tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837144101864261352011-07-07T14:42:44.889-07:00The purpose of this website is to provide useful information on Immigration and English Speakers of Other Languages. Email MX-Library@mxcc.commnet.edu with any websites that you find helpful.Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-17018230526541433182009-12-17T10:07:00.000-08:002010-03-03T08:06:06.235-08:00<a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/">UsingEnglish.com </a>provides a large collection of ESOL tools and resources including reference, reading and language quizzes, articles, and more.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-1701823052654143318?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-16253106901398715442009-12-17T10:04:00.000-08:002009-12-17T10:07:13.531-08:00This <a href="http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/multilanguage/multilang.htm">service</a>, of the U.S. General Services Administration,provides helpful links to Federal resources in various languages.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-1625310690139871544?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-40153101342431987152009-05-04T16:09:00.000-07:002009-05-04T16:16:19.025-07:00<a href="http://www.hplct.org/tap/TAP.htm">The American Place</a> is a free library service offered by the Hartford Public Library for immigrants and refugees. Their goal is to help you adjust to life in America while preserving elements of your native culture. All programs are free. <a href="http://www.hplct.org/tap/Programs_services/programs_services.htm">Click here</a> for more information on programs and services offered.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-4015310134243198715?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-74553480527223375782009-05-04T16:06:00.000-07:002009-05-07T15:09:43.960-07:00<div align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uBoN-Fe2Xb8/SgNX6YXl4mI/AAAAAAAAAPA/KBPTtOt3090/s1600-h/Flags+at+Washington+Monument.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333203044222231138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uBoN-Fe2Xb8/SgNX6YXl4mI/AAAAAAAAAPA/KBPTtOt3090/s200/Flags+at+Washington+Monument.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.welcometousa.gov/">WelcometoUSA.gov</a> is the U.S. Government’s official web portal for new immigrants. This web portal is an initiative of the Task Force on New Americans, a federal partnership created to strengthen the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies in providing immigrants the information they need to embrace the common core of American civic culture, learn English, and fully become American.<br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:78%;">(Photo from Flags at Washington Monument by Russ and Lori taken on October 30, 2008</span></em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=flag&amp;w=685365%40N25&amp;m=pool"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=flag&amp;w=685365%40N25&amp;m=pool</span></em></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">)</span></em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-7455348052722337578?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-76099038013786254052009-05-04T14:36:00.000-07:002009-05-29T05:13:32.587-07:00Click <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html">here</a> to find health information in many different languages, provided by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-7609903801378625405?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-6751821759303698002009-05-02T05:50:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:51:48.602-07:00<span style="color:#000000;">Both links below offer quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL).</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">This project of</span> <a href="http://iteslj.org/links">The Internet TESL Journal </a><span style="color:#000000;">has thousands of contributions by many teachers.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">This </span><a href="http://iteslj.org/links/">link</a> <span style="color:#000000;">includes sites of interest to students &amp; teachers of ESL. The sites are also maintained by The Internet TESL Journal.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-675182175930369800?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-23030169180528140852009-04-30T15:15:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:01:31.259-07:00A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html">Links</a> to browse health information in languages other than English.<br /><br />Browse information in multiple languages by <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/all_healthtopics.html">health topic</a>.<br /><br /><br />A service of the U.S. Health and Human Services.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm">Agency for Healthcare Resources and Quality </a>(En Espanol)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-2303016918052814085?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-71453702457689770762009-04-30T15:12:00.000-07:002009-04-30T15:29:38.706-07:00<div><a href="http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis">US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)</a> is the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States of America.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-7145370245768977076?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-25404576463825179832009-04-30T14:44:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:55:15.846-07:00<span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.sol-plus.net/plus/survspa/toc.htm">Spanish in Our Libraries</a></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">This guide has been prepared by the Survival Spanish Skills Project Advisory Committee in order to provide basic, coping words and phrases which will enable non-Spanish-speaking public service staff to communicate with Spanish-speaking patrons.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-2540457646382517983?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-780814383437984132009-04-30T14:38:00.000-07:002009-06-11T14:00:44.262-07:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Search the </span><a href="http://libris.mxcc.commnet.edu/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=en_US"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">online catalog </span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for books, DVDs and other material in the MxCC library and beyond.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-78081438343798413?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-14188371631341689712009-04-30T14:33:00.000-07:002009-05-29T05:23:47.663-07:00NOTE: These databases are for MxCC students, faculty and staff. You will need your NetID and password for access. Members of the general public may access the databases at the MxCC library.<br /><br /><a href="http://plp.mxcc.commnet.edu/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/20300?db=IFME">!Informe! (Revistas en Espanol)</a><br />Full-text Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals. Coverage is from 1980 to present.<br /><br /><a href="http://plp.mxcc.commnet.edu/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/20300?db=TERC">Testing &amp; Education Ref. Center (with Career Module)</a><br />Refer to the 'International' section. Includes test preparation exercises for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), and the U.S. Citizenship Test.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-1418837163134168971?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383714410186426135.post-78277305911023706542009-04-30T14:08:00.000-07:002009-05-07T14:50:26.606-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uBoN-Fe2Xb8/SgNXHgs9MoI/AAAAAAAAAO4/s45pcCascoA/s1600-h/IMG_0048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333202170285994626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uBoN-Fe2Xb8/SgNXHgs9MoI/AAAAAAAAAO4/s45pcCascoA/s200/IMG_0048.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#000000;">The <em>Civics and Citizenship Toolkit</em> contains a variety of educational materials designed to help permanent residents learn more about the United States and prepare for the naturalization process. The toolkit is located in Reserves (behind circulation) and may be checked out for three weeks.</span><br /><br /><p align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Products and Publications included in the Toolkit:</span><br /></p><br /><ul><br /><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants</span> </div></li></ul><br /><ul><br /><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos de América: Guía para inmigrantes nuevos</span> </div></li></ul><br /><ul><br /><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Civics Flash Cards</span></div></li></ul><br /><ul><br /><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons</span><br /></div></li></ul><br /><ul><br /><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">The Citizen’s Almanac &amp; Pocket size Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States</span><br /></div></li></ul><br /><ul><br /><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">A Promise of Freedom: An Introduction to U.S. History and Civics for Immigrants DVD </span><br /></div></li></ul><br /><ul><br /><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Becoming a U.S. Citizen: An Overview of the Naturalization Process Flash® Presentation</span><br /></div></li></ul><br /><ul><br /><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Library Services for Immigrants: A Report on Current Practices</span></div></li></ul><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/383714410186426135-7827730591102370654?l=mxcclibraryie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jean Burr Smith Library, Middlesex Community Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09075771071248223474noreply@blogger.com0