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  The online version of the US national library

Group of People Who May Be Particularly Interested

  • Researchers
  • Students


Mainstream or specialized product

  Mainstream

Product Link

  http://www.loc.gov

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   Government report; government hearings; library of congress; online library

 

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Written By Scuup support Team ee, ec, eh
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09 Aug 2009, 23:08  Report

Top Reasons

  • A major source of information on science, business and US historical data
  • One of the best source for digitized government reports
  • One of the fastest loading site on the net


Recommendation Score

2

Detailed description

A major source of information on science, business and US historical data: While only a fraction of the library's unparalleled 130 million items are in digitized form, the site has plenty of easily accessible information on these three subjects.

For example for science subjects, information are packaged into "science tracer bullets" pages. These pages are portals to informations to start research on a particular subject. For example, if you want to do research on global warming:

  1. In the search box type "global warming".
  2. Select the search result with "science tracer bullets in its title".
  3. See online journals on the subject.
  4. See government reports and conference proceedings.
  5. Look at all resources in the library's catalog by clicking links in "subject heading". You'll get a list books and those who have been digitized will be marked has such.
  6. Etc.

You can conveniently access portals for business and US historical archives among others by clicking on "ask a librarian".

One of the best source for digitized government reports: A wealth of rigorous government reports, hearings, conference proceedings can be found on the site. You can find published reports with subject ranging from major trends facing the US or the world to important social issues.

One of the fastest loading site on the net: This site is expertly designed and its page average load time is only 0.3 second.



Limitation(s)

  • Only of a fraction of the holdings of the library is in digitized form.



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