Teen Scene

Hey teens (grades 7-12) -- want to know how to easily win prizes this summer? Read! Every time you finish a book, a magazine, comic book, graphic novel, manga or audio book, simply stop by a Pasadena Public Library site, pick up and fill out a prize entry slip with a bit of information about you and the book and drop it into a prize box. If we pull out your name during our weekly drawing, you win a prize! Everyone is entered into the end-of -summer grand prize drawing. Prize drawings start the week of July 7.

Central Library’s programs are designed for those in grades 7-12. For more information, contact Teen Services (626) 744-4766.

Reference Help for Teens
Our Teen librarian, Veronica Fuentes, will now be at a desk next to Teen Central on Monday-Wednesday afternoons from 3:15 to 6:00 pm to help you with reference questions or just help you to find fun things to read, or what's going on at the library, or how to use our electronic resources.

We now have online tutoring help for teens available through Tutor.com. Just click on the Live Homework Help Online logo above, or on the Virtual Studyhall page, or the purple "Live Homework Help" button on the Teen Scene home page. If you are using this from a Pasadena Library, that will connect you. If you are using it from home, it will ask you for your Pasadena library card number.

You Review It! Our new section of reviews just got going. This is your chance to express your opinions about books, movies, music and other things. If you love it hate it and want to tell others what you think, this is your chance. Click here to go to the online form to send us your reviews to post on the web site.

The Learning Express Library is an online collection of practice tests and study aides on a variety of topics such as ASVAB, Civil Service, GED, GMAT, GRE, Real Estate, SAT, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship.

The ABC Clio Suite is to help you do research for projects and reports in the fields of history, government, social studies and so on. The seven databases (World Geography, World History Modern, American History, American Government, State Geography, World History Ancient/Medieval, United States at War) in the resource all include facts, images, primary source documents, timelines and paths for further research.

		ABC News (U.S. TV and radio network)
		Asbarez (Armenian news and links)
		BBC News (British site, good for international news)
		The Black World Today (news and information)
		CNN
		Congress.org (news and links about U.S. officials and legislation currently being worked on)
		USA Today
		VoteSmart (Information about American politics, politicians, parties, etc.)
		The Washington Post

		Fark (for people who thought they knew all the news...)
		G4 TV (information, both serious and funny, about everything high-tech)
		New America Media (online news zine with a focus on different ethnic groups--includes the Youth Outlook blog that we used to list separately as YO!)
		The Skeptic News (pokes holes in phony news, hoaxes and such)
		Urban Legends (the ultimate rumor control site, tells you which rumors are news, which ones are somebody's bad joke)

		Ain't It Cool (All sorts of entertainment news)
		Alternate Music Press (mainly music and related)
		ATNzone (movies, music and television news)
		Comic Book News (about the writers, artists and companies)
		Mania.com (formerly Cinescape, this covers science fiction, comics, games, and all sorts of stuff)
		Movie News from Dark Horizons (solid news, flaky rumors, and lists of upcoming movies, along with lots of other related stuff)
		Music News from Billboard (what's hot, what's not, ranked in order of sales)
		Sci Fi Wire provides news about science fiction in all media
		TeenHollywood (movies, tv, music and more)

Our Allendale Branch now has an area for teens. Go visit them at 1130 S. Marengo. Bean bag chairs, projection system for videos and anime...it's worth the trip.

Technology Learning Centers: When not in use for training, our Technology Learning Center at the Central library now has special hours just for kids and teens. It is open all the time the library is open, but the time for kids and teens is: Monday-Thursday 3-6 pm and Sundays 1-5 pm. In addition, our new Technology Learning Center at the La Pintoresca Branch will provide students and adults with the same kind of computers for research or for fun. The hours there are Monday-Thursday 2-6 pm and Saturdays 1-5 pm.

Teen Central and the Teen Patio at the Central Library are places to hang out, do homework, read magazines or talk to your friends.