13 Reasons Why
1989
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
All the Truth That's In Me
Apples to Apples
Ash
Awkward Family Photos
Big Fat Disaster
Black Hole
The Body of Christopher Creed
The Book Thief
The Breakfast Club
Bring It On
Britannica Online
The Catcher in the Rye
Clueless
The Craft
Dazed and Confused
Emmy and Oliver
The Fault in Our Stars
The First Part Last
Freakboy
Go Ask Alice
The House on Mango Street
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Let Go
Luna
Maus
The Outsiders
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Persepolis
Pretty Little Liars
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Princess Diaries
ProQuest
Rolling Stone
Say Anything
A Separate Peace
Seventeen Magazine
Teen Ink
Teen Vogue
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tuck Everlasting
The Twilight Series
Up All Night
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Britannica Online
Britannica Online
Database Summary:
This database contains the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. It can be used for any kind of research on any kind of subject. The homepage is divided into the regular encyclopedia and Britannica Kids, which allows younger children to research as well.
Critical Evaluation:
This database is extremely easy to use. The only downfall is that you have to pay to use it. There’s a 7 day free trial, but that’s the only way to use the database without paying upwards of $70 a year.
Curriculum Ties:
All subjects
Challenge Issues:
n/a
Intended Audience:
All ages
Why is the material included?:
This encyclopedia used to be my go to when I was kid.
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ProQuest
Proquest
Database Summary:
Proquest exists to help in academic research. The database contains links and full texts for millions of dissertations, theses, newspapers, archived newspapers, periodicals, government archives, and aggregated databases. The main objective is to connect a student with the proper research to help write an academic paper.
Critical evaluation:
Proquest is a lifesaver. I have used this database so many times in both my undergraduate and graduate studies. It’s so easy to use. The homepage is broken down into links specific to libraries, researchers, customers, and publishers/partners. Once inside the database, the user can easily specify their needs through keyword, title, author, or subject matter and instantly access all the information they need to complete their work.
Curriculum Ties:
Any and all subjects
Challenge Issues:
Because it’s a database, Proquest links to any kind of information available on the web, some which might be deemed controversial.
Creating a Defense:
- Make sure you have thorough knowledge of the library’s selection policy as well as a copy on hand. Your insight as well as pointing out specific portions of the policy will be helpful in discussion with the patron.
- Always have the library Bill of Rights close to show the patron your library’s commitment to providing all kinds of information.
- Make sure you’re familiar with the books that might be challenged. Be prepared to discuss the book’s intended audience, its educational significance, purpose, and also some alternative titles to read.
- Don’t get defensive. The librarian can’t take the challenge personally and either party getting upset will cause the discussion to devolve into a fight.
- LISTEN. Even if you don’t agree with the patron, their views are as valid as yours and should be respected.
Intended Audience:
Ages 16+
Why is the material included?:
I have never used a database more than I use this one.
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Say Anything
Say Anything
Say Anything. North Star Games.
Genre:
Teen Games
Game Summary:
This game has no right or wrong answers. It simply consists of subjective questions like, “What’s the best movie of all time?” and allows the players to start a dialogue or debate about what their answer might be. There is also no winner or loser. This game is just played for fun.
Critical Evaluation:
This game reminds me of the kind of game I used to play at slumber parties when I was little. The main objective is to get to know your friends better by asking all of them questions. The questions themselves are innocuous, but the game came easily take another direction if played with adults.
Curriculum Ties;
n/a
Challenge Issues:
n/a
Intended Audience:
Ages 13+
Why is the material included?:
I wish I’d had a game like this when I was a teenager!
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Awkward Family Photos
Awkward Family Photos
Awkward Family Photos. All Things Equal, Inc.
Genre:
Card game/dice game
Game Summary:
How To Play
- Flip over a card, roll the 20-sided die, and read aloud the corresponding question.
- All players, except the roller, write down an answer. Answer sheets are collected and read aloud by the player to the right of the roller. The roller then picks a favorite answer and tries to guess which player said which answer.
- The player who wrote the favorite answer places one of their five chips on the board. If the roller matches two or more answers correctly, the roller also places a chip on the board. The first player to place all five of their chips on the board wins!
Critical Evaluation:
This game is fun although it actually has very little to do with awkward family photos. That’s just a small part of the game. It seems as though the makers of the popular website by the same name just wanted to market something else within their brain.
Curriculum Ties:
n/a
Challenge Issues:
n/a
Intended Audience:
Ages 10+
Why is the material included?:
My sister always wants to play this game when I go to her house. It’s fun, despite the misnomer of a title.
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Apples to Apples
Apples to Apples
Apples to Apples. Published by Mattel.
