A CORE COLLECTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS:

 

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Web sites, databases and electronic formats

 

 

 

Ten Core Teen Meta Sites / Portals (other than Yahoo)

See also: “It’s Hip to be Square” (School Library Journal 3/1/00)

 

Alloy

http://www.alloy.com/

 

Black Planet

http://www.blackplanet.com/

 

Bolt

http://www.bolt.com/

 

Bored

http://www.bored.com//

 

Katrillon

http://www.katrillion.com//

 

Smart Girl

http://www.smartgirl.org/

 

Spank

http://www.spankmag.com/

 

Teen Hoopla

http://www.ala.org/teenhoopla/

 

Teen Space

http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/

 

The N

http://www.the-n.com/

 

 

Ten great public library teen web sites

 

Berkeley Public Library

http://infopeople.org/bpl/

 

Curtis Memorial Library

http://www.curtislibrary.com/teenzone/index.html

 

Hennepin County Library

http://www.hclib.org/teens/

 

King County Public Library

http://www.kcls.org/newya/ya.cfm

 

Los Angeles Public Library

http://www.lapl.org/ya/index.html

 

Multnomah County Public Library

http://www.multcolib.org/outer/

 

New York Public Library

http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/teen/index.cfm

 

Phoenix Public Library

http://www.phoenixteencentral.org/tcwebapp/index.jsp

 

San Antonio Public Library

http://www.youthwired.sat.lib.tx.us/

 

Tuscon – Puma Public Library

http://www.tppl.org/teenzone/

 

 

Ten core professional sites

Assembly on Literature for Adolescents is

http://www.alan-ya.org/

 

No Flying, No Tights: A Website Reviewing Graphic Novels for Teens

 

http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/seworkspace/rebrennr/304LE/gn/index.html

 

Reading Rants

http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/index.html

 

See YA Round

http://www.cplrmh.com/

 

Teen Librarian

http://www.teenlibrarian.com/

 

Teen Reads

http://www.teenreads.com/

 

Virtual YA

http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/virtual.html

 

VOYA

http://www.voya.com/

 

Young Adult Librarian’s Help / Home Page

http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/

 

Young Adult Library Services Association

http://www.ala.org/yalsa

 

 

 

Ten core subscription databases for teens for homework support

 

See also: “ The Search is On” (School Library Journal 11/1/01)

 

Biography Resource Database

http://www.galegroup.com/BiographyRC/

 

 

College Source

http://www.cgf.org/home.asp

 

 

Electric Library

http://ask.elibrary.com/

 

 

Find It All

http://www.fsc.follett.com/products/find-it-all-collection/

 

 

History Resource Center

http://www.galegroup.com/HistoryRC/

 

 

Literature Resource Center

http://www.galegroup.com/LitRC/

 

 

Novelist

http://www.epnet.com/public/novelist.asp

 

 

Opposing Viewpoints

http://www.gale.com/OpposingViewpoints/index.htm

 

 

SIRS Knowledge Source

http://www.sirs.com/products/ksfeatures.htm

 

 

Student Resource Center Gold

http://www.galegroup.com/SRC/index.htm

 

 

 

Fifty core web sites for teens in for recreation and information  (other than Yahoo)

 

4 girls health (DHHS)

http://www.4girls.gov/index2.htm

 

A to Z lyrics universe

http://www.azlyrics.com/

 

Amazon.com for teens

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/28/103-8081829-1526234

 

American Civil Liberties Union: Students Rights

http://www.aclu.org/StudentsRights/StudentsRightsMain.cfm

 

Anime Web Turnpike

http://www.anipike.com/

 

Ask the Dream Doctor Teen Zone

http://www.ipl.org/redirect?item=30796&url=http://www.dreamdoctor.com/teen/

 

Astrology and Horoscopes

http://www.ipl.org/redirect?item=30798&url=http://www.astrology.com/

 

Belief System Selector

http://www.selectsmart.com/RELIGION/

 

BET: black entertainment television

http://www.bet.com/

 

Break the Cycle: empowering youth to end domestic violence

 

http://www.break-the-cycle.org/

Choosing a Piercer /

http://www.safepiercing.org/choose.html

 

Comedy Central cable network /

 

http://www.comedycentral.com/

Cool Quiz

http://www.coolquiz.com//

 

Diary Land

http://www.diaryland.com/

 

E online

http://www.ipl.org/redirect?item=31092&url=http://www.eonline.com/index.html

 

Emode: online tests

http://www.emode.com/

 

File planet; source for game downloads

http://www.fileplanet.com/

 

Free arcade

http://www.freearcade.com/

 

Game Spot

http://gamespot.com/

 

Geocities

 

http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/

Go Ask Alice: health information

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/index.html

 

Gurl.com

http://www.gurl.com/

 

High School Alternatives

http://www.highschoolalt.org/

 

Hotmail

http://www.hotmail.com/

 

Just Say Yes: Coalition on Positive Sexuality

http://www.positive.org/JustSayYes/index.html

 

Kazaa: peer to peer file sharing software

http://www.kazaa.com/us/index.php

 

Mezzo from Planned Parenthood /

 

http://www.ippf.org/mezzo/index.htm

MTV

http://www.mtv.com/

 

National Youth Rights Association

http://nyra.ecg.net/

 

Neopets

http://www.neopets.com/

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

 

Outproud:

http://www.outproud.org/

Peacefire:

http://www.peacefire.org/

 

Scarleteen: sex education for the real world

http://www.scarleteen.com/

 

Target Market

http://www.tmvoice.com/index.asp

 

Teen Advice Online

http://www.teenadviceonline.org/

 

Teen Chat

http://www.teenchat.com//

 

Teen Movie Critic

http://www.ipl.org/redirect?item=31987&url=http://www.dreamagic.com/roger/teencritic.html

 

Teen People

http://www.teenpeople.com/teenpeople/flashhome

 

Teen Voices

http://www.teenvoices.com/

 

Teen Wire from Planned Parenthood

http://www.teenwire.com/index.asp

 

The Onion

http://www.onion.com/

 

The Original Hip Hop Lyrics Archive

http://www.ipl.org/redirect?item=31698&url=http://www.ohhla.com/index.htm

 

The Sims

http://thesims.ea.com/

 

Tripod Blog Builder

http://blog.tripod.lycos.com/

 

Ultimate Band List

http://ubl.artistdirect.com/

 

Vegetarian Nutrition for Teenagers

http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/teennutrition.htm

 

World Wrestling Entertainment

http://www.wwe.com/

 

X games offical site

http://expn.go.com/

 

Young Life for Christian Teens

http://www.younglife.org/

 

 

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