Multilingual and ESL

Material in Your Language

NFPL’s Multilingual Collection offers books, movies, music, and digital resources in many languages including French, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Panjabi/Punjabi, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

English as a Second Language

Our collection is tailored to customers who are learning English as a second language. It includes a range of useful materials such as spelling and grammar guides, dictionaries, easy reads on various topics, and workbooks specifically designed for tests like IELTS and TOEFL.

Additional Resources

Access newspapers and magazines in over 60 languages with translated content on our digital platform, PressReader.

With cloudLibrary, you can access a wide range of eBooks and eAudiobooks in more than 20 languages.

Or try Ebsco LearningExpress to access TOEFL & IELTS practice tests and more!

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Borrowing Information

You can borrow up to 65 items on your card
Limits apply for certain material
The standard loan period for most materials is three weeks
2 renewals are possible if there are no holds on an item

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