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American Sign Language
This page provides resources to help you learn American Sign Language. You may also be interested in the Deaf Culture guide. Subscription resources will require you to log in.
Books & Media
To search for books and media about American Sign Language at the Tyree Library, search American Sign Language as a Subject in the library catalog.
To limit your results to media, change the All formats option to Videos. You can also browse the ASL & Deaf Culture Films list.
Use the following call number areas to browse for books and media within different collections in the Library.
Access sign language videos now
The Films on Demand database provides streaming videos with American Sign Language.
Websites
The following websites may be useful to you. These links are external sites. As such, content may change frequently and they may contain ads. Per policy, the Library does not review links suggested via email.
- The ASL AppA free iOS/Android app to help you learn ASL.
- ASLCOREWebsite compiling newly created signs in many academic disciplines, including art, philosophy, physics, engineering, and more.
- ASL UniversityAlso see them on YouTube
- Deaf MosaicWatch the series online from the Gallaudet Video Library.
- Fingerspelling with Machine LearningAn interactive website where machine learning is used to analyze your handshapes. Requires a webcam or camera.
- Giphy: Robert SpeaksCurated collection of ASL GIFs.
- LearnSignsFree video podcast.