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The Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library's main online catalog containing 12 million bibliographic records for books, serials, manuscripts, music, and more.
Alternative Interface for the Online Catalog
A simple interface to the Library's Online Catalog, using a Z39.50 gateway. No holdings information is available.
Note: This interface works well for text-only browsers.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
An online catalog of Braille and audio books produced by NLS, and books produced by cooperating network libraries in the US and abroad. Note: To order materials found here, contact the cooperating network library from which you receive your library service.
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
This online catalog contains bibliographic records and thumbnail images for nearly half of the Library's pictorial collections -- 300,000 records representing over five million items.
Sound Online Inventory and Catalog (SONIC)
350,000 bibliographic records for recordings of music and the spoken word, representing a portion of the Library's 78 rpm discs, nearly all the 45 rpm discs, cassettes, and more...
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Copyright
Copyright Records
Records of copyright registrations and ownership documents since 1978.
General
EAD Finding Aids
A searchable set of archival finding aids for collections in the Folklife, Geography & Map, Manuscript, Performing Arts, Prints & Photographs, Rare Book and Recorded Sound reading rooms.
Library of Congress Thesauri
A collection of four searchable thesauri for use with graphic and legislative materials (Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I and II, Legislative Indexing Vocabulary, and the GLIN Thesaurus).
History
American Memory
Millions of digital items from the Library's historical collections relating to the history and culture of the United States
Today in History Archive
An archive of the Library's "Today in History" site.
Legislative
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
A searchable database of laws, regulations and other complementary legal sources contributed by member nations. Abstracts are available to all, but full-text is restricted to members only.
THOMAS
Access to current bill summaries, status and text, Public Laws, the Congressional Record, Committee Reports and Summaries of Congressional Activity.
Science, Technology
Cold Regions Bibliography
221,000 entries, many with accompanying abstracts, comprising 40 years of research on the science and technology of the world's cold regions.
Science Tracer Bullets
An informal series of literature guides to published materials on a variety of scientific and technological topics and issues of current and emerging interest.
War, Military
POW / MIA Database
An index of documents pertaining to U.S. military personnel listed as unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (Vietnam) as of December 1991.
US-Russia Joint Commission Documents Database
Mainly translations of Russian-language documents retrieved from various archives in the Russian Federation pertaining to American personnel missing from World War II to the present.
Veterans History Project
A collection documenting the experiences of America's war veterans from the American Folklife Center. The Project includes oral histories, letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and home movies of veterans and those who supported them.
World
Country Studies / Area Handbooks
Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of 101 countries and regions around the world.
Global Gateway
Digital collections from around the world.
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.
Korean Bibliography
A searchable bibliography of nearly 5000 books about Korea (in English) held by the Library of Congress. The Library has added subject headings.
