Library Offers Free Live Homework Help After Hours

“I need three more sources about Eleanor Roosevelt for my essay,” or “I don’t remember how to do long division the way the teacher showed us.” It’s 7 o’clock on a Sunday, and the library is closed. Now what?

Many students rely on the Internet as a source of information, but Google answers don’t always measure up to successful school assignments. After hours, residents can also take advantage of a special library product designed just for students, called Brainfuse Help Now.

You can access this service for free over the Internet using your library card barcode. To use it, just go to https://www.communitylibrary.org/departments/childrens-services/homework-help/. The service is available every day from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m., with some features like the writing lab available 24/7 on a submit-and-respond basis.

Brainfuse Help Now employs certified teachers in all subject levels who interact with you in real time in a chat and whiteboard interface online. Rather than doing homework for you, they are trained to guide and coach students to work out the answers on their own. Students can get help in math, science, reading/writing, social studies, AP classes and even prepping for state standardized tests, as well as the PSAT/SAT and ACT exams. Brainfuse Help Now tutors know curriculum standards and even the “new math” methods. Tutors even provide help in Spanish language.

In addition to the live help sessions, Brainfuse Help Now offers unique features that supplement student learning beyond homework help. The Skills Building feature allows students to choose state-aligned lesson plans to practice what they are learning at school. Features such as My File Sharing allow students to send work in progress to tutors for constructive feedback.

My Session Replay captures the entire help session, so students can review it even after the session has ended and reinforce what they have already learned. My Tutoring Archive saves all the student’s tutoring sessions, and My Test Archive allows them to save and review any practice tests they may have taken through the service.

A 24-hour Writing Lab is another valuable tool that allows students to submit essays and any other form of writing ahead of their assignment due date for constructive feedback. A writing tutor will read it, make suggestions on what can be improved or corrected, and get back to the student. With features like this, even students who don’t need tutoring should use it just to supplement their classroom experience outside of school.

The service isn’t limited to just K-12 students, either. Many adults are returning to school either to complete high school equivalency diplomas or attain college degrees to improve their job prospects. Adult learners can benefit from Live Help’s library of rich adult learning content (GED) and live, professional assistance in resume/cover letter writing, U.S. citizenship preparation, learning software like MS Office Essential Skills Series, and more.

Residents of Mastic, Mastic Beach, Moriches, and Shirley who don’t yet have a library card can even sign up for a temporary library card online at live-brary.com and begin using the Live Help service the same afternoon.

Online products like Brainfuse Help Now provide a cost-effective academic support system that families should take advantage of. Working-parent households, families with one or more students across ages and learning spectrums, students who may benefit from tutoring help on a specific subject, students who require general homework help to stay on top of assignments, and/or those who thrive with one-on-one guidance are just some of the many learners who could benefit from the library’s Brainfuse Help Now.