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Resources by Audience: Teen

Academic Search Complete

This scholarly collection provides journal coverage for most academic areas of study, including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and women's studies. View Resource

Beanstack

Beanstack is a platform for tracking reading to encourage everyone to have fun while learning. You'll be able to track your reading anywhere you go with a free account for the Summer Reading Challenge and more. View Resource

ComicsPlus

This platform provides access to thousands of digital comics for patrons of all ages. Our subscription includes digital access for every patron on desktop, mobile device, or tablet. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. View Resource

EBSCO Publication Finder

Looking for a particular journal, eBook, magazine, or newspaper? The new Publication Finder application is a state-of-the-art knowledge-base search service for locating publications in Messenger’s collection, regardless of publisher or provider. View Resource

Kanopy

Stream thoughtful entertainment such as documentaries, rare titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema. Access includes Kanopy Kids and Great Courses.

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Middle Search Plus

This database is designed for middle school students and contains full text articles for popular middle school magazines assigned to Lexile reading level indicators.  Find biographies, historical essays, reference books, photos, maps, flags, and primary source documents. View Resource

NoveList Plus

Find a good book to read! NoveList Plus provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as author read-a-likes, book discussion guides, book talks, and feature articles.   View Resource

Palace Project

Enjoy the full eRead Illinois' collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks with the new Palace Project app! All you need to sign up is a library card! This app offers access to over 80,000 titles through the eRead Illinois collection, previously available through the Boundless app. The Palace Project app is not currently compatible with Kindle Paperwhite/Kindle Fire devices and primarily works with iOS and Android devices. View Resource

Points of View

This database contains materials that present multiple sides of an issue, including materials from leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books. View Resource

Messenger Public Library of North Aurora

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