Subject Specific Assistance

English & Writing | Math & Statistics | Science | Social Science

Taft College provides these Subject Specific Assistance links to resources on the World Wide Web. These internet sites have been compiled to assist you in locating key resources for each of the subject areas below. The majority of the subject matter is at the lower division level (first two years of college). Each category has a wide variety of online resources, which include tutorials, course lecture notes, interactive quizzes, java applets, interactive graphing tools, power point slide presentations, and streaming audio / video lectures. We hope you find these resources useful and that you will enjoy exploring and using them.

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• English & Writing

Skills for the Writing Process

http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/divisions/english/290/

Catalogue of Internet Resources

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/w/writingskills.htm

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- UNC-CH Writing Center

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/style.html

A Guide to Writing Related Internet Sites

http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/writweb.html

UC Santa Cruz How To Do Library Research

http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/

Purdue University Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

The Elements of Style

http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Chaffey College - Grammar Exercises Online

http://www.chaffey.edu/writingctr/resources.shtml

Guide to Grammar and Style

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.pdf (pdf file)

Purdue University: Online Writing Lab Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html

Citation Styles

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

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• Math & Statistics

Math Study Skills Survey

http://www.purplemath.com/stdysrvy.htm

HOW TO STUDY MATH

http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/862.html

Professor Freedman's Math Help

http://www.mathpower.com/

HOW TO SURVIVE COLLEGE MATH

http://www.butte.cc.ca.us/instruction/math/survive.htm

Internet Math Library

http://mathforum.org/library/

Connected Geometry

http://www.edc.org/MLT/ConnGeo/

The World of Calculus

http://iteso.mx/~pcalderon/mate/

Visual Calculus

http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/

Connected Curriculum Project: Calculus

http://www.math.montana.edu/frankw/ccp/calculus/topic.htm

Math World: Algebra

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Algebra.html

Math Com Pre-Algebra

http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/PreAlgebra.html

Math Com Algebra

http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html

Common Errors in College Math

http://atlas.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/commerrs/

Hyper Stat Online Textbook

http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/

Vassar Stats web site

http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/VassarStats.html

Statistics on the Web

http://my.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html

Getting Ready for Math Final

http://www.eopmu.edu/study/mathfinal.html

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• Science

Biology, Botany, Entomology, & Ornothology

University of Arizona Online Interactive Resource for Studying Biology

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

The Scientific Method

http://www.biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/sci_meth.htm

The Wonderful World of Biology

http://www.toucansolutions.com/pat/biology.html

The Wonderful World of Insects Links

http://www.earthlife.net/insects/1stlinks.html

Insects on WWW

http://www.isis.vt.edu/~fanjun/text/Links.html

Bio-Point Hotlist

http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/biology/biolist.html

Marquette University- How to study for a biology exam

http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/BiologyExam.html

Pima Community College - Biology Study Skills

http://wc.pima.edu/~carem/BIOSTUDY.html

Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Visual Demonstrations

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/demoindex.html

CHEMISTRY WEBERCISES DIRECTORY - Steven Murov  Chemistry Professor  Modesto Junior College

http://www.wiley.com/college/webercises/#B.%20%20Compounds

General Chemistry Online

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml

Academic Info General Chemistry

http://www.academicinfo.net/chemgen.html

Purdue University - General Chemistry Topic Review

http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/index.html

Chemical Elements.com - An Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements

http://www.chemicalelements.com/  

Anatomy

Maricopa Community College Anatomy & Physiology Tutorials

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/home_pages/crimando/jctuts5.htm

Ithaca College Gross Anatomy An Interactive Site

http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/lahr/LE2000/LE_index.html

Lake Michigan College - Cardiovascular System & Lymphatic System with multimedia links

http://www.lakemichigancollege.edu/liberal/bio/anat/circ.html

Lake Michigan College Urinary System- with multimedia links

http://www.lakemichigancollege.edu/liberal/bio/anat/urin.html

Anatomy & Physiology Subject Index

http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/categories/anat.html

Anatomy and Histology

http://www.mic.ki.se/Anatomy.html

Yahoo! Reference: Gray's Anatomy

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/gray/

Yahoo! Reference: Biology & Anatomy

http://dir.yahoo.com/science/biology/anatomy/

A Look Inside the Human Body

http://users.tpg.com.au/users/amcgann/body/index.html

Geology

Geology Understanding Plate Motions

http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/understanding.html

U.S. Geological Survey

http://www.usgs.gov/

Microbiology

About Microbiology for the Public

http://www.bact.wisc.edu/GenInfo.html

Microbiology Journals

http://www.medbioworld.com/cgi-bin/displaycontents.cgi?table=bio&type=Journals&filecode=(B)%20Microbiology

EPA Microbiology Home Page

http://www.epa.gov/nerlcwww/

Society for General Microbiology: Microbiology Resources

http://www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/links/

Cells Alive

http://www.cellsalive.com/

Microbe

http://www.microbe.org

Microbe Library

http://www.microbelibrary.org

Microbe World

http://www.microbeworld.org/home.htm

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•  Social Science

Economics

University of Texas - Study Tips for Economics Courses

http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/1409.html

University of Nevada - Effective Study Methods for Economics Students

http://www.scsv.nevada.edu/~roncron/studytips.html

History

National Womens History Project

http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/links/links.html

A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/

Black History Hotlist

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html

Black History

http://members.aol.com/klove01/main.html

Psychology

American Psychological Association - Psychology Topics

http://www.apa.org/

Psychology Today

http://www.psychologytoday.com/HTDocs/prod/PTOhome/home.asp

Psych Central

http://www.psychcentral.com/

Encyclopedia of Psychology

http://www.psychology.org/

Psychology Virtual Library

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/

Alleydog.com - Psychology Resource Website

http://www.alleydog.com/resource.asp

Sociology

American Sociological Association

http://www.asanet.org/

SocioWeb

http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/

Sociology Gateway- Directory of Online Sociology Resources

http://www.academicinfo.net/soc.html

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