GATEWAY FOR KIDS

Hi! Welcome to our web site for kids and teens! As you may have noticed, we are in Texas. Specifically, we are students, teachers, and alumni of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Texas at Austin. This is a school where people go to learn how to be librarians and to do other jobs where they manage information, like archivists, conservators, systems administrators (look these up in a dictionary), and webmasters.

While this gateway is part of a larger site, most of the information that kids and young adults will find interesting is on this page. For everything else, check out the menu to the left. Meanwhile, enjoy looking at some sites that we think are great!

Internet Basics for Kids and Teens

OK, so you probably do know everything about "netiquette" (how to behave when you're on the Internet), Internet health, and knowing how to make sure a web site is any good, but let's review the rules and make sure. There are some not-so-good sites out there and some people who might try to mess with you, and it's your mission to avoid them all! If you do, you'll be happier, and so will your parents, your teachers, and all the librarians you love!

Kidlinks (For Teens Too)

Here you can check out lots of great web sites that are organized by general subject ("General subject" means that if you want to see if we have anything on dinosaurs, look in "Science and Math").

Kidsearch (Yes, it's also for YAs)

These are links to search engines designed with you in mind, and other sites that are really "link directories!" Wondering what YAs are? Well, they're young adults!

Just for Teens

This page has links just for teens, from public library youth pages to college admissions information. Teens, don't miss this page!

Library Links

Here are links to other libraries around. Some sites belong to libraries with real buildings and other sites are "virtual libraries;" libraries that are just on the Web!