At the Library

The Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library is offering every patron with a Thousand Oaks Library card online access to tutors through the HelpNow program from Brainfuse Inc., one of the nation's leading providers of online tutoring services.

Students in grades three through 12, as well as those taking introductory college courses, can access www.toaks.org/library from home, school or the library to connect with a tutor for assistance in math, science, English and social studies.

The Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library and the Newbury Park Branch Library both offer HelpNow. Any Thousand Oaks Library cardholder can access HelpNow for a oneonone session with a tutor from 1 to 10 p.m. seven days a week.

Spanish-speaking tutors are available.

HelpNow provides patrons with live homework help, statealigned skill-building lessons and a 24-hour writing lab.

Students and tutors communicate in real time by typing, drawing and marking up lessons/web content. In addition, students may use HelpNow's secure file sharing feature to submit their papers to trained writing instructors any time of day.

All HelpNow tutors have fouryear college degrees, must undergo a rigorous selection and training process and must complete a full background and security check.

For more information, call the Thousand Oaks Library at (805) 449-2660 or the Newbury Park Branch (805) 498-2139.