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Books and other materials in languages other than English
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Pierce County Library System provides informational and popular material in several international languages other than English. |
You will continue to see new books for adults and children, movies and other materials in these world languages. They move on a regular basis to new locations among most Pierce County Libraries.
- Arabic*
- Chinese*
- Hindi*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Russian*
- Spanish
- Tagalog
- Vietnamese*
*Note on non-Latin alphabets: Currently in the library catalog, some non-Latin alphabet items may show only in romanized text and not in the original alphabet. For information and assisstance, please ask a librarian.
Multi-Language DVDs
In addition to the materials above, the libraries offer some DVDs with multiple languages within the same DVD.
To search for specific language in the online catalog:
- Choose the Search Catalog tab. Click on Open Search Options. Under Languages, limit your search to the language of your choice.
- For films with audio or subtitles in your language of choice, search by subject "yyyyyyy language films" - for example: Spanish language films.
- Choose the Power tab and include LA=xxx into your search. (With xxx being the appropriate 3-digit language codes of the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages for your language.)
- Ask a librarian or send an e-mail to webref@piercecountylibrary.org.