Teen Resources
Books and Collections
School and Homework Help
Books + Films
Choose a Book
Choose a new book:
- Gale 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.
School Projects + Research
Do research for school or independent projects:
- Gale 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.
- Gale OneFile: Informe Académico: 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.
- Gale 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.
- Gale In Context: Middle School: Made specifically for middle schoolers, this resource combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
- Gale Literature: 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.
Self Care
Practice self-care:
- Gale OneFile: 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.
- Gale Health & Wellness: 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more.
College and Career Resources
Jobs + Careers
Learn about potential careers:
- Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers: 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.
- My Colorado Journey: My Colorado Journey connects job seekers and students to careers, education planning and support resources through a guided process that drives action and goal completion. Brought to you by: Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Colorado Department of Higher Education, Colorado Workforce Development Council, and the Colorado Department of Human Services. Start your journey today!
- Novoresume Teen Guide: 30 Jobs for Teenagers (Where and How to Look)
College Information
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.
- Madison Trust
- Money for College: A guide to Scholarships and Financial Aid
- Neighbor: The AirBnB of storage
- Neighbor is the world's largest marketplace for college storage & self storage.
- 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.
