[Graphic -- Picture and Text --> Rare Book and 
  Special Collections Reading Room]
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The unique materials of the Rare Book & Special Collections Reading Room, 
now totalling over 650,000, include books, broadsides, pamphlets, theater 
playbills, title pages, prints, posters, photographs, and medieval and 
Renaissance manuscripts. The nucleus of these collections is still 
Thomas Jefferson's book collection, sold to Congress in 1815 after 
the British burned the United States Capitol and its library.
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General Information  
   * _About the Reading Room_ (link to MARVEL)   
   * _Reading Room hours of access and address_ (link to MARVEL)   
   * Policies of the Rare Book Reading Room        
          o _Reproduction of materials from the collections_ (link to MARVEL)
          o _Appraisal of Books_ (link to MARVEL)

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The Collections   
   * _List of Special Collections in the Reading Room_ (link to MARVEL)
   * Selected List of _Special Collection descriptions from the American 
     Special Collections_ (link to http://lcweb.loc.gov/spcoll/...) 

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Bibliographies and Guides
   * Text of the _Rare Book and Special Collections: an Illustrated Guide_
     (link to MARVEL)

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Search Rare Book & Special Collections
    * _Overview of LOCIS, including hours and availability_ 
      (link to MARVEL)
    * _LOCIS Quick Search Guides_ (link to MARVEL)   
    * Access LOCIS via _Telnet_ or _TN3270_ (telnet and TN3270 links to 
      LOCIS)

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Other Internet Sources on Rare Book and Special Collections
      * Other Rare Book Internet Resources from Outside the Library of
        Congress (new HTML document)

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Return to the _Library of Congress Home Page_ (link to LC Web home page)

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