live homework help is here—log on and learn!

Summer’s almost over and it’s back-to-school time. That means homework, term papers and science fair projects can’t be far behind. Students have always turned to the library for help with research and reference materials – now Live Homework Help is just a mouse click away! From 4th Grade to college intro, whether you’re having trouble with Julius Caesar or calculus, you can get free live help in real time from a qualified tutor, through the San Antonio Public Library.

Live Homework Help is available in English every day from 3:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., and in Spanish Sunday through Thursday from 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Live Homework Help is simple to use – all you need is a San Antonio Public Library card! Students log on from their own homes, or at designated computer terminals at their local libraries. After entering their library card numbers, students enter their grade levels and the subject in which they need help. Students are immediately connected to a tutor in an Online Classroom for one-to-one help. Students and tutors can review specific homework questions in the Online Classroom using features such as controlled chat, an interactive white board and shared Web browsing. When the sessions are over, students can print their sessions for future reference or to share with a parent, guardian or teacher. You can even set up a free password-protected account to archive your sessions and return again and again to refresh your memory on the work you have done. Free tutoring is available in mathematics, science, social studies and English for Grades 4-12 and college introductory courses.

Tutor.com offers Live Tech Support to help troubleshoot connection issues for home (remote) users. Support is accessible from the Live Homework Help entry page via a support link. Once students click on the link, a chat window appears and the student is connected with a live person who will guide them through whatever technical issue they are experiencing and help them successfully connect to a tutor.

You’ll learn from qualified tutors in an online classroom. Live Homework Help tutors are certified teachers, college professors, professional tutors and graduate school students from across the country. All of the participating tutors have received a 7-year criminal background check and reference check from Kroll Background America (students' credentials are confirmed by their university) and have been certified through the Tutor.com Training Program.

To log on to Live Homework Help, go to the San Antonio Public Library web page at www.sanantonio.gov/library, click on “Live Homework Help” and follow the directions.
 

voter registration information

Interested in Voting in the November 2, 2004 election? Only 60% of the population voted in the 2000 elections, but figures show that people who are registered to vote do vote – 86% in 2000. If you are planning to vote you must make sure you are registered by early October, so don’t wait and get involved in the elections spirit – register to vote!

Q: I’m not registered, but want to vote in the November 2004 election, what is the voter registration deadline?
A: October 4, 2004. This can be the postmarked date or the date the application is received in the office of the voter registrar.

Q. Where can I get a voter registration application?
A: Most post offices, high schools, any San Antonio Public Library branch or the voter registration office.

Q: How can I find out if I am registered to vote or if I am on the voter rolls in my county?
A: Call the voter registrar’s office in the county which you reside.

Q: I recently moved, what should I do?
A: If you moved within the same county where you are currently registered, you must file the new address information in writing with your voter registrar or you may submit the ‘in county" change online at: http://www.texasonline.state.tx.us/NASApp/sos/SOSACManager. The last day to make a change of address is October 4, 2004. If you miss this deadline, you may return to your old precinct to vote, but you will be required to complete a "statement of residence" confirming your new address in your new precinct.

If you moved to a new county, you must re-register in your new county of residence by October 4, 2004 to be eligible to vote in the November 2, 2004 election. If you miss this deadline, you may be eligible to vote a "limited" ballot.

Q: Where is the Voter Registration Office?
A: You can find a complete list for Texas at the website for the Secretary of State website (http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/votregduties.shtml). The information for Bexar County:
  Elections Administrator
  Clifford R. Borofsky
  203 W. Nueva, Suite 3.61, San Antonio 78207-4045
  Tel: (210) 335-8683
 

TEX-MEX CUISINE

A Presentation by Robb Walsh. This two-time James Beard Award winning author will make a presentation on the history and development of Tex-Mex cuisine. The author will discuss San Antonio's unique culinary history. Copies of Mr. Walsh's latest book, The Tex-Mex Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos will be available for purchase and signing. Light snacks will be served.

This event is co-sponsored by the San Antonio chapter of Reforma: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking and by the San Antonio Public Library in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Saturday, October 9, 3:00 p.m. Auditorium, 1st Floor. Central Branch Library.

YIKES, LIBRARY FINES HAVE GONE UP!

These new fees become effective October 1, 2004:

• $10.00 per item - Maximum library fines for adult materials (including books, paperbacks, audiobooks, and music CDs)
• $6.00 per item – Maximum library fines for juvenile and young adult materials (including books, paperbacks, audiobooks, and music CDs)
• $2.00 per item – Daily overdue fine for videocassettes and DVDs
• $10.00 per item – Maximum library fines for videocassettes and DVDs
• $0.25 per page – Printing generated through use of Library’s public computers
• $2.00 per class – Computer classes at the Central Libraries and branch libraries.

Who fought and fought to make banking available to the common people? Who opened the world of international air travel to the masses? Whose Internet triumph was based on egalitarian ideals? Who put cheap electricity into everyone's homes—and was pursued as a fugitive?

There has never been a history of America like Harold Evan's long awaited They Made America. With the verve and cogency that made his American Century an acclaimed bestseller, Evans tells the epic story of the men and women who made America over two centuries. The workshop revolutionaries who made our world have never had the attention afforded the political revolutionaries who founded this nation. But it has been those innovators—in small-town attics and on the Mississippi, in Silicon Valley and the wheat fields of Kansas, in a black woman's beauty parlor and a Dayton bicycle shop—who set America on a course to attain a standard of living unprecedented in the history of the world.

Legendary Publisher, Editor and Author
Sir Harold Evans
Free & Open to the Public
Book Signing & Reading
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Central Library
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

A TASTE OF MEXICO @ Reagan BRANCH LIBRARY

On Saturday, September 25, the Reagan Branch Library celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month during storytime with the theme, "A Taste of Mexico". We had storytime with stories from Mexico, made maracas for crafts, enjoyed nachos for refreshments, and then finished with a piñata.

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS

Jennifer Velasquez from Teen Services, offers a few book recommendations.

Currently Reading:
Abarat by Clive Barker
YA FICTION BARKER

Favorites For All Time:
His Dark Materials Trilogy: Golden  Compass #1, Subtle Knife #2, Amber Spyglass #3 by Philip Pullman
SCIENCE FICTION PULLMAN
Perhaps the greatest book written ever!

From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
SCIENCE FICTION BRADBURY

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
JUVENILE FICTION GAIMAN

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

LIBRARY EVENTS

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