International Language Resources
See Also: Africana Studies, Asian & Asian American Studies, Classical & Near Eastern Studies, German, Judaic Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Area Studies , Medieval, Renaissance, & Early Modern Studies, Middle East & North African Studies, Romance Languages, Russian & East European Studies, Translation Research
As a part of Binghamton University's commitment to internationalization, the Libraries would like to promote the wide variety of resources we have in international languages.
Using infoLINK the Library Catalog
Users can search for international language books, DVDs, music, newspapers, journals and more using infoLINK, the Library Catalog. Once in infoLINK, click on "Advanced" in the top banner. From the Advanced Search page, limit the search to a specific language using the drop-down menu, then enter search terms.
To see a list of all the Libraries' holdings in a given language, click on "Expert" in the top banner of infoLINK, the Library Catalog. Then type in "wln=spa" to see all the materials we have in Spanish. The search string "wln=tur" would retrieve holdings in Turkish. Then to see a list of journal holdings for a given language, just select "Journals & Newspapers" from the drop-down box Base to Search. To find the three letter code for each language, see the MARC Language Codes.
Non-English characters
- How to Search the Library Catalog in Chinese
- How to type Chinese, Korean & Japanese characters on Library computers
Check out the Libraries' online tutorial for Finding Books.
Chinese | español | français | italiano | Japanese | Korean
Finding Articles Using metaLINK
The Libraries' subscribe to a number of different databases with international language content, accessible via metaLINK. Furthermore, a number of databases now permit users to change the language of the interface. For example, most of the databases published by EBSCO, CSA, and FirstSearch allow users to select a different language in which to use the database. Some databases may also allow users to limit their search results by language, to retrieve articles in a specific language.
For a list of the Libraries' databases with multi-lingual capabilities, see International Languages Search Capacities (Excel).
Check out the Libraries' online tutorial for Finding Articles.
There are several ways to located news sources in foreign languages. Use infoLINK the library catalog to see what holdings we have in print and/or on microfilm.
For electronic access to current news sources, look under the "Current Events & News" link of metaLINK. Another good place to look is the News Resources page, which brings together information on accessing news sources online.
See also Chinese Newspapers & Magazines, French/Francophone Language & Media, Italian Media & Culture, Latin American Newspapers, Selected U.S. Newspapers in Microfilm (PDF), Spanish Language & Media.
Radio & Television Broadcasts Online
RadioStationWorld - Search or browse by country for a list of radio stations with streaming content.
World Radio Network (WRN) - Access public radio content from around the world and in multiple languages.
For additional sources of online international language broadcasting, try the following:
Channel Africa, China Radio International (CRI), Deutshe-Welle (DW), NHK World/Radio Japan Online, Radio France Internationale, RTVE/Radio Television Espanola, Voice of Russia
Foreign Language Departments & Programs at Binghamton University
- Africana Studies - Portuguese
- Asian & Asian American Studies - Chinese, Korean, Japanese
- Classical & Near Eastern Studies - Arabic, Egyptian, Greek, Latin
- German, Russian, & East Asian Languages - Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian
- Judaic Studies - Hebrew, Yiddish
- Latin American & Caribbean Area Studies - Spanish
- Medieval & Renaissance Studies - German, Greek, Latin, Medieval English,
- Middle East & North African Studies - Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish
- Romance Languages & Literatures - French, Italian, Spanish
- Russian & East European Studies - Russian
International Student & Scholar Services
Languages Across the Curriculum (LxC)
Office of International Programs (Study Abroad)