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	Congress of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States.
		The Vice President of the United States is ex officio the President of the Senate; he or she has no vote except in the case of a tie.
		The speech is modeled on the Speech from the Throne given by the British monarch, and is mandated by the Constitution of the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Congress (5217 words)

	Library of Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Library of Congress is the unofficial national library of the United States.
		The Library of Congress was established on April 24, 1800, when President John Adams signed an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington.
		The Library of Congress also provides an on-line archive of the proceedings of the U.S. Congress at Thomas, including bill text, Congressional Record text, bill summary and status, the Congressional Record Index, and the United States Constitution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Library_of_Congress (1052 words)

	Library of Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The United States Library of Congress is one of the most important libraries in the world.
		Originally founded as a research library[?] for the United States Congress in 1815, its original collection were the books of former president Thomas Jefferson.
		The Library also developed a system of book classification called Library of Congress classification (LC) which is used by most research and university libraries[?], although most public libraries continue to use the Dewey decimal system.
	www.city-search.org /li/library-of-congress.html (469 words)

	Congress of the United States -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		the legislature of the United States of America, established under the Constitution of 1789 and separated structurally from the executive and judicial branches of government.
		It is composed of 26 federal judges and the chief justice of the United States, who is the presiding officer.
		During the period between 1946 and 1962, the nature of this new conflict emerged as the United States and its Western allies became embroiled in a battle against the Soviet Union and the specter of...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9025864?tocId=9025864&query=branches (962 words)

	Official copyright information: derived: United States Library of Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The work is first published in the United States or in a foreign nation that, on the date of first publication, is a treaty party.
		The reports also state that it is clear that any form of dissemination in which the material object does not change hands, for example, performances or displays on television, is not a publication no matter how many people are exposed to the work.
		The Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Division of the Library of Congress is responsible for assigning LC Control Numbers and is operationally separate from the Copyright Office.
	www.mdvaden.com /copyright_info.shtml (7001 words)

	2 Florida United Methodist Review Online
		The exchange program was designed by the United States Library of Congress to give 3,000 current and future Russian political leaders the chance to gain firsthand knowledge of a republican government and free-market economy.
		United Methodists in the Leesburg, West Palm Beach and Tallahassee districts are also working with the denomination’s Russia Initiative to bring groups of Russian visitors to their areas in the next few months.
		Vinogradov said he had never been outside Russia before his trip to the United States and was excited about the opportunity of learning of the everyday life of Americans.
	www.flumc.org /comline/revarchive/090399s2.html (574 words)

	Library of Congress - Minerva Web Preservation Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Library's traditional functions, acquiring, cataloging, preserving and serving collection materials of historical importance to the Congress and to the American people to foster education and scholarship, extend to digital materials, including websites.
		On behalf of the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive will be collecting content from your website at regular intervals during the War.
		The Library hopes that you share its vision of preserving Web materials about the War and permitting researchers from across the world to access them.
	www.islamicity.com /recognitions/LibraryCongress/030326 (191 words)

	United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 1st Session: Homepage
		United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 1st Session: Homepage
		Current operating status of the United States House of Representatives.
		Search the Thomas website maintained by the Library of Congress for bill and other information related to the U.S. Congress and the legislative process.
	www.house.gov (225 words)

	Veterans History Project Sign-up Form (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If you would like to participate in the United States Library of Congress Veterans History Project by transcribing a recording of a U.S. Veteran, please fill out this sign-up form and press the "Submit Sign-up Form" button located at the end of the form.
		Through a project sponsored by the Library of Congress, men and women who have served the United States in a time of war have committed their amazing personal histories to recording.
		Through the NCRA/NCRF partnership with the Library of Congress, you are being offered the opportunity to transcribe the recordings of our nation's veterans and make them available to researchers and to the American public.
	www.ncraonline.org /vets/signup.html (463 words)

