Where are the Library of Congress collections stored?
Because of the extraordinary size and diversity of the Library’s collections, there is no one place for researchers to access them. Most (but not all) of the Library’s collections are located in the three main buildings of the Library–the Thomas Jefferson Building, James Madison Building, and John Adams Building–near the U.S. Capitol. (The collections of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped are housed elsewhere; consult their web page for more information.) Researchers coming to the Library can access materials in over 20 public reading rooms in the Jefferson, Adams, or Madison Buildings, depending on the format, subject, or language of the materials they are using. Most researchers use more than one reading room during their stay here. An annotated list of the Library’s reading rooms is available on the Library of Congress website, as is the full text of Information for Researchers, a Library publication introducing prospective researchers to Library
