http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/M/multimedia.html en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:39:14 -0400 webmaster@lib.vt.edu webmaster@lib.vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/M/mango-for-libraries.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/M/S_mango.jpg" alt="Mango for Libraries" height="165px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="This resource provides a mobile interface; see description for link" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_mobile.gif" title="This resource provides a mobile interface; see description for link" width="10" /> <img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://libraries.mangolanguages.com/virginia-tech/start" title="Mango for Libraries" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://libraries.mangolanguages.com/virginia-tech/start')" shape="rect">Mango for Libraries</a> </span></h2><p>Mango offers online, self-paced, conversational, language-learning courses, including over 40 foreign languages for English speakers (including ancient languages), plus 16 courses of English as a second language. 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In a quick look, you can match the word to the image. In <i>Merriam Webster</i>'s version, the image realistically and precisely shows an object, a process or a phenomenon, and the most significant details of its composition. It serves as a visual definition for each of the terms presented. 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