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Teens
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The Library is the perfect FREE resource for TEENS: you can study, use a public computer, find research materials, check out books, use online databases, and ask a staff member or reference librarian for homework help. |
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Books
If you’re visiting any branch or the Teen Corner at the Central Branch, be sure to browse and check out some good teen-only books.
2010 Teens’ Top Ten Nominations
Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list. Teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country.
The Santa Barbara Public Library System owns nearly all the books on the list. If the book you are looking for is not available at your closest library branch, you can place a hold on the book for only $.50 cents.
Click here to view the list of nominated books and find them in our catalog.
Vote now for the 2010 Teens' Top Ten! Voting takes place through September 17.
You can vote online by clicking on this link or by visiting the Young Adult Library Services Association website.
Online Databases
Do you know there is a world of information available to you beyond Google?
Yes, that’s right – authoritative, credible, current, chock-full-of-good-research things called Library Databases.
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Perhaps the coolest thing about databases is that citations are provided. That means you can use the information you find for essays and research assignments. You can even send the citation directly to your email! In addition, you have access to peer reviewed and scholarly articles. |
School and Research Related Databases
Biography Resource Center
Info Trac - General Reference
Student Edition (grades 10 - 12)
Jr. Edition (grades 6 - 9)
Other Great Databases
Chilton Library - The Chilton Library allows you to browse through a list of cars and trucks in order to obtain specific repair instructions.
Health and Wellness Resource Center – Delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Additionally, consumers, students, and professionals are provided with descriptions of and links to many pertinent websites, selected for their usefulness and appropriateness.
Fall 2010 Teen Events
Creative Writing Workshops
In partnership with The Connection, Santa Barbara’s only nonprofit creative writing program for young people, the Central and Goleta Libraries will be hosting free creative writing workshops for teens. The Connection is a weekly workshop for teens who want to learn to learn how to write creatively, whether it be fiction (novels, short stories, flash fiction), non-fiction (essays, journalistic writing) or poetry.
Fall 2010 Schedule
Central Library - 3:30-4:30pm - Sessions start Sept. 15
Sept. 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 20, 27; Nov. 3, 10, 17, Dec. 8
Goleta Branch - 4-5pm - Sessions start Sept. 16
Sept. 16, 23, 30; Oct. 7, 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec. 2
To learn more about this workshop series click here to download pamphlet.
To sign up, click here.
SAT Strategy Sessions
A Princeton Review test and college admissions expert will be on hand to debunk common SAT myths, present samples problems from all three areas of the SAT, and teach students strategies to help raise their scores.
Sept 20 at 6pm at Montecito Branch
Sept 23 at 6pm at Goleta Branch
Sept 28 at 6pm at Carpinteria Branch
Sept 29 at 6pm at Central Library
For more information and for instructions on how to register, please click here to download flyer.
Teen Read Week (TRW): Video Trailers @ the Central Library
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Join us as we celebrate TRW on Wednesday, October 19 from 5pm - 7pm at the SB Central Library.
It’s simple: show up, eat some free pizza, and tell us about your favorite book. Your video trailer will be featured on this webpage sometime in the month of December. |
If you’re interested in editing the trailers, please contact Oscar Flores at
805-564-5646 or OFlores@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
Online Book Reviews
Tell us what you think about the books you’re reading and we’ll upload your reviews on our NEW Teen Reviews Blog.
Click here to submit a book review
Online Teen Book Reviews Blog
From time to time, we will raffle off cool prizes to teens who submit online book reviews. Don’t miss a chance to win; submit your online reviews NOW!
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We need your ideas!
Leave a note in the Central Library teen corner suggestions box, or let us know by answering our online survey.
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Accelerated Reader Book Finder - Look up your favorite AR books here!
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Teen Reviews Blog
Online Book Reviews
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