Study Resources & Links

Believe it or not, textbooks are not always the best study resources available for college-level exams! I will list some of my favorite resources here, and I'd love to hear from you if you have found a wonderful book or website to help with studying for CLEP, DANTES, SAT II, AP, and other exams.

Lists of Available Exams

First things first! Click on each of the links below to see complete lists of the exams offered by each program. From the lists, you will be able to click on individual exams and read more about them.

CLEP Exams: 90 minutes, computer-based.

DANTES Exams: Untimed, paper/pencil.

TECEP Exams: Offered through Thomas Edison State College

Excelsior Exams (formerly ACT/PEP): Offered through Excelsior College

Humanities and Social Sciences

• The Timetables of History by Bernard Grun: If you want to know what happened, who did it, and when it took place, this is the book to get. It has no pictures, but the information presented is in very useful chronological format. We use this as a reference when working with our TimeFrame Timelines. (I'll have the TimeFrame Timeline available as a downloadable e-book very soon!)
  
• Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel Want to take a trip around the world? Material World provides an armchair tour of thirty countries through the unique lens of one statistically average family per country. Along with all the statistics are wonderful photos of each family with all its possessions, plus shots of their everyday life. Though some of the income figures are dated (the book was written in 1994), I've never seen a more interesting introduction to world civilization.
  
• Western Civilization by Jackson Spielvogel-- I used this textbook to prepare for the Western Civilization CLEP, and I passed with no difficulty at all, earning 6 credits toward my bachelor's degree. Western Civ is a huge topic, and Dr. Spielvogel has done a terrific job of making it not only accessible, but enjoyable. I recommend this book!
  
  

  Science

• Usborne Book of Science

Literature and Writing

• Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1 & Volume 2
  
• Norton Anthology of American Literature
  
• Norton Anthology of World Literature, Volumes ABC, Volumes DEF


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  Study Helps

• E-Book Study Guides - Click Here! If you'd like some quick help with a particular test, these subject-specific study guides can be instantly downloaded. If you aren't familiar with how e-books work, click here for a brief article (which will open in a new window) explaining exactly how to download and read them.
• A subject-specific study guide can be a big help! This link will open a list of currently available study guides in a new window. You're sure to find just what you need here!

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