9 April 2026
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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.
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Online Illustrated Guides (African & Middle Eastern Reading Room, Library of Congress)
Illustrated guides to the Near East, Hebraic, and Africana collections at LOC.
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Collections: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South and Southeast Asian, and Tibetan. Includes the Japan Documentation Center.
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The Hispanic Reading Room is an important access point at the Library of Congress for researchers working on the Caribbean, Latin America, Spain and Portugal; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including the Latina/o/e/x community in the United States.
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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).
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Search by a series of choices including state/county/city, date, keywords, and type of newspaper.
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