Language Resources

Books, CDs and DVDs

Looking for books, DVDs or CDs for your language?  Try the following shelf numbers... 

 

  418   Translating
  419   Sign Language
  420   English
  430   German
  440   French
  450   Italian
  460   Spanish
  469   Portuguese
  491.7   Russian
  491.85   Polish
  494.35   Turkish
  495.6   Japanese

 

Nothing here that suits? Try looking for some topics in the web catalogue

Journals & Newspapers

Read about celebrities, news, films, culture and fashion in foreign magazines.  You'll be surprised at how much you already know!  Here are some examples...


Le Monde - French magazine

Der Speigel - German magazine

Corriere Della Sera - Italian newspaper

Yomiuri Online - Japanese newspaper

Pani - Polish magazine

Expresso - Portuguese newspaper

Hello! - Russian version 

El Mundo - Spanish newspaper

Hurriyet - Turkish newspaper

British Deaf News - in the Hub LRC

 

Or try typing browsing the e-journals catalogue for the language you are looking for and see what you find!

 

Information Skills

The LRC provides advice on information skills including:

 

  • * Using online databases
  • * Referencing information
  • * Evaluating web resources

 

Please refer to the information skills webpages for more details.  Alternatively ask a member of LRC staff on your next visit.

 

In addition we offer information skills workshops for students.  Ask your tutor to book you in.

Web Resources

Have you tried?

 

Intute - Languages

 

BBC Languages - learn basic phrases, try activities and listen to people speaking their own language.  Covers most languages.

 

Channel4 Learning - try learning French, German or Spanish with Channel 4

 

S-Cool - GCSE & A level

 

How to learn any language - helps you decide which language to learn

 

Sign Community  - learn how to sign

Librarian's News

Carol Wootton

Carol Wootton

 

I am the librarian with responsibility for your subject at the Hub. Please contact me if you have any enquiries about resources for your subject or need help in finding information.  I am based in the Learning Resource Centre at the Hub.

 

My e-mail address is: carol.wootton@don.ac.uk

 

Alternatively, telephone me on (01302) 558249, or email us by going to our Contact Us page.

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