Services: Tweens & Teens

Getting to know your teen space

Did you know the library has a space just for teens? Head upstairs to the bright, airy Teen Room— a place to hang out, get work done, and explore what you’re into. With things like books, video games, computers and even creative supplies- it’s a space designed just for you.

Volunteering Options for Teens

Need Volunteer Hours? There are a lot of options for teens to volunteer at the library. You can join YAB (Youth Advisory Board), assist the Youth Services Department in the library, submit book reviews, or propose a skill share event to share you talents and experience with members of the community.

Due to high interest, we cannot guarantee any specific amount of volunteer hours. If you require documentation of volunteer service hours, please let Frazier know far in advance.

Library Volunteer

Looking for long-term volunteering opportunities? Fill out the application to for a chance to fill one of our season spots for helping out around the library!

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Youth Advisory Board

YAB (Youth Advisory Board) plans events, picks out books and games for the YA collection, helps decorate the teen space, and works on special projects for the library.

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Teen Book Reviews

Westwood teens in grades 6-12 can submit a book review and receive 2 hours of volunteer time! Teens must read the book, fill out this form, and submit a picture or video.

Submit a Review

Teen Skill Share

Do you have a fun or interesting skill that you can teach to other teens? Let us know and you can have an opportunity to lead a Teen Skill Share event. We welcome all kinds of ideas!

Propose a Skill Share

Teen Book Clubs

Middle School Book Club

Gather monthly to talk about great books with friends, enjoy snacks, and play games. Whether it’s fantasy, mystery, or realistic fiction, there’s something for everyone.

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Cover to Cover Book Club

Take a break from the stresses of class and read a book just for fun! Join Frazier for our monthly book club meeting. Stop by the library to pick up your copy of our next book.

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Resources for Teens

Career Guidance
College Help

Online Resources

Teen Databases

  • Boston Globe – This database includes full-text of the Boston Globe from January 1, 1980 to the present.
  • Britannica Online Library Edition – Britannica Online Library Edition includes 4 full encyclopedias, the Encyclopædia Britannica, Compton’s by Britannica, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.  It also contains full-text magazine articles, Web sites that have been reviewed and verified by Britannica editors, a homework help section, a world atlas, Merriam-Webster dictionaries and thesauri, a Spanish-English dictionary, and video and audio content.
  • Britannica Online School Edition – Elementary, Middle and High School levels, plus read-aloud at all levels and translation for over 50 languages. Britannica Online School Edition gives students instant access to four complete encyclopedias.
  • CQ Researcher – CQ Researcher offers in-depth coverage of political and social issues, with regular full text reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
  • Digital Media Catalog (OverDrive) – The Digital Media Catalog (OverDrive) provides popular audiobooks and eBooks to download.

Gale in Context:

  • Biography – Biography has information on the world’s most influential people. You can search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
  • Science – Science in Context provides topic overviews, experiments, biographies, and illustrations. It also has articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.
  • U.S. History – U.S. History in Context  provides information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. There are full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized in a user-friendly way.
  • World History – World History in Context gives information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. It provides full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized.

Gale OneFile:

  • Gale OneFile  – Gale OneFile is a great source for news and periodical articles. OneFile contains over 5,000 full-text periodical titles, and more than 9,200 titles in all, on a wide range of topics.
  • Gale OneFile: High School Edition – A database for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
  • Gale OneFile: Middle School Edition – Made specifically for middle schoolers, this resource combines reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.

Historical Boston Globe 1872-1979  – The Historical Boston Globe is a full-image archive with complete coverage from 1872-1927. Every issue includes the complete paper with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.

The New York Times  – This database includes full-text of the New York Times from January 1, 1985 to the present.

RMV Driving Tests – RMV practice tests and study materials for car, motorcycle and CDL (commercial driver’s license) drivers permits. 

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