Sources for Videos, CD-ROMs, and Multimedia
Craig Packard

Athelstan
2476 Bolsover, #464
Houston, TX 77005-2518
Toll Free: 800-598-3880
Phone: 713-523-2837
Fax: 713-523-6543
E-mail: info@athel.com
Web: http://www.athel.com

Athelstan offers CD-ROMs, videos, and software for both ESL and foreign language learning.

Creative Computer Visions SoftWareHouse (CCV)
P.O. Box 6724
Charleston, WV 25362
Toll Free: 800-541-6078 or 800-843-5576 (to order software)
Phone: 304-346-4292
Fax: 800-321-4297
E-mail: swh@ccvsoftware.com
Web: http://www.ccvsoftware.com/

CCV offers a variety of educational software and accessories for both IBM and Macintosh platforms.

Gessler Publishing Company, Inc.
Gessler Educational Software
10 East Church Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24011
Toll Free: 800-456-5825
Phone: 540-345-1429
Fax: 540-342-7172
E-mail: gesslerco@aol.com
Web: http://www.gessler.com/gessler/

Gessler sells videos, software, reference books, testing materials, and realia (everyday items printed in the foreign language).

Insight Media
2162 Broadway
New York, NY 10024
Phone: 212-721-6316
Fax: 212-799-5309

Insight Media offers videos on foreign language and culture.

International Film Bureau, Inc. (IFB)
332 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604-4382
Phone: 312-427-4545

IFB has films and videos in French, German, Italian, and Spanish for both sale and rental.

The Kiosk
19223 De Haviland Drive
Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone: 408-996-0667
Fax: 408-996-1226

The Kiosk sells games, realia, books, and posters.

Multilingual Ed. Tech
Ana Bishop
375 South End Avenue, Suite 18D
New York, NY 10280
Phone: 212-498-9022
E-mail: abishop@interport.net

Multilingual Ed. Tech sells a multilingual guide to Spanish/English software.

National Textbook Company (NTC)
4255 West Touhy Avenue
Lincolnwood, IL 60646-1975
Toll Free: 800-323-4900
Phone: 847-679-5500
Fax: 847-679-2494
E-mail: NTCPUB2@aol.com

NTC is a major publisher of foreign language learning and teaching tools, including textbooks, dictionaries, software, and professional reference books.

Syracuse Language Systems (SLS)
5790 Widewaters Parkway
Syracuse, NY 13214-2845
Toll Free: 800-797-5264
Web: http://www.syrlang.com/

SLS is a developer and publisher of multimedia foreign language instruction programs and materials for home, school, and business use. Its Web site offers online language courses and access to its multimedia store.

Teacher's Discovery
2741 Paldan Drive
Auburn Hill, MI 48326
Toll Free: 800-832-2437
Fax: 810-340-7212

Teacher's Discovery offers a large selection of videos, software, realia, and posters.

Craig Packard is User Services Coordinator for the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, D.C. He speaks Russian, SerboCroatian, French, Spanish, and Romanian. He can also read Bulgarian.

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