Reference Services and Hours of Opening
For help in planning a specific research strategy, users are invited to visit
the Reference Assistance Room adjacent to the Main
Reading Room in the Jefferson Building. Reference librarians are available
there to assist researchers in the use of the catalogs and reference materials,
to refer readers to other bibliographic sources and other libraries, and to
aid in locating materials not easily found. In some cases researchers will need
to go to a special reading room to use specific catalogs and reference sources
and to request materials. Reference collections located in the reading rooms
contain frequently consulted works, including bibliographies, indexes, encyclopedias,
and dictionaries, and are intended for direct access and use by researchers.
A list of the reading rooms and
other public services, with locations, hours, and links to reading room
home pages, is available on the Library's website. A full report of the hours
of all reading rooms is available on a telephone recording at 202-707-6400.
Hours and room locations are also published in a brochure entitled Public
Services in the Library of Congress, which can be obtained at information
desks or at reference desks. The Library's reading rooms are closed on Sundays
and holidays.
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