Teens

Young Adult New Releases

2023-2024 Truman Award Nominees

2023-2024 Gateway Award Nominees

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Research

Learning Express Library
Education, Employment, Teens
Achieve educational and career goals by taking practice tests with complete answer explanations. Offers tutorial courses and eBooks to help with High School equivalency exam prep, ACT and SAT prep, career-specific tests, and more.

Beanstack
Books, Teens, Kids
Use Beanstack to participate in reading challenges like the library’s Summer and Winter Reading Challenges, keep track of the books you read all year, and receive personalized book recommendations for you and your kids by email.

A to Z World Culture
Education, History, Kids, Teens, Languages, References
Comprehensive, easy-to-navigate information on 175 countries including culture, language, history, national symbols, geography, and more.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
EDUCATION, REFERENCE, TEENS
For students and adults alike, provides over 25,000 records consisting of images, brief biographies and information on a variety of subject areas.

Academic Search Elite
EDUCATION, TEENS
A multidisciplinary database for academic institutions powered by EBSCOhost, providing thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed journals to support scholarly research in key areas of study.

Explora High School
EDUCATION, TEENS
Designed for the needs and search abilities of high school students, this EBSCOhost research database contains age-appropriate materials, lots of images and videos, and topic overviews to provide students with a starting point for research.

Explore Middle School
EDUCATION, TEENS
Designed for the needs and search abilities of middle school students, this EBSCOhost research database contains age-appropriate materials, lots of images and videos, and topic overviews to provide students with a starting point for research.

Science Reference Center
EDUCATION, TEENS
Designed to meet every student’s science research needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.

Financial Literacy
Business, Education, Teens
Interactive personal finance resources designed for grades 7-12. Learn to manage credit and debt, save and invest with confidence, plan for college and retirement and avoid fraud and scams.

Teen Health and Wellness
Teens, Reference, Health
This award-winning resource provides middle and high school students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, self-help support. Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, opioid abuse, gender identity, LGBTQ+ information and many more. Articles are correlated to state, national and provincial standards.

NoveList K-8 Plus
Teens, Kids, Books
Specifically for younger readers in grades K to 8. Find books that are just right for their reading level and interests complete with recommendations, discussion guides, reviews, and more.