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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. Additionally, we offer volume discounts.

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 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
Japanese	Books for adults	25 or 50	Fiction 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 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 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 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

Volume discounts are available!

Number of Sets	Discount
1–5	list price
6–12	6%
13 or more	15%
Standing orders	15%

• Language Sets
• At a glance
• Overview
• Pre-selected sets: available languages and options
• Custom collections
• About languages and distribution in North America
• Promote Language Sets in your library
• Ordering
• Support, training and documentation