Mango Languages - Online Language Learning!

Mango Languages provides all of the educational tools essential to learn foreign languages. The increasing importance of foreign language knowledge is more evident today than ever before. And Mango has utilized advanced technologies to make this increasingly necessary process of foreign language learning incredibly fun, simple, effective and accessible.
Mango Languages provides its users with remarkable conversational results after each and every lesson. Whether it's for your community’s students, educators, business personnel, or language lovers, learning a foreign language is now easy, effective, and convenient with Mango.

You can learn Brazilian Portuguese – Spanish – Japanese – French – German – Italian – Greek – Russian - Mandarin Chinese - ESL Polish - ESL Spanish - ESL Brazilian Portuguese.

• Mango Languages will maximize language learning by providing remarkable conversational results after each lesson.


• Mango Languages offers in-library and home access that provides you the luxury of being able to master a foreign language from the comfort of your own home or anywhere convenient to you.


• Mango Languages is fully equipped with English as a Second Language (ESL) courses that teach people how to communicate in English.


• Mango is very simple and user-friendly, bypassing any need for training. Users just login and the program leads them step-by-step through their language lessons.


• Mango is computer-friendly. Since Mango is web-based, it requires no installation, no download, and no technical expertise to make the program available.

You will find Mango Languages on the Dababases & Websites section of the library's Website - hcplc.org.

Online Training Videos

Did you know that you can watch training and instructional videos online through the Databases & Websites section of the library's Webpage?

The Auto Repair Reference Center (in the Home & Auto subject guide) has hundreds of car repair and mantenance videos. Click the AutoIQ tab for a complete list.

The Health & Wellness Resource Center ( in the Health & Medicine subject guide) has brief information al videos on health and medical provided by Healthology. You can get a complete list by clicking Related Topics in the Health Highlights section.

eLibrary (in the Fast Facts subject guide) also has many video and audio clips from educational and news broadcasts on a wide variety of topics. Make sure to have the Audio/Video box checked before you do a search.

You can also find plenty of "how to" instructional videos on the Web. Some of the best sites include: Expert Village, Wonder How To, eHow and TeacherTube.

Take a look at Mashable.com's list of the 10 Best Palces to Find How-To Videos.

Ask A Librarian Goes Mobile!

You don't just need a librarian when they're sitting in front of your computer. You need us when you're driving across the state, or ordering dinner in a restaurant, or playing Trivial Pursuit with friends.

We proudly introduce Ask a Librarian Mobile, which allows you to access Ask a Librarian from your cell phone, PDA or any other Web-enabled handheld device.

We’ve been working hard to take our service to the next level, and we're excited to offer just one more way for you to take advantage of our valuable service right when you need us. Currently, only our email service is available through Ask A Librarian Mobile.

The URL for the mobile interface is http://www.askalibrarian.org/mobile/ or http://www.askalibrarian.org/m.

Our next step is to implement the live chat service. We’ll keep you posted on our progress.

Here's some Ask A Librarian Mobile FAQs.

Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone Ltd. recently introduced Rosetta Stone Version3, which will replace the Rosetta Stone Version 2 that we are currently using for online access. After careful analysis, the company has decided to discontinue access online for public libraries. As a result, our online access will no longer be available after December 31, 2007, which is when our subscritption ends. We will be investigating other online language products for use in the future. In the interim don't forget about the Pimsleur Language Studies Audiobooks offered by NetLibrary.

Tutor.com Holiday Closings

Tutor.com, and all Live Homework Help programs, will be closed on December 25, Christmas Day and January 1, New Years Day, so
that staff and tutors may celebrate the holidays with their family and friends.