>> From the Library of Congress in Washington DC. ^M00:00:07 You are now looking at the Library of Congress website home page. First, note the URL. www.loc.gov. As you can imagine, the holdings of the Library of Congress are massive and so is its Website. But we're going to break it down to make it easier for you to navigate. From the home page, you can find information about what the Library is, what the Library has, and what the Library does. The search box on the home page searches all of the Web pages from the Library of Congress' sites. We'll demonstrate with a simple search. Let's search a topic like "Philadelphia." As we begin typing, a smart search feature displays a list of suggestions. We'll select "Philadelphia." This page shows thousands of search results where the word "Philadelphia" appears. You can now refine your search further depending on whether you're looking for a photograph, book, map, newspaper, or etc. We'll select "map" which will show us more than 200 results to consider. Notice the different options available for viewing the search results. We are looking at the List view, but we could also select another view to further explore our search results. The Gallery view displays large thumbnails with titles of the photo. The Grid view shows small thumbnail images without titles, so more fit on the page. We are going to look at the Gallery view now. It's one easy way to view search results. Now from the home page, let's take a look at some of the more specialized collections available from loc.gov like Historic Newspapers. Historic Newspapers also known as "Chronicling America," is a searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages from 1836 through 1922. It is an ongoing project that will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. Another popular section of the website is "Veterans History." Veterans History is a wonderful resource containing accounts of people remembering their own wartime experiences. Imagine, for example, hearing first hand from a World War II veteran, reflecting on his or her role in the war. While not all stories are digitized at this time, contributors have granted permission so that their stories may be used by the public for research. Congress.gov is the United States legislative information section of the Library of Congress website. Come here to find the nation's legislative information, past and present. From this page, you can track current legislation, locate the contact information for your state representative or senator, track the current activities of the House and Senate when they are in session, or access The Congressional Record, the official record of the proceedings and debates of the U.S. Congress. ^M00:03:26 >> This has been a presentation of the Library of Congress. Visit us at loc dot gov.