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On the Shelves
NEW BOOKS! Yes! (Click Here), YA Fiction, YA Audiobooks, YA Biographies/Autobiographies, YA Graphic Novels/Manga, Board Games, D&D Players Guides (Click Here), Teen Book Club Choices (Click Here), and Magazines
Online Resources
Books, Authors, & Games
Teen Librarian Katy has organized a few boards to help you all find free manga and YA books to read, free table top games to play, and plenty of author blogs to follow.
Homework Help
Easily search over 17,000 publications from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources covering biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental sciences, history, marketing, political sciences, and psychology. Access articles from Nature, the Economist, the New York Times, and thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Britannica Library: Young Adults
Middle School (Gale in Context)
Gale In Context: Middle School integrates citable content from magazines, newspapers, videos, and primary sources into an easy-to-navigate database developed with middle school researchers in mind. Dive into science, social studies, history, literature, and more from National Geographic, Scholastic, NPR, NASA, and other citable sources.
When you have a paper, project, or presentation to complete, the hardest part is figuring out where to start. Gale In Context: High School simplifies your search for information by bringing together hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections into one easy-to-use database. Explore vetted primary sources, biographies, critical essays, and other materials in many formats — giving you deeper context to high-interest topics.
Local & National Hotlines and Support Centers
Alcoholics Anonymous is an informal meeting society for recovering alcoholics whose primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.
Hopeline (Text/Online Chat Based Suicide Prevention)
IMAlive is the world’s first virtual crisis (online chat/text based) center where 100% of the volunteers are trained in crisis intervention. They provide help and hope through online crisis chat, educational college events, and awareness campaigns with a focus on suicide intervention, prevention, awareness, and education.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We’re committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness.
Narcotics Anonymous, similar to AA, is an international, community-based association of recovering addicts.
Northeast Addictions Treatment Center
Northeast Addictions Treatment Center is a Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center in Quincy, Massachusetts. Our team has been helping individuals with Drug or Alcohol Addiction live a life of Recovery since 2016. Visit their site to learn more about various types of addictions and the multiple types of therapy out there to combat them.
A community-based association for individuals struggling with self-mutilation.
Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive. Trans Lifeline was founded in 2014 as a peer-support crisis hotline. The Hotline was, and still is, the only service in the country in which all operators are transgender. Because of the particularly vulnerable relationship transgender people have with police, it is also the only service in the country with a policy against non-consensual active rescue.
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25 years of age.
This site provides resources regarding college student mental health. A directory of resources is available for college students — take a self-assessment test; or find your college psych services center.
Other Resources
Test Prep/Help:
Peterson’s Test Prep (Gale Presents)
Test Prep by Peterson was built to equip and inspire job seekers. This resource, provided by the state, includes over 185 Prep Courses and Practice Tests – including ACT, SAT, graduate, and licensing exams. You’ll get access to their full Test Prep library, including study guides and test preparation for admission tests, national, and state licensing exams, and more!
Driver’s Education:
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
Junior Operator Licensing in Massachusetts including obtaining learners permit, drivers education program and locating driving schools, drivers manual, etc.
Continuing Education:
College Board
Helps students prepare for the SAT’s, and other college exams. Also offers tips on planning for college.
FAFSA
Federal Student Aid supports post-secondary education by providing money for college to eligible students and families.