Languages

Free Premium Resources

A list of top-quality databases funded by MidYork Library System. Simply click on the link, log in with your library card number, and explore. (simply login with your library card number)

Proquest Platinum:

Periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.
(funded by the MidYork Library System)

Grolier Online:

Includes access to the Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia as well as Roget's II: The New Thesaurus and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.

Quality Internet Resources

Your Dictionary

Foreign language dictionary and translation.

Travel Language

Foreign language for travelers.

Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees

Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees

Literacy New York

A non-profit organization which serves as an advocate for adult literacy in New York State.

Pro-Literacy

The merged organization combining Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers.

Foreign Language News and Newspapers

Access to links to foreign language newspapers, electronic journals and magazines available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Babelfish at Yahoo

Translate words or paragraphs from a variety of languages to another. The translations are primarily transliterated rather than grammatically accurate. Best for words and short phrases.