For elementary and junior high school students, the week of January 26-30 will be a relaxing time off from school. For many high school students however, this week includes dreaded New York State Regents Exams. The New York Public Library offers helpful materials for last minute studying both in book and e-book form.

The most popular study guides are written by Barron's Test Prep. They include the Barron's Regents Exams and Answers—a concise collection of past exam questions and their answers. They are available in the following subjects: 

• English
• Biology/Living Environment
• Earth Science
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Global History
• U.S. History & Government
• Integrated Algebra
• Geometry
• Algebra 2/Trigonometry
• Math A
• Math B
• Spanish
• Latin
• French

The larger Review Course series series by Barron's includes in-depth explanations of test answers and a review of each unit on the test in addition to question and answer sets. This book is a wonderful companion to the Exams and Answers book even if some questions do happen to overlap. They are available at NYPL in the following subjects: 

• English
• Biology/The Living Environment
• Earth Science
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Global History
• U.S. History & Government
• Integrated Algebra
• Geometry
• Algebra 2/Trigonometry
• Math A
• Math B
• Sequential Mathematics
• Spanish

Fans of CliffNotes may feel more comfortable with the Cliffs Test Prep series. There are fewer types of regents exams offered in this series but it provides a workbook style of essay writing review and full length question and answer sets from past exams. The only available version currently in our catalog is U.S. History & Government but patrons can always recommend a title.

Teens can visit any of the New Public Library's locations to study, use the computer, and check out books and materials. We have a myriad of materials to help teens prepare for other regents subjects such as Italian, Hebrew, German, and common core English Language Arts. Our librarians will be more than happy to help test takers locate appropriate materials to study with.

LearningExpressLibrary is available online with your library card barcode number. It contains practice tests, tutorials, and e-books that can help high school students improve skills in Math, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Logic and Reasoning.

The complete schedule of Regents exams can be viewed on the Office of State Assessment website  or teens can check with their subject teachers. We wish best of luck to all students taking the Regents exams!