Teen Resource Page

On the Teen Resources page you'll find the following:
Book Stuff
Health and Wellness
Homework Resources
College Resources
Getting Involved and Giving Back
Career Resources for Teens

Book Stuff

  • Farmington Library Teen Book Review Blog

    Teen authored book reviews are a great way to find out what other teens think about the books they have read, which might help you decide what to read next. New teen authored reviews are always welcome and can even help you to pay off your library fines. To submit a book review or for more information on how to reduce your library fines email Laura. You can find her contact information below in the Contact Us section.

  • Farmington Library Teen Blog

    The teen blog is a great place to get info about books, authors, upcoming events at the library and to see pictures taken at recent teen library programs.

  • Books and Authors

    Ever wonder what to read next? This is the place to go if you ever find yourself in that situation. After you create a free account you can search thousands of books by title, author, genre or you can even fill in the Who? What? Where? When? boxes and find the exact book you're looking for. You can also create lists of books you've read or want to read and save book reviews you've written.

  • Teenreads.com

    The Teenreads.com blog provides you with current information about your favorite authors, books, series and characters, with lots of special features and contests.

  • Flamingnet Teen Book Reviews

    Flamingnet.com was started by a father and son team a few years ago. All of the reviews are written by teens for teens.

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Health and Wellness

  • United Way 211

    Free information and referral service.

  • Office of Adolescent Health

    Information for teens and adults provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding, teen reproductive health, teen mental health, teen physical health and nutrition, teen substance abuse and healthy teen relationships.

  • Medline Plus

    "MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free." (MedlinePlus, 2011)

  • Health and Wellness Resource Center

    "Health & Wellness Resource Center delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Additionally, consumers, students, and professionals are provided with descriptions of and links to many pertinent websites, selected for their usefulness and appropriateness."(Gale Cengage Learning, 2011)

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Homework Resources

  • Encyclopedia Britannica

    You'll need your library card number in order to login to the database.

  • Testing and Education Reference Center

    Access prep tools for AP exams, the SAT's and PSAT's; search for colleges and scholarships, and much more.

  • Academic OneFile

    "The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects - authoritative and comprehensive. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions; updated daily."(Gale Cengage Learning, 2011)

  • Gale U.S. History in Context

    "Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information...".(Gale Cengage Learning, 2011)This database provides access to full-text articles from journals and magazines as well as primary source documents.

  • Gale Biography in Context

    Provides access to multimedia biographical information on more than 525,000 individuals from Anne Frank and Ansel Adams to J.K. Rowling and Mao Zedong. If you need to research a person this is a wonderful place to start.

  • Gale Science in Context

    This database is geared towards high school and college students and provides access to information, "From earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history and biography...". (Gale Cengage Learning, 2011)

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College Resources

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Getting Involved and Giving Back

Volunteering your time is a great way to strengthen your ties to your community and help those in need. Volunteer experience also looks great on college applications!

  • Volunteer Match

    This link will bring you directly to a list of volunteer opportunities in the Hartford, CT area. If you would like to find volunteer opportunities elsewhere, simply go to the web site's home page and enter a different location in the search box.

  • Habitat for Humanity

    This link will bring you directly to the list of local Habitat for Humanity Affiliates.

  • Rebuilding Together

    This is the homepage for the Hartford affiliate of the national non-profit organization Rebuilding Together. There is also a New Britain affiliate, but they do not have a web site. The contact info for the New Britain affiliate is (860)832-4389.

  • Foodshare

    This link brings you directly to the volunteer information page of the Foodshare web site.

  • United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut
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Career Resources for Teens

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