Student Resources for Teens

Hundreds of customizable, interactive timelines of important events throughout history. (Optimized for tablets.) 

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, the database features reference books, encyclopedias, non-fiction books, and history periodicals as well as thousands of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, and over 80 hours of historical video.

Four sites in one: with sections for parents, kids, teens and educators, KidsHealth provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens.

Topics covered include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying and LGBTQ+ information. It has recently been updated to meet the needs of today’s teens and with new content on bullying, suicide, vaping, opioid abuse, gender identity, school safety, sexual harassment, COVID-19 and more.

Consumer health resource providing authoritative information on a full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

Full color, interactive digital magazines with no holds and no checkout periods. 

Provides online language learning in an immersion environment, accessible anywhere and at any time on mobile and on the web.

Note: To use the mobile app:

Read It! ELL content covers a wide range of subject areas including science, math, history, culture, civics, literature and life skills. ELL articles are written specifically for English Language Learners.

Access to a variety of magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, arts, science, popular culture, health, people,  government, history, sports and more.

A general encyclopedia containing over 25,000 information segments appropriate for the research needs of elementary and middle school students.