Lake County Public Library: Events & Programming: Teens

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Read books, watch films, or learn a language on your device for FREE! Use your library card number to sign in.

Overdrive
Download audiobooks, ebooks, and stream movies.
Kanopy
Adult and children's feature films and documentaries including collections from Criterion, Great Courses, and more.
Mango Languages
Learn a new language! Choose from 72 languages, including 21 English as a Second Language (ESL) options.

Choose a new book:

Books and Authors
Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics using both browseable menus and visual search technology to guide readers from every level of reading proficiency to books that match their interests.
Novelist
Over 200,000 recommended fiction and non-fiction titles complete with lists of award winners, read-alike titles, and book discussion guides.

Do research for school or independent projects:

Academic OneFile
Gales premier periodical resource, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources, including Nature, The Economist, and The New York Times, in PDF and HTML full-text formats.
Academic Search Premier
Full text for nearly 4,600 journals across all academic disciplines.
Informe Acadmico
Informe Acadmico meets the research needs of Spanish-speaking users with a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America. Informe Acadmico provides quality reference material--not simply translations of English-language materials--on a powerful, easy-to-use interface configured for Spanish-speaking users, allowing researchers to analyze topics and conduct research in Spanish.
Explora
Explora provides easy-to-use features and relevant results with reliable content from the worlds leading magazines and reference books, including high-quality articles licensed from reputable publishers, including primary source documents, news articles, and Associated Press videos.
Middle Schools Explora
Explora features relevant, age-appropriate content and easy-to-use functionality to support student research.
Funk & /Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Complete contents of the print version of the encyclopedia.
General One File
Gale's largest general-interest database, serving as the public library's ultimate periodical resource, with more than 8,000 titles (most in full text with no embargo), many of which are recommended by Bowker's Magazines for Libraries.
Points of View Reference Center
Full text database providing students with essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Covers over 200 topics, such as immigration, tax cuts, etc.
Middle Search Plus
Magazine articles for middle school research in full text.
Research in Context
Created specifically for middle school students, Research In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more.
ScienceFlix
Emphasizing the latest STEM thinking and the Next Generation Science Standards, ScienceFlix is transforming the way students access science topics, acquire scientific knowledge, and build an abiding interest in science, technology, and engineering.
TOPICsearch
Current events for students containing a list of topics and relevant full text articles.
Contemporary Authors
Continuous access to current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 modern authors. You can easily search for an author by name, title of work, subject/genre, nationality, date and place of birth, honors, awards and much more.

Practice self care:

Culinary Arts Collection
The Culinary Arts Collection offers a smorgasbord of information--more than five million articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as book reference content from Delmar such as About Wine, Introduction to Catering, Advanced Bread and Pastry, and Eat Fit Be Fit.
Health & Wellness Resource Center
24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more.

Learn about potential careers:

Vocations & Careers Collections
Vocations and Careers Collection provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. The database offers hundreds of current and applicable periodicals, from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

College and Financial Aid Websites:

ACO: Guide to Visiting Colleges

A guide for making the most of college visits and tours.

ACO: Finding Credible Online Colleges
The importance of graduation rates & employer acceptance of online degrees.

ACT Home Page
Information and online registration for the ACT test.

American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships and other support for the nation's 32 tribal colleges and universities.

College and University Rankings
Compilation of links to online rankings of graduate, undergraduate and professional schools.

College Board Online
SAT and GRE test information and online templates for career, college and scholarship search.

CollegeNet
Post-secondary education information including community colleges and professional degree programs.

CollegeView
College search template with links to college home pages.

US News Colleges and Career Center
Online edition of college issue of US News and World Report, including information on school rankings, financial aid, career and graduate study.

Colorado Mountain College

Information about CMC's Leadville campus; browse campus locations, courses of study, and financial aid information.

Educational Testing Service
Information on tests administered by ETS, including SAT, GRE, TOEFL, and AP examinations.

FastWeb
Matches student profile with large database of scholarships.

FinAid
Broad and deep collection of financial aid information and links covering all aspects of scholarship search.

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Complete information about FAFSA including forms, links, FAQS, and submission tips.

Latin American Association: Resources for College-Bound Latino Students

A list of great resources for Latinx students looking into different colleges and scholarships.

Office of Postsecondary Education
Current information on legislation affecting education, including government student aid.

Online Summer School
Guide to show high school and college students how they can use online learning to catch up or get ahead. Resources include taking AP courses, learning vocational skills, and earning new credits.

Princeton Review
College selection site which offers the creation of a personal college search file that can be saved and revised online.

Student Aid on the Web
Federal student aid information from the Department of Education.

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