I am happy to announce that our library now has access to Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, a vital new research database and teen self-help resource created by Rosen Publishing. This resource has been made available to all libraries in Ontario through the Knowledge Ontario initiative, that is supported by the Ontario Government.

http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com

It offers the features such as:

• Comprehensive articles about issues essential to teen health and well being.


• Content thoroughly reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling.


• Regularly updated homepage features connecting medical news and social issues to database articles.


• Automatically generated citations, plus the ability to print and email articles.


• Resource sections with Web sites, organizations, and recommended reading.


• Interactive polls and quizzes.


• Authentic, first-person teen narratives.

You can log on to Teen Health & Wellness from any computer in the hospital without as password. It is also available from home using a user id and password. Please contact the library for more information.