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Teen Tech Week, March 7 - 13
Teen Tech Week, a national initiative sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association, is aimed at teens, their parents and educators. Its purpose is to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries such as databases, on-line homework help, gaming, and downloadable audiobooks and ebooks. Teen Tech Week encourages teens to use libraries' nonprint resources for education and recreation, and to recognize that librarians are qualified, trusted information technology professionals.
Tune in to the Troy Public Library's Teen webpage each day of Teen Tech Week for tips on using the Library's electronic resources.
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An Apple A Day...
Looking for answers to health questions in all the wrong places? Well look no further. The Health and Wellness Resource Center,
offered by the Troy Public Library, is a reliable source of information on all your health concerns. Access this database with your Troy Library card.
Another great resource is Medline Plus, a goldmine of good health information on many teen related topics from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
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Searching For That Famous Someone?
Do you have a dying curiosity to know more about a particular well-known person? Maybe you have a school research project on someone famous. In either case, look to Biography Resource Center, an electronic resource provided by the Troy Public Library, to answer your questions and help you write your research paper.
With Biography Resource Center, you can search for individual people or browse by groups of people or professions such as Notable Women or Actors. Click here and use your library card to get started.
Pick Up A New Language
Mango is an online language learning system that teaches both basic and complete foreign language courses as well as ESL language courses. Use Mango Basic to quickly learn basic words and phrases or Mango Complete for comprehensive conversations skills. Get your Troy Public Library card and click here to see if Mango offers the language you want to learn.