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Homework Help
Get free one-on-one homework help from a live online tutor. Tutors are available for all-subjects grades k-college on the Brainfuse platform. Make flashcards, create a whiteboard, or make a virtual study room for you and your friends. Help available in Spanish and English every day from 2 to 11 p.m. MST

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Access real-time help every day from 2 to 11 p.m. MST with the Brainfuse online classroom. Tutors are trained to not provide answers, but to help users master a problem's underlying idea. Help services are available in Spanish for all subjects offered in English.

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A variety of tools are available to help you study! Create whiteboards, flashcards, make practice tests, use virtual study rooms and more!

Academic and Standardized Test Help
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Online Writing Lab
Revise, edit and learn new techniques in the Brainfuse writing lab. Get help with your college essay.

FASFA and Financial Aide Help
Get live help filling out your FAFSA application. Experts can assist with any application questions (e.g. which line to use from their tax returns). Look under Expert Help> Featured Services
Academic Search Premier
Peer reviewed journals and comprehensive content from leading journals. Includes video content from Associated Press.
Ebook Central
Over 120,000 ebooks on all disciplines--from scholarly works to recreational reading.
Literature Resource Center
Superior resource for literary criticism, work overviews, critical essays, book reviews, and author biographies.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
This comprehensive resource provides extensive full-text coverage for a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines.
World History In Context
Understand 5,000 years of civilization from a 21st-century framework. Aligned to state and national curriculum standards, World History in Context provides an overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, people, and more.
America's Newspapers
Colorado and Major Metro newspapers, including Daily Camera, Denver Post and Rocky Mtn. News