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Online Homework Help

Online tutors are available on demand, every day from 1 - 10 p.m. for one-to-one help with everything from homework to state-aligned skills building and test prep.

Professionally trained and experienced tutors will help students in kindergarten through 12th grades with math, science, English and social studies. You may choose to communicate with a tutor in either in English or Spanish.

Students also have access to a 24-hour writing lab, using a secure file sharing feature to submit their papers to trained writing instructors any time of the day.

Pierce County Library's Online Homework Help funded in part by:

How it works

Students and tutors communicate in real time by typing, drawing and marking-up lessons/web content.
The tutor sees the grade level, subject and student’s question and the student sees the tutor’s first name and last initial. The tutor is not allowed to share personal or identifying information.
With your Pierce County Library card, you may get free online homework help every day, 1 - 10 p.m..

Meet the tutors

Online Homework Help offers tutors who work from their home or office from throughout the U.S.
Tutors possess four-year college degrees, undergo a rigorous selection and training process, and complete a full background and security check.

About Brainfuse, the company that founded Online Homework Help

Founded in 1999, Brainfuse is one of the nation’s leading online tutoring providers, serving a diversified client base of libraries and school districts. Brainfuse clients include The Los Angeles Unified School District, Chicago Public Schools, New York City Public Schools, and library systems throughout the country, including Las Vegas-Clark County, Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Anaheim and San Diego County.

System Requirements

Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, ME, Windows Vista
Pentium 90 processor or above
64 megabytes (MB) of RAM
At least 27MB of free disk space (plus 7MB for QuickConnect installer)
Active Internet connection
Screen resolution 800 x 600 or above

Technical Support

Please submit comments and questions to techsupport@brainfuse.com or call at 1-866-BRAINFUSE (1-866-272-4638).

Holidays and Maintenance Closures for 2009

Sunday, Oct. 11 – closed after 4 p.m. PST
Monday, Oct. 12 - Columbus Day - closed all day
Wednesday, Nov. 11 - Veterans Day - closed all day
Wednesday, Nov. 25 - Day Before Thanksgiving - closed after 4 p.m. PST
Thursday, Nov. 26 - Thanksgiving Day - closed all day
Friday, Nov. 27 - Day After Thanksgiving Day - closed all day
Saturday, Nov. 28 and Sunday, Nov. 29 - Thanksgiving Weekend - closed all day
Wednesday, Dec. 23 - Day Before Christmas Eve - closed after 4 p.m. PST
Thursday, Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve - closed all day
Friday, Dec. 25 - Christmas Day - closed all day
Saturday, Dec. 26 - Day After Christmas Day - closed all day
Wednesday, Dec. 30 - Day before New Year’s Eve - closed after 4 p.m. PST
Thursday, Dec. 31 - New Year's Eve - closed all day

Holidays and Maintenance Closures for 2010

Friday, Jan. 1 - New Year's Day - closed all day
Saturday, Jan. 2 - Day After New Year’s Day - closed all day
Monday, Jan. 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - closed all day
Saturday, Feb. 13 and Sunday, Feb. 14 - President’s Day Weekend - closed all day
Monday, Feb. 15 - President's Day - closed all day
Saturday, Apr. 3 - Day Before Easter Sunday - closed after 4 p.m. PST
Sunday, Apr. 4 - Easter Sunday - closed all day
Monday, May 31 - Memorial Day - closed all day
Saturday, July 3 - Day Before Independence Day - closed all day
Sunday, July 4 - Independence Day - closed all day
Monday, July 5 - Day After Independence Day – closed all day
Saturday, Sept. 4 and Sunday, Sept. 5 - Labor Day Weekend – closed all day
Sunday, Sept. 6 - Labor Day - closed all day
Sunday, Oct. 10 - Day before Columbus day - closed after 4 p.m. PST
Monday, Oct. 11 - Columbus Day - closed all day
Thursday, Nov. 11 - Veterans Day - closed all day
Wednesday, Nov. 24 - Day Before Thanksgiving – closed after 4 p.m. PST
Thursday, Nov. 25 - Thanksgiving Day - closed all day
Friday, Nov. 26 - Day After Thanksgiving Day - closed all day
Saturday, Nov. 27 and Sunday, Nov. 28 - Thanksgiving Weekend – closed all day
Thursday, Dec. 23 - Day Before Christmas Eve - closed after 4 p.m. PST
Friday, Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve - closed all day
Saturday, Dec. 25 - Christmas Day - closed all day
Sunday, Dec. 26 - Day After Christmas Day - closed all day
Thursday, Dec. 30 - Day before New Year’s Eve - closed after 4 p.m. PST
Friday, Dec. 31 - New Year's Eve - closed all day

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