LibGuides: Holman Library Databases: Foreign Languages

Databases for World Languages

Rosetta Stone This link opens in a new window
Language learning software. Create an individual account to track your progress.
Global Issues in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles featuring global viewpoints on international issues, country reports, primary source documents, statistics, videos, and more
CultureGrams (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Cultural information, statistics, and reports on more than 200 countries and territories plus US states and Canadian provinces.
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
For viewpoints not covered by the mainstream press, a bilingual (English and Spanish) database of ethnic, minority and native newspapers, magazines and journals.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Search more than 18,000 academic journals and magazines from a wide variety of disciplines including more than 7500 full text peer-reviewed journals.
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text and abstracts for communication journals covering all related disciplines including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse.
Fuente Académica (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
"Fuente Académica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology."
Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
Country information--basic facts, population, history, economics, society & culture, basic greetings. Includes maps and photographs.
ProQuest Combined Databases This link opens in a new window
Search millions of articles from ProQuest's electronic collections, including a digital newspaper archive, thousands of academic journals, and popular magazines like Newsweek and Rolling Stone.
Database Tutorial: ProQuest Advanced Search
Database Tutorial: How to Select & Cite Sources in ProQuest (and more)

King County Library System (KCLS): College Student Accounts
Browse all KCLS databases by clicking on College Students >> Find Online Services to Use from Home >> Databases

Mango Languages
Kanopy Streaming Video
- check out: World Cinema, Documentaries
Access Video
Daily Life Through History
- articles on daily life and culture from countries around the world

Green River College students have access to the KCLS databases:

To Log in: use GRC + your student username. (The part before the @ in your GRC email address.)
Example OLD email: GRCjsmith23
Example NEW email: GRCsmith.jane.23
PIN number: your pin is the last four characters of your log in. Example: e.23

Faculty & Staff may sign up for access to KCLS Online Databases. To opt-in, complete the online sign-up form linked below.

KCLS/GRC Faculty & Staff Accounts Information
Find more information on how to sign up (and log in) to your KCLS / GRC digital resources as a faculty or staff member. (Links to GatorNet)

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Search for authoritative information in subject encyclopedias selected for courses and programs at Green River College

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Covers a broad range of controversial and contemporary issues.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Use this tool to find "viewpoint" articles on controversial issues.