As online collections have grown, so has the challenge of communicating the totality of materials available. The Library has launched a new set of reference pages that are designed to make it easier to find the Library’s diverse and extensive online collections. The “Browse by Topic” pages bring you to the best of our digital holdings, browsing by broad subject areas such as Government & Law, Arts & Culture, and Sports & Leisure.
Each of these broad subject areas is further divided into specialty areas, such as the presidency, music and baseball.
Other new features of the website include the new World Digital Library that is highlighted in the “marquee” at the top of the page. The WDL partnership among the Library, UNESCO and organizations and institutions around the world brings together on a single website rare and unique documents—books, journals, manuscripts, maps, prints and photographs, films, and sound recordings—that tell the story of the world’s cultures.
The Library’s own search engine allows you to search multiple sources in one query, including Library web pages, U.S. historical and cultural collections, the Library’s online catalog, the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog and THOMAS, which offers information about federal legislation.
You can also limit your search by subject and media type.