1. Sex Education Resources By Annie Smith

2. Your Resource? If you were going to start a sex education program at your library tomorrow— who or what is your first resource? If it’s the Internet, what website would you first consider?

3. MedlinePlus—Teen Sexual Health Directs you to information to help answer health questions. A great resource for consumer health information Should be on everyone’s list! http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline plus/teensexualhealth.html

4. Advocates for Youth Help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health Rights Respect Responsibility www.advocatesforyouth.org

5. Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States Provides education and information about sexuality and sexual and reproductive health Goals: Educate Advocate Inform www.siecus.org

6. Guttmacher Institute Information on sexual and reproductive health issues in the United States and worldwide Advances sexual and reproductive health through an interrelated program www.guttmacher.org

7. YALSA Resources For information, ideas, and resources join the Librarian’s Information Network on Sexuality (LINS). To Subscribe send an email to subscribe@topica.com subscribe@topica.com www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/profidev /healthyrelationships.cfm

8. Planned Parenthood Provides quality health care and services Offers medically accurate information Advances effective health policies www.plannedparenthood.org

9. KidsHealth Provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use Understandable Reliable Practical Objective http://kidshealth.org/index _noflash.html

10. Teenwire Part of the Planned Parenthood Organization Created for teens Responsible choices Easy-to-read Available in Spanish www.teenwire.com

11. Sex, etc. It is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project. "Not only do I appreciate the articles and stories I have read but I will refer my 14-year-old son to this Web site. The stories your site presents are fair and nonjudgmental, which is exactly what is needed by teens struggling with a myriad of questions about sex." —Chris, 57, TX www.sexetc.org

12. Thank you! Annie Smith University of Arizona Information Resources and Library Science Knowledge River Scholar WE Search Mentor acsmith@email.arizona.edu