Young Adult Services, Winchester Public Library, Winchester, Massachusetts

Websites selected by young adult librarians in the Minuteman Library Network and designed for students grade six and up.

Books & magazines

Homework center

Online databases in the Library
& from home

Websites for Teens

Adult fantasy & science fiction for
young adults

Author/poet Alice Schertle
Wednesday, April 30 at 7 p.m.

Do not miss a special event! Renowned author/poet Alice Schertle will share her poem, WE, about the beginning of life on this planet and how humans have developed. The presentation on this stellar book will be appropriate for ages 7 through adult – poets and scientists. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Tickets available in the Children’s Room.

“Louisa May Alcott”
is coming on May 8

Save the date! On Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m. Louisa May Alcott will visit the library’s Meeting Room in a living history performance byJan Turnquist. This free presentation, sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the John and Mary Murphy Educational Foundation, is open to all.

WEBSITES FOR TEENS

ikeepbookmarks.com/WinHSLibrary , compiled by Karen Miller, Winchester High School Librarian, has the best curriculum related databases and faculty recommended sources including a link to easybib a website that shows how to cite sources using MLA format.

Teen Links
Websites selected by young adult librarians in the Minuteman Library Network and designed for students grade six and up.The Minuteman Library Network does not necessarily recommend that all teens visit all sites. We urge parents to visit these pages and discuss these sites with their teens.

How to Cite Sources, compiled by Becky Ballard, former Library Media Specialist at the McCall Middle School.

BibMe is a fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills information in MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian formats.

The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides examples of how to cite works in a reference paper using MLA format.

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

The Young Adult Room is on the main floor and serves ages 12-18. It includes young adult hardcover fiction and paperbacks as well as magazines.. We're always happy to have suggestions, so let us know which magazines you enjoy. Young adult non-fiction is shelved with the adult collection and is designated by a YA spine label.

A professional librarian specializing in literature for young adults is available to help you select books for recreational reading.

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HOMEWORK CENTER.

The Meeting Room on the main floor is open for students every day after school. It's a space in which you can work study by yourself or work on projects with others.If you need assistance in finding information for school projects and assignments, ask any of the librarians at the Reference Desk.

USING THE CATALOG FROM HOME.

You can also access the Minuteman Library Network (MLN) from home. At the MLN site you can find:

Books, videos, DVDs, CDs and CD-ROMs and request them online by clicking on Catalog Note: To request materials online, you must have a library card and a PIN (Personal Identification Number). Please check the information at Borrow and Return for how to get both a card and a PIN.

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