{"id":367,"date":"2015-07-20T14:56:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T14:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/?page_id=367"},"modified":"2025-02-05T15:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:01:40","slug":"international-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/services\/resources-for\/international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"International Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Help with Translations<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" title=\"Goes offsite to Google\" href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Translate<\/a>: Translate websites, documents, and text into 52 languages, ranging from Afrikaans to Yiddish.<\/p>\n<p>You can also view this <a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/idplanguagetable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">language table<\/a> (275 KB pdf) that includes frequently used library terms translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, and Arabic, as well as this list of <a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/idpdefinitions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">definitions<\/a> (231 KB pdf) that explains what each term means. Both documents are borrowed from the <a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/IS\/is-committees-2\/committees-task-forces\/instruction-for-diverse-populations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Association of College &amp; Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section&#8217;s Instruction for Diverse Populations Committee&#8217;s<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ababab;\" \/>\n<h1>Library Resources for English Language Learners (ESL \/ ELL)<\/h1>\n<p>The resources below are available for checkout from Rentschler Library:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00344a&amp;AN=mucat.b4212236&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Improve your English: English in Everyday Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00344a&amp;AN=mucat.b3820425&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00344a&amp;AN=mucat.b3820333&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English Grammar for ESL Learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00344a&amp;AN=mucat.b4212337&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00344a&amp;AN=mucat.b4212254&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McGraw-Hill&#8217;s Essential ESL Grammar: A Handbook for Intermediate &amp; Advanced ESL Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00344a&amp;AN=mucat.b4214870&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McGraw-Hill\u2019s Conversational American English: The Illustrated Guide to the Everyday Expressions of American English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=cat00344a&amp;AN=mucat.b4222777&amp;site=eds-live&amp;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speak English Like an American: You already Speak English&#8211;Now Speak it even Better!<\/a> (Book &amp; CD set)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/proxy.lib.miamioh.edu\/login?source=opac&amp;url=http:\/\/www.oxfordreference.com\/views\/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms<\/a> (Online Book; Requires Miami Unique ID and Password to Connect)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; 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