Genre:
Card game
Game Summary:
The game is divided into two sets of cards, one with nouns or phrases and one with adjectives. One person picks an adjective card and the rest of the players put the noun or phrase they think best describes this adjective. While not knowing who laid down which card, the initial card holder picks her favorite and the person who laid down that card gets the adjective card. The first to five adjective cards wins the game.
Critical Evaluation:
I’ve played this game many times. It’s fun to play with friends because there’s some pride in knowing which card your friend will use. There are some questionable cards that might make the game less that suitable for teenagers.
Curriculum Ties:
n/a
Challenge Issues:
Some risque language
Creating a Defense:
- Make sure you have thorough knowledge of the library’s selection policy as well as a copy on hand. Your insight as well as pointing out specific portions of the policy will be helpful in discussion with the patron.
- Always have the library Bill of Rights close to show the patron your library’s commitment to providing all kinds of information.
- Make sure you’re familiar with the books that might be challenged. Be prepared to discuss the book’s intended audience, its educational significance, purpose, and also some alternative titles to read.
- Don’t get defensive. The librarian can’t take the challenge personally and either party getting upset will cause the discussion to devolve into a fight.
- LISTEN. Even if you don’t agree with the patron, their views are as valid as yours and should be respected.
Intended Audience:
Ages 12+
Why is the game included?:
It’s such a fun party game.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. ISSN 0035-791X
Genre:
Music/Politics/Current Events
Magazine Summary:
Rolling Stone exists to not only review music and interview artists, but has become known for in depth interviews with political figures as well. The magazine covers all kinds of current event issues including presidential races, wartime coverage, and political interviews as well as profiles of the most famous musicians of the past 50 years.
Critical Evaluation:
This magazine has been beloved by teenagers since it's inception and has been a guiding influence in the careers of musicians and politicians alike.It gives teenagers in depth news that they (until the age of the internet) could not have gotten most anywhere else. It speaks to teenagers in a language they can understand about issues they might not.
Information about the publisher:
In 1967, a 20-year-old Jann S. Wenner dropped out of the University of California Berkeley to start a quirky rock-music-oriented biweekly called Rolling Stone—and changed American culture. Treating the interests of America’s increasingly vocal youth with seriousness unknown before, Rolling Stone spoke to—and for—an entire generation. Throughout its illustrious history, Wenner’s commitment to quality journalism has kept Rolling Stone fresh and dynamic—the magazine’s success has proved a new readership is always ready to respond to definitive music coverage, provocative interviews, award-winning photography and important investigative and political reporting. The magazine has won 14 National Magazine Awards for General Excellence, Design, Photography, Visual Excellence, Specialized Journalism, Feature Writing, and Reporting. Today, Rolling Stone continues to reign at the forefront of American journalism, and with 12 million readers it serves as the ultimate source for music information and popular-culture trends.
Curriculum Ties:
Politics/Current events
Challenge Issues:
Language
Language
Creating a Defense:
- Make sure you have thorough knowledge of the library’s selection policy as well as a copy on hand. Your insight as well as pointing out specific portions of the policy will be helpful in discussion with the patron.
- Always have the library Bill of Rights close to show the patron your library’s commitment to providing all kinds of information.
- Make sure you’re familiar with the books that might be challenged. Be prepared to discuss the book’s intended audience, its educational significance, purpose, and also some alternative titles to read.
- Don’t get defensive. The librarian can’t take the challenge personally and either party getting upset will cause the discussion to devolve into a fight.
- LISTEN. Even if you don’t agree with the patron, their views are as valid as yours and should be respected.
Intended Audience:
Ages 15+
Why is the material included?:
This magazine has been around since the late 1960s and has given teenagers access to information about their favorite artists and political figures since. I used to wait so impatiently every month for my issue to arrive.
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Teen Ink
Teen Ink
Teen Ink. Published in Newton, MA.
Genre:
Literary Magazine
Literary Magazine
Magazine Summary:
Teen Ink is a web based and print literary magazine that allows teenagers from all over the country to submit their own work in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, art/photography, reviews and poetry.
Critical Evaluation:
Literary magazines are a staple at most high schools, but in the world of the internet, Teen Ink allows readers to share and discover all over the country. The writing is edited for grammar but not for content, allowing teenagers to express themselves to strangers without fear of repercussion. Some of the stories are hard to read because they deal with difficult situations that these teens have faced, but this has become a great outlet for teens across the country.
Curriculum Ties:
Creative writing
Challenge Issues:
Sex, drugs, language
Creating a Defense:
- Make sure you have thorough knowledge of the library’s selection policy as well as a copy on hand. Your insight as well as pointing out specific portions of the policy will be helpful in discussion with the patron.
