"Frequently" Asked Questions (& Other often useful bits of information)

• Newspapers
• Periodicals
• Government Publications

• Automation
• the British Library
• Call Numbers, which buildings are they in?
• Classes for first time users.
• Copying
• Food!
• Freelance researchers
• Where can I get a job?
• Grants!
• How much are they worth?  (Places that buy and sell old newspapers, periodicals.)
• Last Calls in the Reading Rooms.
• Metro (Hours of closest Madison Bldg exit)
• Newsstands in the Washington DC area
• Other big libraries
• Other local (mostly suburban) libraries
• Photoduplication Service
• Reader Registration
• Special Search
• Word Processors

Internet resources used to answer questions in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

Internet Resources:

• Internet Resources Outside the Library of Congress maintained by Newspaper and Current
  Periodical Reading Room Staff.

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Also, a very small archive of sites we've used to answer questions:

Elections

• 2008 (U. Michigan)
• 2004 (U. Michigan)
• Nomination and election of the President and Vice President
• Project Vote Smart
  

Miscellaneous

• Hospital Mistakes Report (To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System)
• Mars
• Tax Forms

Terrorism

• Terrorism Studies (from the Library of Congress Federal Research Division)

World News

• BBC
• Bosnia