United States Library of Congress - Home Page

This transporter will take you to the Library of Congress' home page. The categories of hyperlinks that you'll find here include: General Information and Publications; Government, Congress, and Law; Research and Collections Services; Copyright; Library of Congress Online Services; Events and Exhibits; and Explore the Internet.

Z39.50 is a national standard defining a protocol for computer-to-computer information retrieval. Z39.50 makes it possible for a user in one system to search and retrieve information from other computer systems (that have also implemented Z39.50) without knowing the search syntax that is used by those other systems. Z39.50 is an American National Standard that was originally approved by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) in 1988.

Resources for libraries, information professionals, and researchers. These include Acquisitions, Cataloging, Preservation, Research, Special Programs, Standards and access to the catalogs of the Library of Congress and other libraries.

Resources for researchers and information professionals. These include the catalogs of the Library of Congress and other libraries, databases on special topics, and other Library of Congress Internet resources.

Here you will find all of the United States Copyright Office's key publications, including informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and to the home pages of other copyright-related organizations; news of what the Office is doing, including Congressional testimony and press releases; their latest regulations; a link to their online copyright records cataloged since 1978; and much more.

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