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Featured Resource: The Shelf

What video streaming platform do library patrons in Latin America use? They use The Shelf. And with your library card, you can too! Providing a plethora of Spanish language entertainment – from action-adventure movies to TV series (including telenovelas!) to recorded live performances to children’s cartoons, and more – The Shelf offers something for everyone and every viewing occasion. Use the “Advanced Search” to find content by country and subtitles, if desired. (The collection includes some content with English and/or Spanish subtitles.) Rely on The Shelf’s expertly curated collection for premium entertainment. Grab your library card and click here to
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Featured Resource: Mango Languages

Have you always wanted to learn Swahili? Maybe you have a need to use Spanish in a business setting? Are you looking to learn English? Learning platform Mango Languages offers courses for over 70 world languages and dialects. It also provides specialized courses in Spanish for business, legal, medical, and more contexts and English as a second language for speakers of 21 different native languages. The self-paced courses focus on conversation, through a user-friendly interface that allows you to see and hear the words at the same time and the ability to replay the audio as many times as you
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New Resource: The CIA’s World Factbook

Are you looking to travel internationally or launch a product in another country’s market? The CIA’s World Factbook is a useful resource with which to begin your research. It provides basic intelligence on over 260 country/territory entities around the world, including population, demographics, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues. Though earlier editions were classified for U.S. policymakers and officials, the CIA now makes The World Factbook publicly available on the internet, where it finds widespread use among students and academic researchers. Go to Resource
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