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Electronic reference library - we've paid for all our e-resources so you don't have to!
If you are not a member you can join at any Renfrewshire library and get the full range of library services. If you just want to use Grove Art or Grove Music, you can join online and get immediate temporary membership.
Library members log-on using the barcode on the back of their library card (no spaces in between).
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Online access to bilingual dictionaries in French, Spanish, Italian,German, Russian and Chinese.
Online access to bilingual dictionaries in French, Spanish, Italian,German, Russian and Chinese.
Oxford English Dictionary
Excellent free learning resources for children aged 11 to university level, quizzes, word of the day and a superb dictionary. Library members using Oxford English Dictionaries Online outside the library should enter the word renfrew before their library card number (no spaces in between)
Excellent free learning resources for children aged 11 to university level, quizzes, word of the day and a superb dictionary. Library members using Oxford English Dictionaries Online outside the library should enter the word renfrew before their library card number (no spaces in between)
Oxford Reference Online English language
Extensive collection of dictionaries and companions to English grammar, proverbs, abbreviations and linguistics.
Extensive collection of dictionaries and companions to English grammar, proverbs, abbreviations and linguistics.
Search our library catalogue for books on this subject.
A selection of websites for languages
BBC Languages
Online courses in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Gaelic. Learn the basics, useful phrases and tips on travelling and working abroad.
Online courses in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Gaelic. Learn the basics, useful phrases and tips on travelling and working abroad.
Google language tools
Type in what you would like to translate and within seconds Google gives you a translation of English to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, or vice versa. Also contains a facility to translate any website.
Type in what you would like to translate and within seconds Google gives you a translation of English to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, or vice versa. Also contains a facility to translate any website.
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