While Castilian Spanish is the official language nationally, depending on which region you visit, you may travel to a part of Spain where more than one official regional language is spoken. Knowledge of a phrase or word in another language could be appreciated.
Online dictionaries
Language course kits
Language courses on CD or cassette tape can be checked out from the Media Resources Center. Do a subject search in the library catalog for Spanish Self-instruction or Language name Self-instruction to see what other language-learning materials the Library owns. Here are some examples:
Colloquial Spanish: a Complete Language Course. New York: Routledge, 1995. [CDs]
Media Resources Center 65-LANG68
Lliçons de català = Lecciones de catalán. Barcelona: Editorial CCC, 1976. [cassettes]
Media Resources Center 65-CA652
Colloquial Basque: a Complete Language Course. New York: Routledge, 1996. [cassettes]
Media Resources Center 65-LANG100