Languages

The State Library collects Western Australian materials such as newspapers, oral histories and ephemera, in languages other than English. Teacher resources have been developed based on these heritage collections for community language teachers. The resources suggest learning activities that use materials from the State Library’s collections, which support language development and understanding of different cultural groups in Western Australia.

State Library members have access to over 6000 newspapers and magazines from all over the world, including 1000 newspapers in over 60 languages.

Community Languages Collection

An extensive collection of books and resources in over 40 languages found on Level 1.

Sharing our diverse heritage

Series of video interviews capturing the stories of five West Australians with diverse cultural backgrounds.

Community language teachers

Community language teacher resources.

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Multilingual eResources

BorrowBox

With a State Library card

With a Public Library card

BorrowBox provides access to WA Public Libraries' fiction and LOTE ebBook, eAudiobook and eMagazine collection.

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Kanopy

With a State Library card

With a Public Library card

Kanopy provides the State Library and WA Public Libraries members access to a collection of films - including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases.

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Libby by OverDrive

With a State Library card

With a Public Library card

Libby is the mobile app to access the OverDrive collection of eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines titles available to Western Australian Public Libraries.

Libby is a fast and attractive digital browsing experience that allows you to synchronise your reading across multiple devices.

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Oxford Reference Collection

With a State Library card

Oxford Reference Collection is of a core set of Encyclopedias and Dictionaries and other recognised reference material for 25 subject areas, including Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Religion, Music, Art and Architecture and language dictionaries with information and language suitable fo

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