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February Happenings: Wii & board games every Wednesday,credit and money management for teens,Art and Cooking Classes! We also have some community service opportunities for those needing hours.

February Happenings:
Wii & board games every Wednesday,credit and money management for teens,Art and Cooking Classes! We also have some community service opportunities for those needing hours.

2/8:7-8:30 Mardi Gras Game Night 2/14: 1-2 Manga Club: Pandora Hearts; 2-3:30 Fiction Club:Elsewhere 2/16:4:30-6:00 Art with Laurie Ruggeri 2/18:6:30-7:30 Credit/Money Mgmt 2/25: 6:30-8:30 Cooking class; Wii/board games every Wednesday,3-4:30Community Service Opportunity: Need teen volunteers for Star Wars family day on 2/27 from 12-4:00. Contact Ellie Strbo, teen librarian at estrbo@mtpl.org or call 732-671-3700, ext 358.

 

 


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Websites for teens

Websites for teens

http://mtpl.org/main/polDatabases.cfm - this is a link to all the wonderful research databases available remotely or in the library for all library card holders.

 http://afterschooljobs.com/ -  just like the link says, jobs for students after school

http://www.freerice.com/ -Improve your English vocab, math, chemistry, French, German, Italian, Spanish and art history skills as you help world hunger relief.

 http://www.advameg.com/  -FREE online database that contains varied encyclopedias, country info, presidential histories, and much, much more.

http://www.lmxac.org/longbranch/Virtual%20Career%20Center%20Template/computerresources.html - FREE online computer tutorials from Excel to Dreamweaver

 http://www.meritaid.com/  Good Scholarship site
 

 

http://www.cliffnotes.com - Apart from providing abridged versions of school literature and test prep, this site is a wealth of knowledge on college topics like how to write a college admissions essay and how many colleges you should apply to.

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline - This is a great, easy-to-use site to make your own timelines: awesome homework tool!

http://www.princetonreview.com/ -Over 120,000 students were surveyed to narrow down the best colleges. The results rank schools by political activity, quality of life, extracurriculars, and other factors. Registration is required, but free.

http://www.collegeboard.com/- A site for the detail-oriented, it has a guided search of colleges filtered by location, majors, cost and more that helps you narrow down schools to consider.

http://www.collegeview.com/-This is a no-frills website that allows you to search for potential schools. It's designed to provide bare-bones data for quick comparisons.

http://www.forbes.com/-Search "college" at forbes.com to find a huge selection of relevant and professionally written articles about college. This site is perfect for those who don't appreciate hand-holding.

http://www.fastweb.com/-This site has tons of resources, and articles are ranked by readers. It also has a scholarship search and tools that can help you find the school with the biggest bang for the buck.

http://www.globalscholar.com/collegfinder/-An uncomplicated, simple comparison of colleges that includes size, student-teacher ratio and more. Bonus: the results can be saved so you can see them again later.

http://www.nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/-This U.S. Department of Education database aggregatres school data on degrees offered, availab,e progams, tuition and fees, and even the percentage of applicants admitted.

http://www.collegeclicktv.com/-Thousands of students, staff and faculty share video interviews telling what they think of their schools. It's a great place for checking out the environment and culture of a college straight from the trenches unstead of glossy university literature.

http://www.qandanj.org/ - This site is a live question and answer site answered by librarians 24/7. 

 

 http://ipl.org/ - Another question and answer site, ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII). Also has a site for just for teens.

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