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Homework Help
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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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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