CD
  You will need the CD in the computer to use this software. Click on the Interactive Precalculus icon the desktop of the computer in the Math Center. The material is linked to your textbook and provides tutorials, guided examples and quizzes for each section in the text.

• Interactive Trigonometry CD
  You will need the CD in the computer to use this software. Click on the Interactive Trigonometry icon the desktop of the computer in the Math Center. The material is linked to a different textbook than the one you use in class, but by looking at the table of contents you should be able to find each topic from your textbook. It provides tutorials, guided examples and quizzes for each section in the text.

• Thinkwell: Precalculus
  This set of CDs contains video lectures by a lively, entertaining teacher. Check the Math Center Resource notebook for instructions on how to use the CDs.

• Video tape: graphing calculators

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• CD: Texas Instruments resource CD and Graph-Link
  Use the CD labeled TI Resource CD and click on the desktop shortcut TI Connect in the Math Center. You may then connect your calculator to the Graph-link device coming out of the rear of the computer (silver cord) and download applications from the TI web site to your calculator, backup programs from your calculator to a disk, capture the screen image from your calculator to a file on a disk, etc.
  
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• Video tapes: for Stewart's Calculus, Early Transcendentals
  Selected examples from each section of the text are explained.

• Interactive Video Skillbuilder CD
  This is the CD that comes with your textbook (5th edition). Put the CD in the computer in the Math Center, click on "Start", then "Run" then type the letter of the CD drive (probably D: or E:). Click on the file labeled Start. The material is linked directly to your text and contains video lessons and section quizzes for each section and a test for each chapter.

• CD:  Tools for Enriching Calculus
  This is also linked to your text and contains homework hints, exercises and interactive demonstrations for many of the concepts in the textbook

• DVD: for Calculus
  This set contains video lectures for each section in several calculus textbooks by Larson, Hostetler and Edwards. By looking at the table of contents on the screen, you can probably find a lecture on any topic from your text.

• CD: Interactive Calculus CD
  The material is linked to Larson's Calculus, Early Transcendental Functions textbook, but by looking at the table of contents on the screen, you can probably find a lecture on any topic from your text. It includes tutorials, guided examples and quizzes for each section in the table of contents.

• CD: Calculus Learning Tools
  The material is linked to Larson's Calculus, Early Transcendental Functions textbook, but by looking at the table of contents on the screen, you can probably find a lecture on any topic from your text. It contains the tools to perform the open explorations that are in most sections of the text. A copy of the text is available in the Math Center for use in the Math Center only.

• Thinkwell:  Calculus I and Calculus II
  This set of CDs contains video lectures by a lively, entertaining teacher. Check the Math Center Resource notebook for instructions on how to use the CDs.

• Video tapes: for the graphing calculator

• Video tapes: ELI video tapes for Mth 174 and Mth 277

• Scientific Notebook:
  This program is a combination word processor and computer algebra system. Access it by clicking on the Scientific Notebook shortcut on the computer desktop. Take a quick tour from the Help menu.

• Student edition of Derive:
  Derive is a computer algebra system, allowing you to perform algebraic manipulations, perform the calculus operations of derivatives, integrals, etc. exactly the way you would do them by hand. The program runs from a floppy disk and is accompanied by a manual.

• CD: Texas Instruments resource CD and Graph-Link
  Use the CD labeled TI Resource CD and click on the desktop shortcut TI Connect in the Math Center. You may then connect your calculator to the Graph-link device coming out of the rear of the computer (silver cord) and download applications from the TI web site to your calculator, backup programs from your calculator to a disk, capture the screen image from your calculator to a file on a disk, etc.

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students
  
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• CD:  for Statistics by WeissStats
  This accompanies the textbook and contains data sets, supplementary exercises and graphing calculator applications.

• Web site: for Statistics by WeissStats
  www.aw.com/weiss

• DVD:  Understandable Statistics
  This set contains video lectures for each section in a different textbook than the one you use in class. Use the table of contents to find the topic you want.

• CD: StatPass
  This set contains video lectures for each section in a different textbook than the one you use in class. Use the table of contents to find the topic you want.

• Digital Video Tutor for Elementary Statistics
  This set of CDs contains video lessons that accompany the book Elementary Statistics by Triola, which is available for use in the Math Center.

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• Video tapes: for the graphing calculator

• Video tapes: Applied Calculus, by Larson

• Math anxiety web link:
               www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/scidiv/math, then click on Problem with Math Anxiety?

• Video tape:  Improving Mathematics Studying and Test Taking Skills

• Video tape:  Math Study Skills for Students

• CD:Texas Instruments resource CD and Graph-Link
  Use the CD labeled TI Resource CD and click on the desktop shortcut TI Connect in the Math Center. You may then connect your calculator to the Graph-link device coming out of the rear of the computer (silver cord) and download applications from the TI web site to your calculator, backup programs from your calculator to a disk, capture the screen image from your calculator to a file on a disk, etc.

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