Library of Congress
The Library of Congress occupies a unique place in American civilization. Established as a legislative library in 1800, it grew into a national institution in the nineteenth century. Since World War II, it has become an international resource of unparalleled dimensions. The diversity of the Library of Congress is startling. Simultaneously it serves as; a legislative library and the major research arm of the U.S. Congress; the copyright agency of the United States; a center for scholarship that collects research materials in many media and in most subjects from throughout the world in more that 450 languages; a public institution that is open to everyone over high school age and serves readers in twenty-two reading rooms; a government library that is heavily used by the executive branch and the judiciary; a national library for the blind and physically handicapped; an outstanding law library; one of the world's largest providers of bibliographic data and products; a center for the commissioning and performance of chamber music; the home of the nation's poet laureate; the sponsor of exhibitions and of musical, literary, and cultural programs that reach across the nation and the world; a research center for the preservation and conservation of library materials; and the world's largest repository of maps, atlases, printed and recorded music, motion pictures and television programs.
America's Library
Library of Congress presents America's Story, a collection of famous biographies, a US history timeline, plus a state-by-state history.
URL: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the largest as well as the oldest United States federal cultural institution. With a massive collection in books and other media, databases and multimedia exhibits, it serves as the research arm of Congress.
URL: http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Library of Congress Online Catalog
[From the site:] The Library of Congress Online Catalog collections include over 110 million items in a variety of formats and languages. The catalog information for many of these items has appeared in a number of traditional card catalogs located in the Library. Much of the information in these catalogs is also searchable over the Internet. This page links to the two methods for search the main Library of Congress Online Catalog and to several specialized catalogs for prints and photographs (PPOC), for sound recordings (SONIC) and a Z39.50 gateway to the main catalog data.
URL: http://catalog.loc.gov/
Thomas
[From the site:] The Library of Congress THOMAS site is the source for federal legislative information. THOMAS provides several options for finding bills, resolutions, and legislative histories from 1973 to the present. Legislative information can be searched across multiple Congresses. THOMAS is also the source for presidential nominations, treaties, committee reports, legislative resources for researchers and teachers. THOMAS draws on the resources of the Library of Congress to provide users with valuable and historical information related to the legislative process.
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/
THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet
The Library of Congress THOMAS site provides the ability to search the full text of bills and resolutions for current and previous Congresses. Below are the Bill Searches and each corresponding link.
103rd Congress- Bills
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c103query.html
104th Congress- Bills
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c104query.html
105th Congress- Bills
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c105query.html
106th Congress- Bill Summary and Status
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106query.html
107th Congress- Bill Summary and Status
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d107query.html
108th Congress - Bill Summary Text
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c108query.html
109th Congress - Bill Summary Text
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c109query.html
110th Congress - Bill Summary Text
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c110query.html
111th Congress - Bill Summary Text
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c111query.html