- Always have the library Bill of Rights close to show the patron your library’s commitment to providing all kinds of information.
- Make sure you’re familiar with the books that might be challenged. Be prepared to discuss the book’s intended audience, its educational significance, purpose, and also some alternative titles to read.
- Don’t get defensive. The librarian can’t take the challenge personally and either party getting upset will cause the discussion to devolve into a fight.
- LISTEN. Even if you don’t agree with the patron, their views are as valid as yours and should be respected.
Intended Audience:
Ages 14+
Why is the material included?:
My literary magazine was cancelled in high school, so I was amazed to find that these kids had made their own outlet to share their experiences.
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Seventeen Magazine
Seventeen Magazine
Seventeen Magazine. Hearst Corporation. Editor in Chief: Michelle Tan. ISSN 0037-301X
Magazine Summary:
17 is widely regarded as the first American teen magazine debuting in the early 1940s. In it's current state, the magazine aims to help regular girls deal with regular problems. There’s an advice column for readers to submit their own questions and several articles featuring the extraordinary lives of regular girls as well as celebrities.
Critical Evaluation:
This magazine feels refreshing. Celebrities are highlighted, but the focus remains on anonymous everyday girls who have been through an ordeal or excel at a certain sport, etc. This magazine aims to highlight the accomplishments of real girls and encourage other girls to follow their dreams. The ads can sometimes be for expensive items, but the magazine still features items that the average american teenager can afford.
Information about the Editor in Chief:
Tan joined People in 2002 as an editorial assistant, later rising to staff writer from 2004 to 2009, covering human interest and entertainment stories, celebrity cover stories and awards season in Los Angeles. After rising to senior editor in 2011, Tan was named special projects editor in 2014 where she was responsible for overseeing, packaging and editing special double issues for the weekly magazine, subscriber specials and newsstand issues, including Half Their Size, Hollywood’s Most Talked About Bodies, Hollywood’s Hottest Bachelors and World’s Most Beautiful People.
Curriculum Ties:
n/a
Challenge Issues:
n/a
Intended Audience:
Girls 10-19
Why is the material included?:
I loved this magazine when I was teenager.
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Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue. Conde Nast. Editor in Chief: Amy Astley. ISSN 1540-2215.
Genre:
Teen, Girl, Fashion
Magazine Summary:
Teen Vogue is a version of Vogue magazine marketed to teenage girls. The magazine deals with fashion mostly, but also has interviews with celebrities, as well as stories about regular girls who read the magazine and advice columns on topics ranging from relationships to school troubles to self image.
Critical Evaluation:
While other magazines focus more on regular teen readers, this magazine showcases high fashion and celebrities, giving girls access to an aspirational lifestyle. Most readers will not be able to afford any of the products advertised in the magazine and while they proclaim to promote healthy self image, the issues are packed with young, thin, rich, and beautiful girls.
About the Editor in Chief:
Amy Astley is the Editor in Chief of Teen Vogue. As the founding editor of the magazine, Astley has melded street style, high fashion and pop culture to create not only a successful magazine—but a dynamic teen lifestyle brand.
Teen Vogue has a circulation of over one million readers, has been nominated twice for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence and won Adweek’s Hottest Magazine on Social Media Hotlist award. In October 2009, Astley released her first book, The Teen Vogue Handbook: An Insider’s Guide to Careers in Fashion. The New York Times best seller is a practical reference guide for young adults interested in all areas of fashion: design, styling, photography, and journalism—reinforcing Teen Vogue’s motto, “Fashion Starts Here.” She has also pioneered annual industry events such as Teen Vogue’s Fashion University and the Young Hollywood party. Astley developed a Teen Vogue bedding collection, which is now sold at Macy’s, Bed Bath and Beyond, and JC Penney, among others and in July of 2014, developed a Teen Vogue line of Back-to-School products sold exclusively at Staples.
A 25-year veteran of Condé Nast, Astley has been named one of Forbes Magazine’s most powerful U.S. fashion editors, for continuously fueling the creative world of teen culture, beauty, entertainment, and fashion through print editorial, web and social media outlets.
She began her career in 1989 at House and Garden, where she worked as an associate editor. Astley joined Vogue in 1993 as a beauty associate, and became the Beauty Director by the following year. She worked at Vogue until she was chosen by Anna Wintour to launch Teen Vogue in 2003.
Astley is a graduate of the Honors College at Michigan State University, class of 1989 with a degree in English. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters
Curriculum Ties:
n/a
Challenge Issues:
n/a
Intended Audience:
Ages 14+
Why is the material included?:
This magazine is widely read by young adult females.
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