Course Guides: Foreign Languages

Courses listed in the General Catalog:

• FRENCH (FREN)
• FREN 1010: Elementary French I
• FREN 1020: Elementary French II
• FREN 2010: Intermediate French I
• FREN 2020: Intermediate French II

• SPANISH (SPAN)
• SPAN 1101: Elementary Spanish I
• SPAN 1102: Elementary Spanish II
• SPAN 2101: Intermediate Spanish I
• SPAN 2102: Intermediate Spanish II

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• Printable Guides & Handouts
• Suggested Databases
• Selected E-Book Sources
• Locations of French and Spanish Resources in the Library
• Selected Books in the Library
• Online Resources
• Research Guides: includes citation help
• Faculty Favorites: a list of resources recommended by faculty members.

PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

• Course Guide Handout-Foreign Languages (PDF)

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

Note that the resources recommended here are intended to help students find articles and other information sources to be used for reading and translation practice and vocabulary building.

French

• French Business Source (Vente et Gestion) - Provides full-text coverage of French language business journals for academic and professional researchers.
• World Book L’Encyclopédie Découverte - French language version of World Book Online that includes a French visual dictionary that displays labels in French and English.

Spanish

• Economia y Negocios - Provides indexing to more than 300 Spanish language business and economics periodicals published in Latin America and Spain.
• Fuente Academica - Provides full-text access to multi-discipline Spanish language academic scholarly journals covering many academic areas of interest.
• MedicLatina - Provides full-text articles from nearly 100 Spanish language medical journals published in Latin America.
• World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos - The intermediate Spanish-language version of World Book Online.

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SELECTED E-BOOK SOURCES:

• NetLibrary - Provides access to over 59,000 ebooks (electronic copies of printed books, often in PDF format) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. NetLibrary has an easy to use search interface. (You will need a NetLibrary account to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see the tutorial, Accessing & Using NetLibrary for more information.)




French

• Countdown to French: Learn to Communicate in 24 Hours, 2004, by Gail Stein.
• French Verb Tenses, 2008, by Trudie Maria Booth.
• French Vocabulary, 2008, by Elaine Kurbegov.
• Modern French Grammar Workbook, 2nd Edition, 2004, by Margaret Lang.
• Must Know French: 4,000 Words That Give You Power to Communicate, 2006, by Elaine Kurbegov.

To find more items in the Catalog, search for "French language" as the subject.

Spanish

• Basic Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook, 2006, by Carmen Arnaiz.
• A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners, 2006, by Mark Davies.
• Must Know Spanish: 4,000 Words That Give You the Power to Communicate, 2006, by Gilda Nissenberg.
• Speak Basic Spanish -- in No Time, 2005, by Larry C. Rios.
• A Student Grammar of Spanish, 2006, by R. E. Batchelor.

To find more items in the Catalog, search for "Spanish language" as the subject.



• Google Book Search - Many full-text ebooks in PDF format, free and available to download. Google Book Search has an easy search interface with option to see only full-text titles.

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LOCATIONS OF FRENCH & SPANISH RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

French & Spanish related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges. To find more items in the Catalog, search for "Spanish language" or "French language" as the subject.

• PC2001 to PC3761 - French.
• PC2065 - Studying and teaching.
• PC2640 - Dictionaries.

• PC4001 to PC4977 - Spanish.
• PC4065 - Studying and teaching.
• PC4640 - Dictionaries.

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SELECTED BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY:

French

• Beginning French for the Utterly Confused, 2003.
  Call number: PC 2129 .E5 M465 2003
• French Demystified, 2007.
  Call number: PC 2112.5 .H46 2007
• French Verb Drills, 3rd Edition, 2004.
  Call number: PC 2271 .D4 2004, also available as an e-book in NetLibrary.
• Improve Your French, 2003.
  Call number: PC 2129 .E5 A775 2003
• Tune-up Your French: The Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Spoken French, 2004.
  Call number: PC2121 .S417 2004

Spanish

• The Big Red Book of Spanish Grammar, 2008.
  Call number: PC 4112 .V37 2008
• The Everything Spanish Phrase Book: A Quick Reference for Any Situation, 2004.
  Call number: PC 4121 .L86 2004
• Spanish Demystified, 2007.
  Call number: PC 4129 .E5 P58 2007
• Spanish Grammar the Easy Way, 2004.
  Call number: PC 4105 .C67 2004
• Webster’s New World 575+ Spanish Verbs, 2008.
  Call number: PC 4271 .P57 2004

To find more items in the Catalog, search for "French language" or "Spanish language" as the subject.

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

Dictionaries / Translation

• Babel Fish, from yahoo, translates words, blocks of text, or websites. Will also offer to search the web using your term..
• Dictionarist, this Online Talking Dictionary offers translations of words from English into numerous other languages and from other languages to English. It will pronounce the word that is searched, but not the results. It also offers a keyboard interface to accommodate 11 languages, including French and Spanish. Preferences for only certain language glossaries can also be selected.
• Look WAY Up this free version offers French-to-English or English-to-French translations and corrects for spelling and accents! Other languages are also available. There is a full version available for purchase.
• SpanishDict, this source offers word and sentence translations as well as other options to learn and study Spanish with videos, flashcards, a chat forum, games, and more. Sign-up is required to use the instructional resources, but the account is FREE!

Grammar / Study Help

• Language Learning Library, a FREE comprehensive guide to learning eight foreign languages including French & Spanish. Includes resources on grammar, common phrases, alphabet, cultural information, and more.
• Learn Spanish, from StudySpanish.com offers free tutorials.
• Online French Help, includes flash cards, exercises, games, conjugation charts, and more. Users can also choose skill levels..
• Online Spanish Help, includes flash cards, exercises, games, conjugation charts, and more. Users can also choose skill levels.

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