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Teen Services: College & Career

Here you can find our teen collections, reading list suggestions, programs, homework help, resources, and information about college and career.

Teen Services: College and Career

  • Campus Tours
    Virtual tours of college campuses nationwide.
  • College Center Plus
    The Learning Express Library Database provides College Success Skills, which offers free, professional practice tests and reviews for math, reading, grammar and writing, and science. It also offers free practice exams for college placement and a school/scholarship search.
  • College Confidential
    Here you'll find hundreds of pages of articles about choosing a college, getting into the college you want, how to pay for it, and much more. You'll also find the web's busiest discussion community related to college admissions and our CampusVibe section!
  • College Results
    College Results Online (CRO) is an interactive, user-friendly web tool designed to provide policymakers, counselors, parents, students, and others with information about college graduation rates for nearly any four-year college or university in the country.
  • College Success Skills
    The Learning Express Library Database provides College Success Skills, which offers free, professional tutorials on organizational strategies, classroom success skills, information literacy skills, getting academic support, personal success skills, and keyboarding skills.
  • Credits Before College
    Affordable Colleges Online offers free, in-depth resources include comprehensive guidebooks, student interviews, user-friendly search tools, federal datasets, college rankings and other materials created and vetted by experts in education.
  • Online College Guidebook
    Affordable Colleges Online offers free, in-depth resources include comprehensive guidebooks, student interviews, user-friendly search tools, federal datasets, college rankings and other materials created and vetted by experts in education.
  • Online Degree Guidebook
    Accredited Schools Online's mission is to provide accurate, trustworthy and expert-driven information that makes it simple for prospective students to make informed decisions about which accredited college to attend.
  • Security of Campus, Inc.
    Provides crime statistics for college campuses.
  • What Can I Do With This Major?
    What Can I Do With This Major? features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Scroll to the bottom of each profile for links to professional associations, occupational outlook information, and job search resources.
  • FAFSA
    Everything you need to know to apply for federal student aid.
  • FastWeb
    A free database of college scholarships and other financial aid information.
  • FinAid
    Financial aid information, guides and tools.
  • Financial Aid for Online Colleges
    Affordable Colleges Online offers free, in-depth resources include comprehensive guidebooks, student interviews, user-friendly search tools, federal datasets, college rankings and other materials created and vetted by experts in education.
  • Repaying Student Loans
    USA.gov offers government information about managing and repaying student loans.
  • Scholarship Search
    Search more than 7,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, and other financial aid opportunities.
  • College Center Plus
    The Learning Express Library Database provides College Success Skills, which offers free, professional practice tests and reviews for math, reading, grammar and writing, and science. It also offers free practice exams for college placement and a school/scholarship search.
  • Princeton Review
    Try out ACT, SAT, and other practice tests.
  • Career Options
    Students, parents, and career advisors can explore career and education options.
  • Cool Works
    Jobs at camps, amusement parks, state parks, resorts and other cool places to work. Review openings by category or state.
  • Employment Rules for Teens
    Before you start working, you should know what your employer can and cannot require of you according to the United States Department of Labor. As a young worker, you are limited in the types of jobs and number of hours you can work.
  • Government Jobs for Students
    U.S. Government internships, co-ops, summer employment, volunteer opportunities and permanent part-time or full-time positions.
  • Job & Career Accelerator
    A resource to help build your resume and match your skills to the best possible job. Don't forget to use your library card number to login!
  • Minimum Wage by State
    Find out the current minimum wage in Texas or any state.
  • My Future
    A resource to plan the next steps in your life by bringing together information about colleges, careers, and military service.
  • Snag a Job
    Since 2000, SnagAJob.com has been hooking up America's hourly workforce with great hourly jobs. Now, more than 20 million registered job seekers later, they are the nation's largest job site for part-time and full-time hourly jobs. They also offer advice and resources for job seekers.

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