English Language Learners: Databases

Films on Demand provides access to several multi-title series' for English language learners: Cutting Edge Communications (Basic & Simple), English at Work, Can Do English - ELL, English in Three Minutes, and the Standard Deviants (School ESL & the Standard Curriculum).

HomeworkLouisiana offers free tutoring & academic resources from Tutor.com for Louisiana residents from kindergarten through adult learners, everyday from 2pm to midnight in the following areas: Spelling, Vocabulary, Grammar, and Literature. Also, ELL & Reading services available at different levels (Elementary, Middle School, High School, & College), and WriteTutor provides valuable assistance for book reports, letters, short stories, and essays. Services can be accessed from a Louisiana library, home computer, or a mobile device.

Learning Express Core English Skills offers student microlessons, ebooks, skills practices, flashcards, and tutorials for several discrete language skills: Grammar, Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary & Spelling.

Learning Express Placement Test Preparation offers students tutorials, ebooks, and practice tests for both the TOEFL iBT and IELTS standardized exams.

Mango Languages provides self-study programs for over 70 languages. It uniquely allows learners to study English from the context of their own native language.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.

The innovative Oxford Language Dictionaries Online site offers essential language resources never before available online: fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages.