Information for Study Abroad Students

• Learn how to access our databases, ejournals, and course reserves from off-campus. 

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Mango Languages

Mango is an online language learning resource which includes a variety of resources to help students learn practical conversation skills for languages spoken all around the world. Lessons include strategically placed memory-building exercises to help users remember what they are learning in addition to critical thinking exercises, which help them to intuitively understand the language and adapt it to similar conversations. Follow the link to create an account with Mango to get started. Includes access to the Mango Languages App (available on iTunes or Google Play).

BBC - Languages
This website offers free tools for learning a new language. Learn essential phrases in 36 languages; take a self-paced online beginner's course in French, German, Spanish, or Italian; also offers a "phrase of the day" and foreign-language TV.

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• Instruction for Diverse Populations - Multilingual Glossary Language Table (pdf)
• Instruction for Diverse Populations Multilingual Glossary Definitions (pdf)

• National Libraries of the World
• The European Library
  Searches the content of European national libraries.
• Gateway to Library Catalogs Z39.50 - Library of Congress
  Search the Library of Congress Online Catalog and other catalogs worldwide that use Z39.50. Z39.50 is a national and international (ISO 23950) standard defining a protocol for computer-to-computer information retrieval.
• Libweb
  Libweb lists home pages of "real world" libraries. Find public, state, academic, special & school, national, organizations, regional consortia, and international libraries.

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Online Writing & Learning (OWL) -- Writing Services at the University Learning Center offers several online resources for student writers at UNCW.

Selected Resources for Country Information:

• Kiss, bow, or shake hands : the bestselling guide to doing business in more than 60 countries - Print
• Kiss, bow, or shake hands : Europe : how to do business in 25 European countries - Print
• Statesman's Yearbook - Print and Online
• CultureGrams - Print
• World Fact Book - Online