Online Resources For Teens

Access a collection of electronic books from the 16th through 20th centuries. It includes the complete text of more than 200,000 poems, 2,000 plays, 100 works of prose, 11 major editions of Shakespeare’s works, and 21 editions of the Bible.

Includes 120,000+ biographies from over 60 reference titles, thousands of biographical magazine articles, and over 32,000 printable images.

CultureGrams provides country reports that deliver a perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world’s people. Individual reports covering 200+ countries, all 50 United States, and the Canadian provinces, are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available. Special features include: a worldwide photo gallery, slideshows, video clips, famous people collection, Faces of the World interviews, “life as a kid” reports, a unique recipe collection, and sortable data tables.

Designed for middle school students. Access information for homework or class projects from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

Designed for high school students. Access information for homework or class projects from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

Fiero Code is designed for kids ages 8-18 to learn computer programming skills through a series of tutorials and projects. Skills introduced include building websites, video games, phone apps, animations and more while learning how to become better problem solvers and critical thinkers.

Extensive reference material for literary study, including: biographical, bibliographical, critical, and contextual information on authors and their works.

Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian, and more.

Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn American Sign Language. Did you know that 1 in 8 people in the United States (13%, or 30 million) have hearing loss in both ears? ASL is an essential language that helps to bridge gaps for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

This database of reading recommendations is a comprehensive source of information about books that includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more.

Tools, information, and targeted content to help K-12 students explore interests and possible careers.

Points of View Reference Center contains many topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). Providing a balance of materials from all viewpoints, it also includes over 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from all sides of the political spectrum, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. It also offers guides for writing position papers, developing arguments and debating.

Topics covered in Science Reference Center include biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. By providing a wide range of topics, Science Reference Center satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards.

Ohio tree identification guide.

Identifying flint artifacts.

Ohio snake identification guide

The World Book Online Reference Center includes encyclopedia and reference articles, photographs, maps, videos, animations and audio clips.