Researcher Resources

  • Research Guides This page contains guides and pathfinders that help users navigate the rich and diverse collections housed at the Library of Congress. These include research guides to collections organized by language, and sub-collections grouped by format, subject, topic, historical period or acquisition source.
  • Story Maps The first Library of Congress Story Map publications debuted in 2018 and they continue to expand through today. Staff of the Geography & Map Division use the Story Maps platform to create curated entry points into our digital collections. We invite you to explore the collection material of the Geography & Map Division through narrative, multimedia, and interactive maps using the Story Maps below....
  • Web Maps The first Library of Congress Web Map publications debuted in 2022 and they continue to expand through today. Staff of the Geography & Map Division publish Web Maps to help patrons discover collection materials in a map-based interface and to visualize and interact with geospatial collection items. We invite you to explore the collection material of the Geography & Map Division through the Web...
  • Finding Aids The Geography and Map Division holds more than one hundred named special collections that have been acquired through gifts, government transfers, and purchases or assembled by division specialists according to common themes. Many of these collections are processed and have finding aids online. Others are in varying stages of processing and may have guides, inventories, or print finding aids available on-site. Collections with no...
  • E-Resources & Databases The Library of Congress offers its users an array of purchased or leased electronic resources comprised of nearly 800 databases that contain e-books; e-journals with full-text and abstracting and indexing services; datasets; digitized primary source material, e.g., manuscripts, monographs, and newspapers; websites; and more. More than one million digital works are made accessible through these resources. This selection will provide visibility to primary and...