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African and Middle Eastern Reading Room

Covers more than 70 countries and regions, from South Africa to Morocco to the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union. With African materials in English and French, a Hebraic section and a Near East section.
- Online Illustrated Guides (African & Middle Eastern Reading Room, Library of Congress)
  
  Illustrated guides to the Near East, Hebraic, and Africana collections at LOC.
American Folklife Center
- Resources in Ethnographic Studies
Asian Reading Room

Collections: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South and Southeast Asian, and Tibetan. Includes the Japan Documentation Center.
European Reading Room

The primary public access point for readers and researchers seeking to use the vast European collections of the Library of Congress. Researchers interested in Spain and Portugal should contact the Hispanic Division reading room; those interested in the United Kingdom and Ireland should consult reference librarians in the Main Reading Room.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Geography and Map Reading Room
  
  the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world, including more than 4.5 million maps and 60,000 atlases as well as a large number of cartographic materials in other formats.
  - Table of Contents -- Library of Congress Geography and Maps: An Illustrated Guide
- Hispanic Reading Room
  
  Primary access point for research in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage.
  - Table of Contents - Library of Congress Hispanic and Portuguese Collections: An Illustrated Guide
- Hours for Public Reading Rooms and Computer Centers
- Main Reading Room
  - Bibliographies and Guides
  - The Collections
- Manuscript Reading Room
  - Manuscript Division Finding Aids Available Online
  - Table of Contents - Library of Congress Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide
- Microform Reading Room
- Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room
  - 17th & 18th Century Foreign Newspapers
  - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
    
    Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
    - Search Newspaper Directory
      
      Search by a series of choices including state/county/city, date, keywords, and type of newspaper.
    - Search Newspaper Pages
      
      Search between 1880 and 1922 from a list of newspaper places and titles.
    - See All Available Newspapers
  - Frequently Asked Questions
  - Full-Text Journals Available in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room
  - How to Find a Newspaper in the Reading Room: A Fact Sheet
  - Internet Resources Outside the Library of Congress
  - LC Collections: Newspapers
  - LC Collections: Periodicals
  - Lists of Newspaper & Periodical Resources on the Internet
  - Online Newspaper Indexes Available in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room
- Overviews of the Collections
- Prints and Photographs Reading Room
  - Prints and Photographs Guides, Reference Aids, and Finding Aids
  - Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
- Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room
  - List of Special Collections
  - Rare Books and Special Collections: An Illustrated Guide - Table of Contents
- Reading Rooms & Information Centers: Descriptions and Locations

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