You can use your valid, full service
Virginia Beach Public Library card to access resources listed on this page. When asked, enter your library card number with a capital D and without spaces.
Need to learn the local language? In the Library, you will find
books, audiobooks, DVDs to assist you.
It's a breeze to learn at your own pace with an online learning tool.
Online Learning Tools
Mango Languages: Learn a second language with ease. Mango Languages immerses you in real, everyday conversations in 12 different language courses.
Also try one of these web sites:BBC Languages: Learn French, German, Italian, Spanish and other languages with the BBC, including courses for beginners and brush up exercises for those with previous knowledge.
FSI Language Courses: Large selection of language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute.
Livemocha: Join a free, vibrant online language-learning community with fun, interactive, self-paced lessons in a variety of languages.
Open Culture: Extensive list of free resources for learning over 35 different languages, all of which can be downloaded to your computer or iPod.
Translation ResourcesNeed help translating? The following web sites provide translation resources or services:
Translation Service: Applied Language Solutions provides free translations of text, email, and websites for many languages.
Virtual Keyboard Gate2Home: This site enables you to write in your language wherever you are in the world, with an online onscreen keyboard emulator.