Get a Life

Get a Life is a collection of websites that we think will be useful to you when looking for information of interest about Ithaca and Tompkins County, college and careers, and basic fun.

Community Information

IthacaNet
http://www.ithacanet.org
Community events, entertainment, arts, sports

Ithaca Youth Bureau
http://www.ithacayouthbureau.org
Local recreational and sports programs

O.J. Guide
http://www.tompkins-co.org/youth/documents/pdfOJguide_003.pdf
Teen Services and activities in Tompkins County

Working Papers
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/business_ny/employer_responsibilities/
workprot/wphmpg.htm
Facts for teenagers under 18

TCAT Local Bus Routes
http://www.tcatbus.com

Department of Motor Vehicles
http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/
About getting your permit and license.

Campfire USA
http://www.campfire.org/teens

Youth Services of America
http://www.ysa.org

College and Careers

Ithaca Youth Bureau's College Connection Program
http://www.cityofithaca.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={BD83450C-97EC-46E9-921C-D9F5F3E7CEDF}&DE={20510034-2078-4BF0-A488-7139811D7706}

Occupational Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco

U.S. News Best Colleges
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

U.S. Two year College Search
http://cset.sp.utoledo.edu/twoyrcol.html

College Prep 101
http://www.collegeprep101.com

Financial Aid
http://www.finaid.org

FASFA on the web
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/splash

SAT Test Prep
http://www.freesat1prep.com

America's Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet

Career Key
http://www.careerkey.org/english

Career Pathways
http://www.ipl.org/div/pathways

Job Profiles
http://www.jobprofiles.org/aboutjp.htm

For Fun

AnimeInfo.org
http://www.animeinfo.org

Cartoon Network
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com

Classic Comic Reading Room
http://www.reading-room.net

The Comic Book Club of Ithaca
http://208.56.236.238

DC Comics
http://www.dccomics.com

Marvel Comics
http://www.marvel.com

Tokyopop
http://www.tokyopop.com/index.php

VIZ Communications
http://www.viz.com

Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com

Turner Classic Movies
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com

Yahoo Movies
http://movies.yahoo.com
Movie reviews and local movie time search.

EW.com Entertainment Weekly
http://www.ew.com/ew

MTV.com
http://www.mtv.com

TeenPeople.com
http://www.teenpeople.com/teenpeople

Baseball
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/homepage/mlb_homepage.jsp

Basketball
http://www.nba.com
http://wnba.com

CBS Sportsline
http://cbs.sportsline.com

CNN/Sports Illustrated
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com

ESPN.com
http://msn.espn.go.com/main.html

Extreme Sports
http://expn.go.com
http://www.extremesports.com

Figure Skating
http://www.usfsa.org

Football
http://www.nfl.com

Hockey
http://www.nhl.com

Nascar
http://www.nascar.com

Soccer
http://www.ussoccer.com/home/default.sps
http://www.wusa.com

Wrestling
http://www.wwe.com

Health & Sex

By Girls for Girls
http://www.bygirlsforgirls.org
A project by and for adolescent girls, sponsored by Smith College

GirlsHealth.gov
http://www.girlshealth.gov
Contains information on health and growing up for young women.

Go Ask Alice
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
Columbia University's Health Question and Answer Internet Service

NIDA for Teens
http://teens.drugabuse.gov
National Institute on Drug abuse for teens

Sex, etc.
http://sexetc.org
A website by teens for teens

SexTalk.org
http://www.sextalk.org
Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County

Teen Health and Wellness
http://www.tcpl.org/navigateway/#health
Database specifically designed for teenagers on issues relating to health, fitness, alcohol, drugs, mental health, family life, and much more.

Teen Sexual Health from Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teensexualhealth.html

TeensHealth
http://teenhealth.org
Honest, accurate information and advice about health, relationships, and growing up.

TeenHealthFX
http://www.teenhealthfx.com/index.php
Resource for any and all questions regarding your health, your relationships, your body and your sexuality.

TeenGrowth.com
http://www.teengrowth.com
Valuable health care information on topics such as alcohol, drugs, emotions, health, family, friends, school, sex and sports.