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Books in World Languages
Surrey Libraries has fiction and non-fiction books in many languages. Most items are not in the catalogue but can be selected by visiting a branch and browsing the collection.
Other languages available in our catalogue include:
French | Spanish | Punjabi | Hindi
Chinese language titles are not in the catalogue, but are grouped and labelled by broad subject areas.
Visit the Interlink site to find out what other local libraries have books in languages other than English. Books in other languages may also be requested from our interlibrary loan service. Request up to 10 books in another language. Name your language, and we will bring the books in.
For more information please contact Ravi Basi, Multicultural Outreach Librarian at: 604-598-7411 or email at rkbasi@surrey.ca
A = Adult J = Junior (most junior collections are limited)
| CV = Cloverdale Library | NE = Newton Library | SH = Strawberry Hill Library |
| FL = Fleetwood Library | OP = Ocean Park Library | CC = City Centre Library |
| GL = Guildford Library | SE = Semiahmoo Library | |
| Arabic (A): | CC, GL, SH | Korean (A): |
CC, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE |
| Arabic (J): |
CC, GL, NE, SH |
Korean (J): |
CC, CV, FL, GL, NE, SE |
| Chinese (A): |
CC, CV, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE, SH |
Polish (A): |
CC, GL |
| Chinese (J): |
CC, CV, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE, SH |
Polish (J): |
CC, GL |
| Dutch (A): | GL, SE |
Punjabi (A): |
CC, CV, FL, GL, NE, SH |
| Farsi/Persian (A): |
CC, NE |
Punjabi (J): |
CC, FL, GL, NE, SH |
| Farsi/Persian (J): |
CC, GL, NE |
Russian (A): |
CC, SE |
| French (A): |
CC, CV, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE |
Russian (J): |
CC, SE |
| French (J): |
CC, CV, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE, SH |
Spanish (A): |
CC, FL, GL, NE, SE |
| German (A): |
CC, GL, NE, SE |
Spanish (J): |
CC, FL, GL, NE, OP, SE |
| German (J): |
CC, GL, NE, SE |
Swahili (J): |
CC |
| Gujarati (A): |
CC |
Tagalog (A): |
CC, FL, GL |
| Gujarati (J): |
GL, NE |
Tagalog (J): |
CC, GL |
| Hindi (A): |
CC, FL, GL, NE, SH |
Urdu (A): |
CC, FL, GL, NE, SH |
| Hindi (J): |
CC, FL, GL, NE, SH |
Urdu (J): |
CC, GL, NE, SH |
| Japanese (A): |
CC, GL, NE |
Vietnamese (A): |
CC, FL, GL, NE |
| Japanese (J): |
CC, GL, NE |
Vietnamese (J): |
CC, FL, GL, NE |