Starting Points:
Library Portals for Children and Young Adults
Many libraries provide
special online areas for kids and teens. Explore some of these cyberspace.
Go to ALA's Library and School Sites for lots of great links.
Use the following links to explore the resources on this page: Library Portals for Children, Library Portals for Young Adults, and Library Portals for Parents.
Library Portals for Children
SCPL Kid's Page
from Seminole County Public Library
http://www.scpl.lib.fl.us/kids/
Information for kids on a wide range of topics.
Just for Kids
from Tacoma Public Library
http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/Kids/kidspl.htm
Kid's Central
from Waukesha Public Library, WI
http://www.waukesha.lib.wi.us/kc/index.shtml
Kids Page
from Winnipeg Public Library
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/childrens/kids.asp
Kid's Pages from
Baltimore County Public Library
http://www.bcpl.info/kidspage/kidspage.html
Kid's Path from Los Angeles Public Library
http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/
Kids Place
from Newark Public Library
http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace/index.html
KidsPoint
from Central Rappahannock VA Regional Library
http://www.kidspoint.org/
OH! Kids
from Ohio Public Library Information Network
http://www.oplin.org/ohkids/
On-Lion for Kids from The New York Public Libraryhttp://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/kids/
Potamus Place!
from Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
http://www.potamusplace.net/
(This one mixes teen menu with parents & teachers, very little for kids except Internet safety game . . . little confusing)
Start Squad
from State University of North Carolina
http://www.startsquad.org/
Selected links for pre-school, elementary, and
middle school
Terrific Tots (Under 5) from Tacoma Public Libraryhttp://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/Kids/Kids/Young.htm
Library Portals for Young Adults
Bettendorf Public
Library Teens' Page by M. Levetzow
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/teen/index.htm
Infozone from Brooklyn Public Library
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/kids_teens.jsp
Teen Edition from Chicago Public Libraryhttp://www.chipublib.org/008subject/003cya/teened/teintro.html
TeenLink from
New York Public Library
http://teenlink.nypl.org/
Teen Lounge
from Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org/teens/
Teens
from Richmond Public Library, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.yourlibrary.ca/community_sub.cfm?lev1=3
Teens from
Washington-Centerville Public Library, OH
http://www.wcpl.lib.oh.us/teens/index.htm
Teen Space from
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/
Teens Page
from Winnipeg Public Library
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/childrens/teens.asp
TeensPoint
from Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg,
VA
http://www.teenspoint.org/
YAzine
from Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
http://www.yazine.net/
Young Adults from
Los Angeles Public Library
http://www.lapl.org/teenscape/
Library Portals for Parents
Especially for Parents from Tacoma Public Libraryhttp://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/Kids/Kids/Parents.htm
Parents Page
from Winnipeg Public Library
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/childrens/parents.asp