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The Library of Congress Online Catalog which includes holdings of commercial LPs, CDs, taped lectures, and performances from the Library of Congress
SONIC our division's online catalog for recordings which includes descriptions of original documentary and broadcast recordings, 78-rpm discs, 45-rpm discs, and cassettes deposited for copyright
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sheet music or books about music contact the Library's Music Division.
ethnographic field recordings contact the American Folklife Center
moving image materials including films and television broadcasts contact the Motion Picture and Television Reading Room

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November 8, 2005