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Activism
Books 
Comics/Magazines
- BAMboozled.org
- An alternative and more authentic view of teen life.
- Cyberteens
- Where creative teens rule
- D.C.
Comics
- Drawing
Now - How to draw Manga and Anime.
- Hear/say
- This is America's College Music Magazine that is published monthly
and available online. It is geared toward the college crowd, but
you are never too young to learn about cool music! It is full
of music reviews, book and movie reviews, interviews with music
artists, contests, pictures and more.
- Marvel
Comics
- Next
Step Magazine - an objective guide that helps high school
juniors and seniors explore potential careers, research collegiate
options and make educated decisions about their futures.
- Rolling
Stone - It's not only rock and roll
- TeenInk
- A web site devoted entirely for teenage writing and
art
- Teen
Consumer Scrapbook - Become an educated consumer
Entertainment
For Girls Only
- Girls
Only - from the Girl Scouts of America
- GirlZone
- Where every girl is cool
- SmartGirl
- Speak out, express yourself, spread the word, issues
- Teen
Voices - The original magazine written by, for and about
teenage and young adult women
For
Guys Only
- Guys
Read - samples from the Guys Write for Guys Read anthology,
a
collection of writing and drawings by guys about being a guy.
Also has great suggestions for more books to try.
 
Health
- Adios
Barbie - a body image site for every body
- Go
Ask Alice! - From Columbia University's Health Education
Program... all the questions you are afraid to ask. No judgments,
no hype - just the facts.
- On
the Teen Scene - Give the government a try at the FDA's
teen page.
- Puberty
101 - A fun and interesting resource for those who are
about to, or are, going through these possibly tough times. Geared
toward those 8 through 18, this is a low-key yet serious look
at adolescent issues.
- Safe
Piercing
- TeensHealth
- Welcome to TeensHealth! TeensHealth was created for teens looking
for honest, accurate information and advice about health, relationships,
and growing up.
- Teenwire
- Teenwire.com is an award-winning sexual health Web site
for teens. We are committed to giving you the facts about sex
so that you can use this information to make your own responsible
choices.
- Vegetarian
Nutrition for Teenagers - Do what works best for you but
first you need to learn how to cover all of your body's needs.
- Young
Woman's Health Page - "The More We Know, The Safer
We Are"
How to Evaluate a Website
Interesting and Useful Info
Music
- All
Music Guide - Search for your favorite song or group,
as well as explore different kinds of music.
- Music-Critic.com
- Everything you want to know about the latest music
- Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame - check out exhibits virtually.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum offers online games
and contests designed to test your knowledge or build your knowledge
of rock and roll.
- SoundJunction
- Almost everyone is listening to music. Listen / Explore / Discover
/ Create.
- This
Day in Music History - Every day you can find out different
cool facts about music and composer birthdays.
Reference
- Artcyclopedia
- The Guide to Great Art on the Internet
- Bens'
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
- Embassy
World - A Compilation of Each Nation's Maps - Including
Cities
- Encyclopedia.com
- The internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with
more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
- Essentials
of Music - Basic information about Classical Music
- Exploratorium
- The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception
located in San Francisco, California. Online since 1993, the Exploratorium
was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World
Wide Web.
- Info
Please
- IPL
TeenSpace -
"information to help you deal with life, school, friends
and work" from the Internet Public Library
- Poets.org
- Poetry, Poems, Bios and more from the Academy of American Poets
- Representative
Poetry Online - This site includes 3,162 English poems
by 500 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work
of living poets today.
- Shakespeare:
The Complete Works
- SparkNotes.com
- various subjects plus sources similar to Cliffs Notes
- Timeline
of Art History - from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Virtual
Reference Shelf - selected web resources compiled by the
Library of Congress
- Young
Writers Clubhouse - Find out how to be a better writer,
communicate with other kids who write, and learn neat stuff.
Sports
Volunteering
- Teen
Volunteers - From Chiff.com:
Join the club - 59% of teenagers volunteer in the U.S. every year
to do their part in changing the world.
- Teens
Take Charge - A
non-profit organization designed to help teenagers on Long Island
find community service projects that they can connect with.
For
additional information, please call Jill Holleufer, Young Adult
Librarian, at (516) 223-6228. If you are in need of interpretive
assistance or other accommodation, please call Catherine Overton
at (516)223-6228.
DISCLAIMER:
While these links have been carefully researched in line with normal
collection development procedures, the Baldwin Public Library has
no control over remote sites or sources. No responsibility for their
content or availability is accepted or implied.
Send comments to teens@baldwinpl.org
Last updated:
8/1/08
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