	Wilbur and Orville Wright Register of Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Available from the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Since about 1950 "registers" have been the basic finding aids prepared to facilitate use of collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
		This exchange of letters begins with Wilbur's calmly prophetic statement of May 13, 1900, "For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man." The letters, with their discussions of the unresolved scientific and philosophic problems posed by manned flight, emanate a fiercely shared dedication to their common goal.
		The basic features of the Wright flying machine were patented in 1906; however, as the airplane came into more general use, numerous instances of the unauthorized use of features which they had patented came to their attention.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~stwright/WrBr/Wright_registry.html (1524 words)

	Preservation (Library of Congress)
		The Library of Congress » Librarians, Archivists » Preservation
		The mission of the Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress is to assure long-term, uninterrupted access to the intellectual content of the Library's collections, either in original or reformatted form.
		This mission is accomplished directly through the provision of conservation, binding and repair, reformatting, materials testing, and staff and user education; and indirectly through coordinating and overseeing all Library-wide activities relating to the preservation and physical protection of Library material.
	www.loc.gov /preserv (102 words)

	Leiter Reports: Library of Congress Cataloguing Web Sites Related to Supreme Court?
		The Library's traditional functions, acquiring, cataloging, preserving and serving collection materials of historical importance to the Congress and the American people to foster education and scholarship, extend to digital materials, including Web sites.
		The Library of Congress MINERVA project have done similar things for the 2000 and 2002 elections and 11 September 2001.
		There are a couple of aspects of the message that make me skeptical: I've never heard LC referred to as "the United States Library of Congress," although it's obviously not an incorrect denomination; and the grammar and tone are oddly stilted.
	leiterreports.typepad.com /blog/2005/08/library_of_cong.html (695 words)

	Map Collections Home Page
		The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
		The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning.
		The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html (267 words)

	Library of Congress Interns Discover Rare Treasures in Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Interns have identified hundreds of literary, artistic, film and musical gems among the Library's copyright deposits.
		"As the home of the Copyright Office of the United States, the Library of Congress has been the repository and mint record of American creativity since 1870," says Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.
		The program, which is an extension of the Library's Junior Fellows Program, is made possible through the generosity of the late Mrs.
	digitalcinemareport.com /news/raretreasures.html (245 words)

	InfoDome - QUIPU - Country Profiles
		This United States Library of Congress resource provides "a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars." In English and Español.
		United States State Department Consular Information Sheets are available for every country of the world.
		They include such information as location of the United States Embassy or Consulate in the subject country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions, minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security information, and drug penalties.
	infodome.sdsu.edu /research/guides/quipu/countryprofiles.shtml (1459 words)

	Bibliography
		United States Library of Congress Historical Preservation Division
		A map of Lewis and Clark's track, across the western portion of North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean : by order of the executive of the United States in 1804, 5 and 6 Philadelphia : Bradford and Inskeep, 1814
		United States Library of Congress American Memory Division
	lewisandclark.state.mt.us /Expedition/lastpage.shtm (145 words)

	Jet: Gordon Parks donates his work collection to Library of Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Filmmaker/photographer/composer/author Gordon Parks recently announced he is donating his collection to the Library of Congress.
		By donating his archives of photos, manuscripts, film and other memorabilia to the Library of Congress, the 82-year-old Parks is continuing a longstanding affiliation with the library.
		Since the 1940s, the library has been the repository of the Depression-era and World War II photographs that Parks produced for the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information.
	www.parental-control-software.info /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n12_v88/ai_17361544 (402 words)

	The Constitution of the United States of America
		The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
		The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
		The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
	www.gpoaccess.gov /constitution/html/conart.html (2250 words)

	Internet Public Library: United States History
		Through a variety of Educators' Programs, the Library of Congress Learning Page shows educators how they can use American Memory resources in the classroom.
		This web site catalogs historic state hospitals founded in the latterhalf of the 19th century, focusing on--but not limited to--facilities built on the "Kirkbride plan." Included are hospitals still in operation, hospitals still standing though closed, and those that no longer physically exist.
		A collaborative project by the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution to preserve recordings of spoken word and music.
	www.ipl.org /div/subject/browse/hum30.55.85 (1899 words)

