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International Students
Welcome to the Library! The James A. Gibson Library is happy to work with international students at our University, and we encourage you to make use of Library resources and services. This page offers links to additional resources that may be of special interest to international students.
Library Learning and Language Guides
- Visit the Library Help page for information how to do library research
- Library Jargon Translator from George Mason University
Material for English as a Second, Subsequent, or Foreign Language
- IELP (Intensive English Language Program) Readers (easy readers) available in our Library
- English Language - Study and Speaking - Foreign Speakers books in our Library
- Beyond the Answer Sheet: Academic Success for International Students (book)
- Succeeding as an International Student in the United States and Canada (book)
- Communication Strategies for International Graduate Students (handbook)
- To listen to native speakers read audio versions of articles in the database Academic Search Complete, choose HTML versions of the fulltext articles.
- To translate the fulltext content of articles in the database Academic Search Complete, you must also choose the HTML versions.
Material for Languages other than English
- To search foreign language titles in the Library Catalogue, start with the Advanced Search option. Enter * in any field and then limit by available language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian.
- Foreign Language Newspapers
- Newseum: Front pages of newspapers around the world
- WordReference.com (online language dictionaries)
- Chinese Library in Brock's Confucius Institute
English Language Dictionaries and Thesaurii
- Canadian Oxford Dictionary
- Concise Oxford Dictionary
- OED (Oxford English Dictionary) Online
- Oxford Dictionary of English
- Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (online)
- Dictionary.com and Thesaurus
Web Sites to Further your Language Learning
- English Accent Coach (developed by Dr. Ron Thomson, Brock University)
- Randall's Cyber Listening Lab
- Dave's ESL Cafe
- English Zone
- Learning English with the CBC
- Interesting Things for ESL Students
- Internet TESL Journal: Activities for ESL Students
- yourDictionary.com
- iLoveLanguages
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World
- Omniglot Encyclopedia: Writing Systems and Languages
- Writing in North American Higher Education: A Primer for International Students
Test Practice Sites for English as a Foreign Language
- TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
- IELTS - International English Language Testing Service
- International Language Testing at Brock
Around Brock
- International Student Guide from International Services and Programs Abroad
- International Education Week November 14-18, 2011
- ESL Services (Intensive English Language Program)
Multilingual Library Staff
Please note that library services are offered in English at Brock University, but we can offer you a warm welcome and a greeting in your own language if you would like to meet any of our friendly multilingual staff.
- Karen Bordonaro - German, Spanish, learning French
- Oksana Voronina - Russian, Ukrainian
- Maja Ruscher-Bose - German
- Jonathan Younker - French
- Justine Cotton - French
- Tim Ribaric - Croatian
- Gilgun Ana Estrella Doran - Arabic
- Linda Lowry - Norwegian, Swedish
If you would like to suggest any additions or updates to this page, please contact Karen Bordonaro (kbordonaro@brocku.ca), Liaison Librarian for the Intensive English Language Program, Applied Linguistics, Classics, and Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
