ESL Level III  

The Library has Dictionaries, Textbooks, ESL Readers, Electronic Resources and many other resources for your classes. 

We also have computers, study rooms, and nice workspaces for students.

Come see us in the Library!

The English as a Second Language program, faculty, and courses at Cañada.

Here at Cañada we have a Print and Online Dictionaries available for students. 

1.  Try looking up the library vocabularly below in the Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary.

• Online catalog
• Periodical
• Circulation desk

2.  Try looking up more library vocabulary in the Oxford English Dictionary.  It will give you a lot of information!  Try scanning for the word "Library."

• Stacks
• Call number
• Database
  

3.  Now that you know what a call number is, go to the stacks and find the shelf that has books starting with this call number:  PE.  Pick a book and write down the title.

4.  What other books are located on this shelf, in this part of the library? 

The Peninsula Library System library catalog includes materials from libraries throughout San Mateo County.  If you want to limit your search to materials at Cañada College, under Location select Cañada College.

You can search for ESL Readers in the library catalog by searching under the subjects "Readers" or "New Literates."