	Library of Congress Classification Outline
		HCC Library, like many academic libraries in the United States, uses Library of Congress Classification (LC) for call numbers.
		or the Outline of the Library of Congress Classification by the
		Cataloging Policy and Support Office of the Library of Congress itself.
	honolulu.hawaii.edu /legacylib/lcclass.html (99 words)

	Understanding Call Numbers
		To understand how call numbers are put in order in Library of Congress Classification, again look at each section of the call number.
		Remember that Library of Congress Classification arranges materials by subjects.
		Since Library of Congress Classification arranges materials by subjects, knowing the letter(s) for your subject area gives you a place to start browsing the shelves.
	honolulu.hawaii.edu /legacylib/callno.html (412 words)

	Library of Congress Selects Baptist Press War Coverage for Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Library of Congress Selects Baptist Press War Coverage for Collection
		WASHINGTON (BP)--The Library of Congress has informed Baptist Press that the Southern Baptist Convention news service has been selected for an Internet archive about Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		The official notification forwarded to Baptist Press from the Library of Congress stated in part:
	www.lifeway.com /lwc/lwc_cda_article/0,1643,A=152944&X=1&M=50088,00.html (285 words)

	General - United States - History - SPU Library
		published narratives by Americans and foreign visitors recounting their travels in the colonies and the United States and their observations and opinions about American peoples, places, and society from about 1750 to 1920
		United States History: American Studies Sites (Tennessee Technological University)
		Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
	www.spu.edu /depts/library/reference/history/us_general.htm (275 words)

	Amazon.com: The Library of Congress: The Art and Architecture of the Thomas Jefferson Building: Books: Henry Hope ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A handsomely illustrated tribute to the Library of Congress building, published to coincide with its one hundredth anniversary.
		Arguably the most beautifully decorated building in the United States, the Library of Congress building (recently renamed the Jefferson Building) is celebrating its one hundredth anniversary this year after an eighty million dollar restoration that returned it to its original state.
		John Y. Cole is a librarian, historian, and director of The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393045633?v=glance (975 words)

	Pictorial Highlights of The Emma Goldman Papers (DL SunSITE} (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The photos were scanned from prints using an HP Scanjet IIC and enhanced for screen display in Adobe Photoshop.
		Obtained from the Library of Congress, photograph number B2-127-11.
		Obtained from the United States Library of Congress, photograph number LC-B2-4215-16.
	sunsite3.berkeley.edu /Goldman/Images (270 words)

	Find in a Library: Library of Congress classification. Class KF. Law of the United States : cumulative index
		Find in a Library: Library of Congress classification.
		To find a library, type in a postal code, state, province, or country.
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/a5f12efa0e2d085ba19afeb4da09e526.html (61 words)

	Surviving Indian Groups of the Eastern United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Synoptic Survey of Data on the Survival of Indian and Part-Indian Blood in the Eastern United States.
		"Memorandum concerning the characteristics of the larger mixed-blood racial islands of the eastern United States." Social Forces 21(4):438-447.
		This is a copyrighted publication, and may only be copied with permission from the publishers.
	www.geocities.com /mikenassau/gilbert.htm (248 words)

	U.S. National Film Registry -- Titles
		In 1988, the (United States) Library of Congress established the National Film Preservation Board, to preserve film deemed "culturally, historically, or esthetically important".
		Librarian of Congress James Billington welcomes public nominations for the National Film Registry.
		Nominations must be received by March 30 of each year to be eligible for that year; nominations received after March 30 will be considered the following year.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /Unofficial/Movies/NFR-Titles.html (225 words)

	US Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Boundaries of the Contiguous United States - animated map of historical growth of U.S. Building the Windy City Home Page - architecture of Chicago
		State Symbols, Flags, Seals, Emblems and People of the United States - from NetState.com
		United States Tourist Attractions Directory - Search for tourist attractions in the US.
	members.aol.com /bowermanb/US.html (1233 words)

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