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These sets are just a small sample of the Library's digital collections that are free to use and reuse. The digital collections comprise millions of items including books, newspapers, manuscripts, prints and photos, maps, musical scores, films, sound recordings and more. Whenever possible, each collection has its own rights statement which ...
The Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room is the gateway to the newspaper, comic book, current periodicals, and government document collections held by the Serial and Government Publications Division. The Division holds one of the most comprehensive collections of newspapers in the world, the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world, scholarly journals and popular ...
The BARD Mobile app is a service of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), Library of Congress, that provides access to braille and talking books directly from the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD). BARD contains tens of thousands of books, magazines, and music scores in audio and braille formats, with ...
Congress purchased Jefferson's library for $23,950 in 1815. A second fire on Christmas Eve of 1851, destroyed nearly two thirds of the 6,487 volumes Congress had purchased from Jefferson. Through a generous grant from Jerry and Gene Jones, the Library of Congress is attempting to reassemble Jefferson's library as it was sold to Congress.
For LCCNs assigned from 1898-2000, make sure to omit any hyphens and, if serial portion of the LCCN following hyphen is less than six digits, pad the digits with leading zeros. To search for LCCNs by left-match, use: LCCN (LC Control No.) or Standard Numbers (LCCN-ISBN-ISSN) options of Browse.
Learn More. Library of Congress Dewey Program 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4284 Tel.: (202) 707-3317 Fax: (202) 707-0279 Email: [email protected] The Dewey Program has a threefold mission—to develop, apply, and assist in the use of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system. In 1930 the Library of Congress began to ...
The Library of Congress Primary Source Sets for educators are a good place to start. Consider whether students will be able to identify point of view, put the items into historical context, and compare these items to other primary and secondary sources. Plan instruction, including activity types, time required, and whether students will work ...
