Homework Help

Need a hand with your homework? AADL can help with a variety of services and products offered over the internet or in our library branches. Here are some things from AADL that you can use to get through your next essay, social studies project, or math assignment.

Brainfuse Live Homework Help

Get help with homework or get ahead of the curve with this online tutoring service. Live tutors are available from 2-11 pm every day to teach students in the subject areas of math, English, science, and social studies. Learn more about this service or start trying Brainfuse right now.

Research Databases

AADL provides access to online collections of books, articles, and encyclopedias through our research databases. Take a look at our lists of databases for kids or for student papers, or take a look at the whole subject list to see what will help you with your next assignment.

*To use any of our research databases or to use Brainfuse Homework Help you have to have an AADL username and password. If you don't already have an aadl.org username, just click register on the login page. Make sure to put in your library card number!

Drop-In Homework Help

AADL partners with college student organizations to provide free homework help for school-aged children and teenagers. Monday and Wednesday sessions will resume on May 8 and are held from 4-8 p.m. Sunday sessions resume on May 12 and are held from 3-5 p.m. All sessions are in the Downtown Youth Story Corner.

AADL Select Sites

Let AADL help you get to the best informational resources on the internet with our AADL Select Sites. Our librarians have brought together the best websites with information you can trust. Pick a topic and see what the internet has to help you learn.

Ann Arbor Public School Reading Levels

The AADL catalog can help you find books for the appropriate instructional level your child is in at AAPS. Just do a search in our catalog for "AAPS Level" and the appropriate letter or follow the links below to get a list of AADL's holdings in each of the different instructional levels.

AAPS Level A
AAPS Level B
AAPS Level C
AAPS Level D
AAPS Level E
AAPS Level F
AAPS Level G
AAPS Level H
AAPS Level I

AAPS Level J
AAPS Level K
AAPS Level L
AAPS Level M
AAPS Level N
AAPS Level O
AAPS Level P
AAPS Level Q
AAPS Level R

AAPS Level S
AAPS Level T
AAPS Level U
AAPS Level V
AAPS Level W
AAPS Level X
AAPS Level Y
AAPS Level Z

HiLo Books

If you know someone who is overwhelmed by reading, AADL can help. A HiLo book refers to a text that has been written on a lower grade reading level, but with subject matter that would appeal to older students. Interest levels are labeled by age. Just search our catalog with HiLo_level and the appropriate numbered grade reading level (2,3,4,5,6) or follow the links below to get a full list of AADL's holdings in each of the different reading levels.

HiLo Reading Level 2

All books at Level 2

HiLo Reading Level 3

All books at Level 3

HiLo Reading Level 4

All books at Level 4

HiLo Reading Level 5

All books at Level 5

HiLo Reading Level 6

All books at Level 6

Submitted by Tahira on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 8:29am

Homework Help Update

Circle K

Homework help with Alpha Epsilon Delta on Sundays has concluded for the school year. Circle K Homework Help will be held as scheduled at the Downtown Library on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00 - 8:00 through April 25. To find our more about tutoring programs from the University of Michigan at AADL or Brainfuse online tutoring program, take a look at our homework help page.

Submitted by chynowethk on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:55am

Stressing About Testing?

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The first of 6 College Prep and Educational Enrichment Workshops will take place on January 26 and 28 at 4:30pm at the Corner Health Center in Ypsilanti. This workshop, titled "I Got 99 Problems and a Test Ain't One," will focus on testing strategies and prep for GED, SAT (I & II), ACT, and MME. Ages 12 to 21 are welcome.

Submitted by K.C. on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 12:19pm

Brainfuse Test Drive in October

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Need help with homework? Drop in and test drive Brainfuse Online Homework Help. You will receive a handout telling you how to connect with Brainfuse on the aadl.org website. Once you are in you’ll be free to explore all the menu items including three that connect you to a tutor: Homework Help, Live Skills Building: and the Foreign Language Lab. Check out other features like the Writing Lab, 24/7 Help, and the Test Center. Youth in grades 3 and up, teens and interested family members are welcome.

Brainfuse Test Drive | Tuesdays, October 6, 13, 20 & 27 | 7:00-8:00 PM | Malletts Creek Computer Training Center

Submitted by Tahira on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 1:11pm

Skyline High School Summer Reading List

Teen Reading Book

Looking for a good book to read this summer? Check out Skyline High school's recommended reading list for grade 9 and 10. Just click the links. Skyline g9 2009 and Skyline g10 2009.

Submitted by Beth Manuel on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 4:35pm

AADL: Best Study Hangout

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The people have voted and Current Magazine just posted the results. The Ann Arbor District Library was named Best Study Hangout! Special props go to the downtown library, runner up for best WiFi hook up. Don't forget live homework help is available at all of our branches after 2 pm. NGL, y'all.

Featured Events

Purple Rose Theatre Visits

Purple Rose Theatre presents a Concert Reading of their upcoming play Miles & Ellie, by Don Zolidis on Tues., May 28 from 6:30-9 PM at the Downtown AADL. Artistic Director Guy Sanville will lead a discussion after the reading, when the audience can offer their comments.

Ann Arbor Police Department Online Exhibit