Modern Languages and Literatures

Want to Browse the stacks on the second floor for Chinese language and literature materials?

Try these call number ranges:

• PL1001-3208 Chinese language and literature

• PL1001-1960 Chinese language

• PL2250-3208 Chinese literature

• PL2250-2443 History and criticism

• PL2661-2979 Individual authors and works

Radio, Television, and Newspapers

• China Central Television (CCTV): Live TV streams from China’s state broadcaster.

• ChinaSite.com: A listing of Chinese language magazines available online.

• Chinese Internet Radio: A listing of online news radio, talk, information programs, and music programs featuring music in Chinese.

• Chinese Online Newspapers: A collection of Chinese language newspapers online (MIT).

Video Collections

• Gumberg Library: The library has a collection of foreign language films. You can search the library catalog using the guided search feature in order to limit by language Chinese and material type DVD.

• Department of Modern Languages and Literature:  Students can check out foreign films from the Film Library in the Language Lab at no cost. Films are available in DVD and VHS format.

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: The Main Library in Oakland as well as some of the branch libraries have an extensive foreign film collections that can be checked out.

Looking for bilingual books so that you can practice your reading skills?

Try a search in Google using this search phrase:

Bilingual OR dual language books

You can also throw in a language. For example:

Bilingual OR dual language books Chinese AND English

Online Dictionaries
Online Mandarin-English dictionary
Chinese Character Dictionary