Starting Points:
Library Portals for Children and Young Adults

Many libraries provide special online areas for kids and teens. Explore some of these cyberspace.

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

Bettendorf Public Library Children's Page
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/services/childrens.htm

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 New York Public Library
http://kids.nypl.org/

Potamus Place! from Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
http://www.potamusplace.net/

Sign of the Owl from Chicago Public Library
http://www.chipublib.org/008subject/003cya/sign/sign.html
(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 other levels.

 

Library Portals for Young Adults

Bettendorf Public Library Teen Page
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/teens/

Infozone from Brooklyn Public Library
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/kids_teens.jsp

Teen Edition from Chicago Public Library
http://www.chipublib.org/forteens/index.php

TeenLink from New York Public Library
http://teenlink.nypl.org/

Teen Lounge from Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org/teens/

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/

Young Adults from Los Angeles Public Library
http://www.lapl.org/teenscape/

 

Library Portals for Parents

Parents Page from Winnipeg Public Library
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/childrens/parents.asp

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