English for Multilingual Students
Is English your 2nd, 3rd or 4th language? These resources may be useful.
Translation Tools
Most of the Library's search tools include translation tools.
Gale Power Search
- Set the tool's interface in your native language.
- Translate articles to several languages.
- Listen to articles in English to practice comprehension and pronunciation.
EBSCOhost and "Search Everything"
- Translate articles
- Listen to articles read in 3 different English accents - American, British, or Australian
Credo Reference
- Use the 3 stacked horizontal lines to open more options (This is called "the hamburger" because it looks like a burger between two buns. Can you see it?)
- Translate articles
- Listen to articles
ProQuest
- Listen to articles
Best Bet
- Read It! This link opens in a new windowA multi-purpose information resource designed for anyone that is new to the English language.
Best Bet
- Gale Power Search This link opens in a new windowOur most powerful tool for beginning college researchers.
Key benefits:
- Set the interface to your native language.
- Translate articles.
- Listen to articles in English.
- Topic finder
- Subject guide search
Topic Finder
Visualize connections between search terms and topics and view relevant articles for those topics.
Subject Guide Search
Subject terms are like hashtags on social media. Search the subject index to find articles tagged with specific subject terms.
Power Search Tools
Use these to find all types of source, including research starters (explainers), scholarly/academic sources and popular sources, such as news, magazines, books, and more.
- Search EverythingThe Library's most powerful search tool lets you search a majority of all available search tools at once.
- Gale Power Search This link opens in a new windowA great choice for beginning college researchers, this search tool is easy to use and searches all of the Gale tools at once.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
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This user-friendly and powerful tool searches all ProQuest content at once, good scholarly sources that "Search Everything" might miss.
Search Tools for Pre-Research and Beginning Research
General Overviews / Beginning Research / Topic Selection Tools
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowA collection of edited research books. Try the Concept Map!
- Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowHigh-quality and professionally edited quick information.
- Gale General OneFile This link opens in a new windowMagazines, newspapers, and reference books covering current events, pop culture, and more.