Teen Research & Topics
Section Index:
Content Body:
- Cyberteens-Where Creative Teens Rule
- FREE MP3 downloads with Freegal
- IMDB--Internet Movie Database
- Neopets
- The Slam
- Teen Ink
- Teen Scene Blog
- YALSA; (App)
- YouTube
Careers
- Career collection
- Career Cruising (library card needed for remote access)
- Chronicle Guidance (inside the library only)
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
College Life
Financial Aid
- US Dept. of Education (FAFSA on the web)
- KnowHow2Go
- Louisiana State Office of Student Financial Aid
- Saving for College
- Scholarship Help
Testing
- LearningExpressLibrary (College Prep)
- Charlie French's iLEAP and GEE site
- LearningExpressLibrary (middle school)
- Louisiana Dept. of Education Testing & Practice Test Questions
- Louisiana PASS--first time users: screen name is student and password is tiger
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the LEAP test
- Quiz Hub
FREE online tutoring and academic resources; tutors available Sunday-Thursday 2pm-10pm. It's Homework Louisiana.- Complete list of Library Resources/Research tools
- Calcasieu Parish School Board
- Homework Help collection; (App)
- Homework Spot
- Quiz Hub
- Schoolwork Ugh!
- Tales of Our Forefathers
- Animanga Contest
- Black History Month
- Book Review Writing Contest
- Emoticon Contest
- Biographical & critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras/genres. Use the Dictionary of Literary Biography. (Gale)
- Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. It's Literary Criticism. (Gale)
- Major authors and works in multiple genres with Literature collection. (Gale) (App)
- Examine the lives/works of authors and illustrators for children/young adults. It's the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. It's Something about the Author. (Gale)
- Essays on authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series. It's Scribner's Writers Series. (Gale)
- Full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, from Twayne World/US and English Authors with the Twayne's Author Series: Twayne World, English, and US Authors (Gale)
- KnowLA---an encyclopedia of Louisiana
- Louisiana Driver's Guide (DMV)
- LA Information for Students
- Louisiana State & Local Government
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Renlearn:
Search the Renlearn catalog: (Basic search option to search by title, author, or ISBN. Advanced search option allows searching by book level, AR points, series name, Award, and recommended reading lists.)
- Need to see if it is available in the library at school? Search their online catalog!
Instructions for Destiny Quest
- Choose the appropriate school then enter search terms (ex: bugs) then click Go.
- Hover over title or click on the title for more details; use side bar to narrow search.
- Need to see if the title is available at your public library? Search the library catalog.
- Do Something
- Driving Skills for Life
- ebrary: open access e-books on Cyberbullying
- How Stuff Works
- National Institute of Health: Child & Teen Health
- Netsmartz
- Teen Health and Wellness (library card: remote access); iTunes store for Teen Hotlines for iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad