What texts (books, serials) are available online from the Library?
The Library provides full texts of many of its own publications online. The American Memory project to present digitized versions of American historical materials provides a few examples of texts from our Rare Book and special collections. The Library’s catalog provides bibliographic information about published works, but not the texts. Searchable full text of the Library-published Country Studies are also available via the Web site. Other organizations provide an increasing number of digital versions of full texts of published works via the Internet. Generally, these are either works that are no longer under copyright or copyrighted works provided with restrictions. The Library’s subject guide to Electronic Texts and Publishing Resources is a listing of sites that provide access to texts and serials via the Internet. Back to Questions • What kinds of research assistance and reference materials does the Library provide online? The Library provides a wide variety of tools to help resear
