Free Tutoring Service for Long Island Students

Have you ever watched your child struggle with homework and wished a tutor could magically appear to help him with the assignment? If you're a parent of a school-age child, there's a good chance you've been there. You want to help your child, but sometimes you just don't understand the assignment yourself. Other times you do understand it, but can't explain it well. Thanks to an online tutoring service provided for free by many local libraries, your child can get the help he or she needs to complete a homework assignment. Live Homework Help, from Tutor.com, is available to patrons of many public libraries on Long Island.

Students in grades four through 12, or in their freshman year of college, can simply go online to receive homework help from certified tutors in math, science, English, and social studies. This tutoring service is only available to patrons of participating libraries. To get free online tutoring, students can go to their library's Web Site, click on the Live Homework Help link or logo, and then enter their library card number as requested (it's the number beneath the barcode). This service is available daily, including weekends, between the hours of 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. for Nassau County library patrons, and from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. for Suffolk County library patrons. Here is a list of participating libraries on Long Island. Check with your library, if it isn't listed here, to find out if they plan to offer this service in the future.

Nassau County Public Libraries Offering Free Online Tutoring

• Bellmore
• East Meadow
• Elmont
• Farmingdale
• Gold Coast (Glen Head)
• Hewlett-Woodmere
• Island Park
• Island Trees
• Lakeview
• Levittown
• Long Beach
• Lynbrook
• North Bellmore
• North Merrick
• Oyster Bay-East Norwich
• Port Washington
• Syosset

Suffolk County Public Libraries Offering Free Online Tutoring

• Brentwood
• East Hampton
• Longwood Public Library
• Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library
• Middle Country (Centereach and Selden)
• North Shore (Shoreham)
• Patchogue-Medford
• Sachem Public Library (Holbrook)
• South Huntington Public Library