If you wish to find books, DVDs, or other materials on a topic in a foreign language, type your keywords into the “Find Books and More” search box on the main library webpage, and then, on the results page, click on the language of your choice using the facets menu on the left.

For example, if you wish to find books on immigration into Italy in Italian, type your keywords into the search box…

…and on the results page, click on Italian in the facets menu to the left:

You can further limit this search by clicking on DVD/Videos on the facets menu.

If you wish to find everything we have in Japanese in the library, use the “Advanced Catalog Searches” option. From the library home page, click on “Advanced Catalog Searches,” and then on the next page, click on “Advanced Keyword Search.” On the following page, type two asterisks (**) into the first search box, and change the language drop down menu to Japanese, and click on the “Search” button.

You will retrieve items that have all or part of the content in Japanese: