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LIVE Homework Help!

Free Homework Help at Spokane County Library District
-- Live Homework Help® Joins Cache of Library’s Online Services --

(Spokane – February 2009) – Children, teenagers and adult learners stumped with a tough homework question or assignment, help is here. Spokane County Library District’s (SCLD) newest online service, Tutor.com™’s Live Homework Help®, launches today.

Students in grades K-12th, those in introductory-level college courses, and adult learners can simply visit www.scld.org to get on-demand, seven days a week, FREE help from qualified tutors. SCLD’s Live Homework Help, an online tutoring service from Tutor.com, connects students to professional tutors in math, science, social studies and English via the Internet. Tutors are also available and ready to help with resume-building and proofing for job seekers of any age.

This free service allows students and adult learners to connect to an expert tutor either from SCLD’s or their own home PC or Mac (SCLD library card required for remote access), seven days a week, 2pm – 10pm, and receive homework help from a live tutor.

And Live Homework Help is easy to use. Students simply go to www.scld.org, click on Live Homework Help under Ask the Library (left menu bar), then enter their grade level and subject requiring help. Students are momentarily connected to a tutor in an online classroom for one-to-one help via IM (instant messenger) in math (elementary, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus), science (elementary, earth science, biology, chemistry, physics), social studies (American and world history, political science), and English (spelling, grammar, essay writing, book reports).

About Spokane County Library District Spokane County Library District connects community members of all ages with library resources, promoting the value and pleasure of reading and lifelong learning. SCLD operates 10 branch libraries outside the City of Spokane, including Airway Heights, Argonne, Cheney, Deer Park, Fairfield, Medical Lake, Moran Prairie, North Spokane, Otis Orchards and Spokane Valley. Through a reciprocal agreement with Spokane Public Library, library services are provided at no charge to residents of each service area.

About Tutor.com Tutor.com creates innovative, on demand homework help and tutoring services that connect students to a professional tutor online the moment they need help in math, science, social studies or English. Our network of over 1,800 professional tutors has delivered over 2.5 million one-to-one tutoring sessions. Tutor.com services include Live Homework Help, an after-school program offered at over 1,600 public libraries and Tutor.com Direct, an on demand tutoring service for families. Tutor.com also powers two statewide, governor-supported initiatives, HomeworkKansas and HomeworkAlabama. Tutor.com was named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Program for the New York Region in 2006 and honored as one of the 25 Best Small Companies for Women 2007 by Working Mother. For more information about Tutor.com’s library programs please go to www.tutor.com/libraries.