Research Guides: Foreign Languages: Languages

Learning Languages

Just need a dictionary while working on a project? Need some extra help with your language learning? On this page you will find:

A link to language learning software
Examples of books available for each language in the Reference collection on the first floor
Links to additional books in the Reference collection

Please note that more books are available in the Joyner Stacks and that Reference books do not circulate. Search the catalog for additional books.

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Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
A guide to the cultures, customs, and histories of foreign countries for companies and individuals traveling for business. Can be searched by country. Topics include: business practices, communication trends, demographics, finance and banking, points of interest, security information, and transportation tips.

BBC Country Profiles
CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
U.S. Department of State Background Notes
These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus.
Library of Congress Country Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Webster's New World 575+ Italian Verbs by Laura Soave
Call Number: PC1271 .S63 2006 Joyner Ref Stacks
ISBN: 0471748293
Publication Date: 2006-01-31

Oxford Latin Desk Dictionary by James Morwood (Editor); Oxford University Press (Created by)
Call Number: PA2365.E5 O8 2005 Joyner Ref Stacks
ISBN: 019861070X
Publication Date: 2005-07-28

Latin Resources on the First Floor
Classical Studies Research Guide
For more information on Classical Studies in the library, please visit the research guide.