This summer is a great time to practice the skills you learned last year in school and work on skills for fall so you can go to the head of the class come September!

HelpNow by BrainFuse offers  Skills Building and a practice Test Center. You do not need to have a specific homework question just pick an area where you need extra help.  So log in now and often to Skill Building to get a head start on the upcoming school year.  Not sure where to start? Then use the test center first.

With the test center, you can practice subject area tests or standardized tests.  When you submits the test, there is immediate feedback.  This feedback shows the skills you could use some extra help with as well as gives you the ability to review the specific test questions.  The feedback is laid out in a way that allows the tutors to quickly locate Skills Building lessons to assist you.  Registration is required to access the Test Center, but it consists of just creating a username and password (so it is still anonymous).  When you want to work with a live tutor, simply connect using the screen name created so the tutor can review your test results.

Here’s what other students are saying:

• I am so glad I found help at HelpNow [BrainFuse]. It is amazing! I will definitely recommend it to all my friends and relatives. It’s good to know that anyone can receive a lot of help from HelpNow [BrainFuse]. I just love it! Thanks a lot to all the tutors at HelpNow!!!
• tat you this tool is not only great for kids it is als great for parents in understading and connecting with their kids over homework assignments
• I have done all the tests pleas update them more. I need More tests! Their very good.

How to get there? There are several links to access HelpNow by BrainFuse:

• Click on the Tutors Tab above
• Click on Databases A-Z and scroll down to BrainFuse
• Click on Homework Help and select the Tutors link
• Click the links in this article

from Credo Reference Blog by Credo Reference

When?

This week’s brainteaser is about the years when particular things happened. All you have to do is choose the right date from three possibilities. If you need help try Credo Reference for help.

1. Did the “Titanic” sink in 1902, 1912 or 1922?

2. Was the film “Jurassic Park” released in 1991, 1993 or 1995?

3. Did the USA enter World War II in 1941, 1942 or 1943?

4. Was the Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990, 1992 or 1995?

5. Was the Compact Disc (CD), launched as a joint venture by Sony and Philips, first available to the public at the end of 1978, 1980 or 1982?

6. Did King John sign the Magna Carta in 1215, 1315 or 1415?

7. Was the Berlin Wall dismantled in 1985, 1987 or 1989?

8. Was the Beatles’ album “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” released in 1966, 1967 or 1968?

9. Did the American Civil War begin in 1851, 1861 or 1871?

10. Was the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in 1756, 1796 or 1836?

Find the answers to the quiz here.

Image “General William Tecumseh Sherman at Atlanta, engraved from a photograph”. Find out more about this image on Credo Reference.

The Las Vegas – Clark County Library District welcomes patrons living in North Las Vegas and Boulder City and military personel at Nellis Air Force base to use our eMedia collection from OverDrive.  You now have access to over 10,000 downloadable ebooks and eaudio titles with over 1000 titles available for iPods, iPhones and Nanos.  To get you started be sure to read our eMedia Quick Start Guide.

The following were the most downloaded titles in June 2009 from the Virtual Library’s eMedia Catalog.

The Virtual Library has a great selection of books online chocked full of great fun!  Here are a couple of suggestions: