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Language Sets : Pre-selected sets: available languages and options

Pre-selected sets: available languages and options

OCLC Language Sets reflect changing demographic and immigration patterns in North America. The available languages represent some of the fastest-growing populations that your library may need to serve.

To create custom book and DVD collections in these and other languages, please use our custom collections service.

Language Materials format Set size Set options Sample lists
Arabic Books for adults 25 Fiction Arabic books:
adults (fiction, nonfiction) | children
Mix of fiction and nonfiction
Books for children 10 Mix of fiction and nonfiction
DVDs for adults/teens 5 Mix of fiction and nonfiction Arabic DVDs
Chinese
Russian
Vietnamese		 Books for adults 25 or
50		 Fiction or
Nonfiction (sets of 25 only)
Mix of fiction and nonfiction		 Chinese: adults (fiction, nonfiction, mixed) | children
Russian: adults (fiction, nonfiction, mixed) | children
Vietnamese: adults (fiction, nonfiction, mixed) | children
Books for children 25 Mix of fiction and nonfiction
DVDs for adults/teens 5 Mix of fiction and nonfiction Chinese DVDs | Russian DVDs | Vietnamese DVDs
French Books for adults 25 Fiction  
  Mix of fiction and nonfiction  
Books for children 25 Mix of fiction and nonfiction  
German Books for adults 25 Fiction  
  Mix of fiction and nonfiction  
Books for children 25 Mix of fiction and nonfiction  
Japanese Books for adults 25 or
50 		Fiction or
Nonfiction (sets of 25 only)
Mix of fiction and nonfiction		 Japanese: adults (fiction, nonfiction, mixed) | children
Books for children 25 Mix of fiction and nonfiction
Korean Books for adults 25 or
50		 Fiction or
Nonfiction (sets of 25 only)
Mix of fiction and nonfiction		 Korean: adults (fiction, nonfiction, mixed) | children
Books for children 25 Mix of fiction and nonfiction
Spanish Books for adults 25 Fiction or
Nonfiction		 Spanish books:
adults (fiction, nonfiction, mixed) | children
25 or
50		 Mix of fiction and nonfiction
Books for children 25 Mix of fiction and nonfiction
Homework help: Middle School 10 Nonfiction Spanish homework help books: Middle School | High School
Homework help: High School 10 Nonfiction
DVDs for adults/teens/children 10 N/A Spanish DVDs: adults | children
Tagalog DVDs for adults/teens 3 Mix of fiction and nonfiction Tagalog DVDs
Hindi Books for adults 25 Mix of fiction and nonfiction Hindi: adults | children
Books for children 10 Mix of fiction and nonfiction
DVDs for adults/teens 5 Mix of fiction and nonfiction Hindi DVDs
South Asian sets (choose one language: Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Panjabi, Telugu, or Urdu) Books for adults 10 or
20		 Mix of fiction and nonfiction Gujarati | Panjabi | Urdu
South Asian sets in English (materials in English by Indian authors) Books for adults 25 Fiction or
Nonfiction
Mix of fiction and nonfiction		  
Subject Materials format Set size
Road to U.S. Citizenship sets (choose one language: Chinese or Spanish) Books for adults 10 or
25
Language Learning/Cultural Heritage sets (choose one country: China, Egypt, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Phillipines, Russia, and Vietnam; books will be a mix of native and English languages) Books for children/young adults 25
Family Health set (choose one language: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese) Books for adults 25