Reference Databases

Homework Help

• ipl2  Enter the Teen portal to ipl2 (IPL is "Internet Public Library") to discover links to credible web sites on a huge array of homework resources.
• American Fact Finder  A first stop for finding statistical information.
• American History 102: Civil War to Present Who's who from the Civil War to present.
• Chronicling America  A primary source database sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress allowing users to search and view newspaper pages from 1880 to 1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690 and the present.
• OurStory A searchable site of topics in American history sponsored by The Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
• BJ Pinchbecks' Homework Help A great site for helping with homework. Covers a wide range of subject areas.
• American Verse Project  An ongoing project to assemble an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
• Chemistrylecturenotes.com Tutorials and notes for high school chemistry.
• Encyclopedia Mythica An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore and legend.
• 50states All-inclusive site about the 50 states.
• High School Hub Click on the Subject heading for great links to more information The study guide section is especially good.
• Information Please Search the information please almanacs on the web.
• KidsClick A search engine and directory for kids and teens.
• Lives, the Biography Resource The largest guide to biography sites on the Web.
• The Math Forum Got a math question? Ask Dr. Math.
• My Homework Helper Homework help for students from first grade through college.
• Science.Gov  A gateway to government science information, research results, and hundreds of excellent web sites covering topics such as food, science, technology, astronomy, biology, nature, energy conservation, general science, health, medicine, and science education.
• Sciencebob.com A great round-up of science fair ideas, experiements, videos and science Q&A.
• Science Fair Project Resource Guide An excellent resource from Internet Public Library that links to all sorts of resources for their projects.

Books & Reading

• Best Books for Young Adults Booklists for young adults.
• Cyberteens Artwork, poetry, fiction, games, plus contests for you to enter.
• Meet the Authors Links to popular author and illustrator's websites from Baltimore County Public Library.
• No Flying, No Tights A website reviewing graphic novels for teens.
• Reading Rants Out of the ordinary teen booklists for guys and gals looking for a good read.
• TeenReads Book reviews, author interviews, newsletter, message board for teens.

College & Careers

• ACT Assessment Register and prepare for the test designed to assess high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work.
• Brain Track Over 5500 links to Higher Educational Institutions in 161 countries... Search by name, country, or continent!
• CollegeNet An award-winning site that allows you to research colleges and scholarships, take virtual tours of campuses, and apply online.
• College Source Online 23,389 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format.
• College Opportunities Online A direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the US.
• Educational Testing Service (ETS) A gateway to information about the big tests: ACTS and SATS.
• FinAid A comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.
• 4Tests.com Free online practice for tests such as the SAT, GED and GRE.
• Peterson's Information about colleges and universities, career schools, graduate programs, distance learning, executive training, private secondary schools, summer opportunities, study abroad, financial aid, test preparation, and career exploration.
• US Department of Education Apply for financial aid online
• U.S. News & World Report - College Ranking Includes a step-by-step guide to college admissions.

Advice & Health

• About Teens Now A wide array of issues from relationships and family to school and health.
• AL-ANON and ALATEEN Support and information for families, friends and others needing the services of Alcoholics Anonymous and Teen Al-Anon.
• FDA on the Teen Scene Articles from the Food and Drug Administration relating to teens.
• Fitness.com Articles on nutrition and fitness
• Freevibe Find out drug facts and myths at this site.
• Go Ask Alice Teen questions on a variety of topics are answered through Columbia University's Health Education Program.
• Something Fishy Pro-recovery website all about eating disorders.
• Teencentral.net A help-line site for teens and by teens.

Entertainment

• Internet Movie Database Look up movie show times, watch trailers, or search the database of thousands of titles.
• IPL Teenspace Arts and entertainment links for teens form the Internet Public Library.
• MP3.com Download music in MP3 format.
• MusicNet Samples of hits you can listen to from rock to rap and beyond.
• Mxtabs.net Guitar tabs, drum tabs and bass tabs.
• TabCrawler Search fpr all kinds of music tinfo and tons of guitar, bass, keyboard and drum tabs.
• UBL The ultimate band list

Games

• Addicting Games Lots of fun games to play online or download to your computer.
• Candystand.com Online games, both single player and multi-player plus puzzles and more.
• Cool Math 4 Kids Try Lemonade Stand and the hard jigsaw puzzles.
• Cool Quiz! Trivia, games, puzzles, and more
• Cyberteens Artwork, poetry, fiction, games, plus contests for you to enter.
• EA Sports Look under each sport to find some free games like 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• Freearcade.com Over one hundred free online games.
• Gamespot Where gamers go to know.
• Gamesville Free games as well as downloads to purchase.
• Makaimedia Free games.
• Mazoons Tons of printable mazes.
• Miniclip Free games and shows.

Current Interest

• Knowyourmeme.com Internet Meme Database!
• Film.com Movie Info. and much more.
• Kotaku.com Gaming news, views and reviews.