Mesh Tools missing on my 2.7

I am new to Blender… trying to follow along with a tutorial… and when I pull my tools menu up, I do not see the Mesh tool set that will let me subdivide? Ideas?

I know very basic question, but can’t wait to bury myself in this software soon.

Try searching through the new tabs (on the left of the toolbar), all of the tools should be there with the exception of addons that are not shipped in the release builds.