With approximately two-thirds of the books and periodicals in its collections in languages other than English, the Library of Congress is truly an international resource. It houses information on virtually every country, region, national, ethnic, and religious group, often equal to or surpassing collections found elsewhere. For example, the Library's Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Polish collections are the largest outside of those countries, and the Arabic collections are the largest outside of Egypt. The collection of Luso-Hispanic materials is the largest in the world; its collection of Judaica ranks among the largest anywhere.

Global Resources
A description of the scale and depth of the international collections held by the Library of Congress

Library of Congress African & Middle Eastern Collections: An Illustrated Guide (Web Edition) - Specialists and curators on the Library's staff describe notable items of interest to researchers

Library of Congress Asian Collections: An Illustrated Guide (Web Edition) - Specialists and curators on the Library's staff describe notable items of interest to researchers

Library of Congress European Collections: An Illustrated Guide (Web Edition) - Specialists and curators on the Library's staff describe notable items of interest to researchers

Library of Congress Hispanic and Portuguese Collections: An Illustrated Guide (Web Edition) - Specialists and curators on the Library's staff describe notable items of interest to researchers

"A World of Books"
Annotated surveys of noteworthy books from around the globe