Languages at Northwestern
- Everything You Need To Know...About Learning Languages at Northwestern (2017-2018)
- EventsEvents sponsored by the Forum for Languages and Cultures at Buffett Institute, including monthly Language Tables.
Resources at Evanston Public Library
- Mango Languages at Evanston Public LibraryAre you planning a trip abroad? Will you need to learn some key phrases in a new language? Do you need to brush up in a language you’ve already studied? Mango Languages can help. Use your Evanston Public Library card to access Mango from home, or on the go. Call the EPL Reference Desk for help, or for more information, at 847-448-8630.
- Search EPL CatalogSearch the EPL Catalog for language and travel guides.
Interlibrary Loan
You can request language learning books from other academic institutions using Interlibrary Loan. Search for books at WorldCat. Note that electronic books are not requestable. Be sure to indicate that you will accept the book in a language other than English.
The turnaround time for interlibrary loan is 3-4 days for items from other libraries in the Big Ten Academic Alliance, and 7-10 days for items from other academic institutions .
Free websites and apps
- DuolingoLanguage courses for over twenty languages in an app for iOS, Android, and Windows phone.
- Fodor's Travel PhrasesFor iOS with in-app purchase options for Italian, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, etc. - or all 22 languages they offer.
- Living Language free downloadsHandy phrasebooks with over 1,500 essential words and phrases and quick reference guides.
- Public Domain CoursesLinks to public domain foreign language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute, Defense Language Institute, and the Peace Corps.
News, film, and music databases at Northwestern
- New World Cinema: Independent Features & Shorts, 1990-present This link opens in a new windowThe collection includes over 200 full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and Global Lens.
- PressReader This link opens in a new windowAccess is usually to the last 3 months of issues, but coverage varies.
Provides access to over 7,000 titles from 100+ countries in 60+ languages, on desktop computers, tablets and mobile devices. - Access World News This link opens in a new windowAccess World News is a comprehensive resource that includes a variety of news publications worldwide. These sources include major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles as well as newswires, blogs, web-only content, videos, journals, magazines, transcripts and more. Access World News is updated daily. This database combines news articles from more than 12,000 sources and over 200 countries. Much of the material in non-English languages has been translated into English, but a significant amount of material is presented in the original language.
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new windowSmithsonian Global Sound is a network of international cultural institutions working to preserve and distribute music from archives worldwide, and to foster appreciation for traditional roots music. Through its Web site, Global Sound will offer audio and video downloads, streaming media, educational resources, and detailed liner notes to music lovers, students, historians, teachers, and the academic community.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new windowFor mobile app access, go to Naxos Northwestern with a browser. Create a Student/Member Playlist Account using your Northwestern email address. Log into app using this Student/Member account email and password.
Naxos Music Library (NML) is the world's largest online classical music library. The library offers the catalogs of more than 50 classical, jazz and world music labels with more labels joining every month. Among the labels whose catalogs are included in the service are leading independent classical labels such as BIS, Chandos, CPO, Haenssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Vanguard Classics, VOX, and of course Naxos. World music content is provided by ARC, Celestial Harmonies and others.
Language Dictionaries
- Foreign Language Dictionaries at NULComprehensive guide to foreign language dictionary offerings at NUL.
Concise Oxford-Hachette French dictionary
The Oxford Duden German Dictionary
Pocket Oxford Italian dictionary
Collins Spanish Unabridged Dictionary by ISBN: 9780061808258Publication Date: 2009-07-14The Collins Spanish Unabridged Dictionary gives you comprehensive coverage of both Spanish and English and the most up-to-date business, political, and Internet terms. Includes a clear, helpful layout.
