Rosetta Stone is no longer available.

What happened to access to Rosetta Stone?
Rosetta Stone will no longer be available to Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL) patrons after March 31, 2008.  The company has made a business decision that Rosetta Stone will no longer be making this product available to libraries once the library’s contract expires.  AACPL’s contract expires March 31, 2008.

When it will go away          March 31, 2008

Why    The Rosetta Stone company will no longer be selling this product to libraries.   

What are the alternatives to Rosetta Stone?
Tell me More/AURALOG database is now available and provides language instruction of:   English (American), Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish (European and Latin American)

Tell me More will be accessible in the library or remotely via the library’s website.  Enter your library card # at the prompt.

Pimsleur language program
CD’s & Downloadable Audio formats

To search the catalog for Pimsleur Audiobooks on CD in a language
            Go to Power Search
            Type Pimsleur in the words or phrase box
            Type the language in the subject box         
            Scroll down to Type and select Adult Audiobooks on CD

To search the catalog for Pimsleur Downloadable AudioBooks
Go to Power Search
            Type Pimsleur in the words or phrase box
            Type the language in the subject box         
            Scroll down to Type and select Downloadable Audiobook

Website        
BBC Languages  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
BBC Languages includes Chinese (Mandarin) French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and key phrases in other languages. 

March 2008