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Online Databases -- try these first!
Use at school or home. All contain
full-text articles.
Health Reference Center - (password available in library)
Health and Wellness Resource Center - (password available in library)
MasterFILE Select - (password available in library)
Student
Resource Center - (password available in library)
General Websites
TeensHealth - covers a broad range of topics for teens.
TeenGrowth - all about your health.
MedlinePlus - trusted health information from the world's largest medical library.
WebMD - a comprehensive site covering health topics.
YouthInfo - a Web site created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institute for Mental Health - provides information on mental health.
Safer Child - non-profit website with a listing of warning signs of abuse.
Open Directory - Society: Issues: Child Abuse - listing of links for you to explore.
Love is Not Abuse - contains information on teen relationships.
NCADI: Tips for Teens: Tips for Teens About HIV/AIDS - provides basic facts, and symptoms.
HIV FACTS - covers basics, symptoms, testing, prevention, and support.
The Body - lots of information on HIV/AIDS including prevention and treatment.
Open Directory - Health: Conditions and Diseases:AIDS - listing of links for you to explore.
Marijuana: Facts for Teens - information brochure from the National Institutes of Health.
NCADI: Tips for Teens: Marijuana - provides basic facts, and warning signs.
Marijuana Abuse - General/Overviews, and Research from MedLine.
Open
Directory - Kids and Teens: Health: Substance Abuse: Marijuana - listing
of links for you to explore.
Stress: Who Has Time For It? - general information with prevention tips.
Teen Stress and its Management - check out these links compiled by a "parenting expert".
Teens in Distress Series: Adolescent Stress and Depression - causes and responses; high-risk youth.
HELPING TEENAGERS WITH STRESS - causes, results, physical/emotional tolls, prevention; specific to teens.
About.com: Date Rape/Dating Violence - check out these links compiled by a "parenting expert"; includes a site specifically for males.
Date Rape / Acquaintance Rape - provides a list of useful precautions, discusses the myths about acquaintance rape, as well as ways to resist acquaintance rape.
"Friends" Raping Friends--Could It Happen to You? - paper from the Association of American Colleges discusses causes, danger signals, effect, legal implications, etc.
Open Directory - Kids and Teens: Teen Life: Teen Sexuality: Rape - listing of links for you to explore.
Adolescence: Change and Continuity - looks at some of the developmental changes that shape our lives, from biological to social transitions, family influences to family changes; check out the topics on the left side of the mainpage and a click takes you to hundreds of articles.
Open Directory - Kids and Teens: Your Family - listing of links for you to explore.
Teenage Drug Use and Abuse Prevention - information on specific drugs, how to talk to your teen about drug use & abuse, prevention and treatment for drug abuse.
Drinking: It Can Spin Your World Around: Facts for Teens - general information with prevention tips.
Open Directory - Kids and Teens: Health: Substance Abuse - listing of links for you to explore.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism - government information site.
National Institute on Drug Abuse - scientific research on drug abuse and addiction.
Adolescence: Change and Continuity - looks at some of the developmental changes that shape our lives, from biological to social transitions, family influences to family changes; check out the topics on the left side of the mainpage and a click takes you to hundreds of articles.
Every Teen Counts: Sexual Harassment, The Basics - covers basic definitions, difficulty in reporting, and community resources.
Open Directory - Top: Society: Issues: Violence and Abuse: Harassment: Sexual - listing of links for you to explore.
Eating Disorders: Facts for teens - general information with prevention tips.
On the Teen Scene: Eating Disorders Require Medical Attention - disorder definitions, statistics, and resources.
National Eating Disorders Association - information regarding awareness and prevention.
MEDLINEplus: Eating Disorders - links covering: General/Overviews, Clinical Trials, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Treatment, Organizations, and Teenagers.
Teen In-Site - Learn about teen pregnancy and listen to what other teens have to say. This site is part of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (NCPTP).
Facts in Brief: Teen Sex and Pregnancy - statistics on teen pregnancy.
Get Real About Teen Pregnancy - fact sheets along with research.
Open Directory - Top: Health: Teen Health: Teen Pregnancy - listing of links for you to explore.
STDs: Learn How to Protect Yourself - general information with prevention tip.
iwannaknow.org - teen-focused site that provides information on sex, sexual health, and STD prevention.
Ask NOAH About: Sexually Transmitted Diseases - covers The Basics, Prevention, Statistics, Testing, Treatment, and Types of Disease.
MEDLINEplus: Sexually Transmitted Diseases - links covering: General/Overviews, Diagnosis/Symptoms, Prevention/Screening, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Organizations, Statistics, and Teenagers.
Open Directory - Kids and Teens: Teen Life: Teen Sexuality: Sexually Transmitted Diseases - listing of links for you to explore.
Books Available in the IHS Library Media Center
The contract for life - 362.2 ANA
Alcohol, customs and rituals - 616.86 BAB
Escape from anxiety & stress - 616.86 McL
Alcohol and alcoholism - 616.86 FIS
Teen alcoholism - 362.29 MIT
Straight talk about drugs and alcohol - 362.29 RYA
Bulimia nervosa : the secret cycle of bingeing and purging - 616.852 BUR
Understanding food and your family - 616.852 TAT
The dangers of diet drugs and other weight-loss products - 615 BAR
Teen pregnancy - 306.874 HUR
Teens and sex - 306.7 TEE