Databases and E-Resources at the Library of Congress

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AEIOU Encyclopedia of Austria
The AEIOU is the online version of the Österreich-Lexikon encyclopaedia containing all entries and illustrations of the two-volume encyclopaedia.

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AMICUS Web
Search over 26 million full bibliographic records from 1,300 Canadian libraries including National Library of Canada (NLC) records describing books, magazines, government documents, theses, sound recordings, maps, etc.

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ArtLex Art Dictionary
Provides definitions for more than 3,500 terms used in discussing visual culture, along with pictorial examples of art object images, arranged in chronological groups.

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Babel Fish Translation
Babel Fish Translation translates short passages of text or entire Web sites among nineteen pairs of languages.

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Books in Print ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Global Books in Print contains over 5 million bibliographic records for in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audiobooks, and videos published in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and the United States.

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Britannica Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year.

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Browse Government Resources
Provides sources of government information of broad scope, official US Executive Branch Web sites, other Federal government Web sites (for example, US Census, GAO, GPO, etc) and links to other organizational Internet resources on US politics.

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Cataloger's Desktop ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides access to the most widely used cataloging documentation resources in an integrated, online system.

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ClassWeb ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Find LC Subject Headings (LCSH) in your research area and use them to search the Library of Congress catalog.

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Credo Reference : Dictionaries / Bilinguals Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Includes the full text of over 2 dozen reference sources, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauri covering a variety of subjects.

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Cybrary: National Library Catalogues Worldwide
This Web site lists national library catalogs alphabetically by country and also provides hyperlinks to national libraries.

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Deutsche Bibliothek ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains records of monographs, periodicals, microforms, dissertations, visual materials, maps, printed and recorded music, and electronic publications from the National Library of Germany.

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Dictionary.com
The dictionary provides entries from different, linked Web site sources, and includes syllable markings, function, pronunciation key, inflected forms, definitions, usage examples, and etymology.

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Digital Dissertations ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Index of doctoral dissertations and master's theses, with coverage from 1861 to the present.

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Directory of African NGOs
The directory of African NGO's (non-governmental organizations) gives general information, including the name of the organization, the year of creation, the type of organization, the contact person and address.

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Ethnologue
The searchable, Web version of "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14th Edition" presents descriptions of over 6,800 languages which have been identified world-wide, and organized alphabetically by primary name under the country of the main population.

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Eurodicautom
Eurodicautom is the European Commission's multilingual term bank which is widely used by linguists, translators, and interpreters world-wide.

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European Commission Libraries Catalogue
ECLAS is a bibliographic database consisting of 350,000 completed catalogue records in the domain of European affairs; about 7,000 new records are added annually.

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European Library
The European Library portal provides bibliographic access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals - both digital and non-digital) of the 43 national libraries of Europe.

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FreeTranslation
FreeTranslation provides free text and Web page translation from English to ten other languages including Russian and Chinese (and in reverse translation except for Chinese).

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General Education Online
Open resource database of links to higher education facilities worldwide.

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Geographic Names Information System
GNIS is the official repository of nearly two million physical and cultural geographic features and their names in the United States and its territories.

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GEOnet Names Server
An online database of nearly 4 million foreign geographic features with over 5 million feature names.

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German - English Dictionary
Contains translation from English to German, or from German to English.

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GPO Monthly Catalog Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Covers all types of US government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.

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Index Translationum
The Index Translationum, maintained by UNESCO, is an international bibliography of books translated in the world.

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Internet Library for Librarians
A portal designed for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession.

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ISSN Online Database ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is an eight-digit number which identifies periodical publications as such, including electronic serials.

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LIBROS EN VENTA Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Temporarily Unavailable.

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Merriam-Webster OnLine
The dictionary provides pronunciation, function, usage, etymology and definitions with links to related terms; the thesaurus gives word function, usage examples, synonyms and related words.

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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
NALT is an online vocabulary look-up tool for agricultural and biological terms.

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National Library of Medicine Catalog
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), one of the National Institutes of Health, is the world's largest research library for the health sciences.

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NetLingo.com - The Internet Dictionary
NetLingo contains thousands of words and definitions that describe the online world of business, technology, and communication.

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OneLook® Dictionary Search
This Web site will search other dictionary Web sites for the entered term.

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Oxford Art Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Formerly Grove Art Online, the database contains over 45,000 articles from the Grove Dictionary of Art (editor Jane Turner, 1996: 34 vols) on every aspect of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day.

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Oxford English Dictionary ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The OED is an historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day.

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Oxford Reference Online : Humanities & Social Sciences Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of over 150 books in general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business and professional subjects published by Oxford University Press.

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Oxford Reference Online : Medicine & Science Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of over 150 books in general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business and professional subjects published by Oxford University Press.

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Scottish Bibliographies Online
Scotland’s national bibliography brings together over 70,000 records of books, periodicals and major articles of Scottish interest published all over the world.

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State and Local Governments
List of hyperlinks to Internet resources on state and local government information.

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Structurae International Database and Gallery of Structures
Showcases the works and art of structural engineering and, to some extent, architecture from around the world.

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Taxonomy Warehouse
Provide a comprehensive directory of taxonomies, thesauri, classification schemes and other authority files from around the world, plus information about taxonomy references, resources and events.

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Ulrichs Periodicals Directory Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Comprehensive global serials reference source on more than a quarter of a million periodicals and serials published in the United States and throughout the world.

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Web Resources for SACO Proposals
In addition to a very extensive list of geography and geographic names sources (both world-wide and arranged by country name), this list provides links to Internet resources from a broad-based array of topics covering area studies, arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

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World Fact Book
CIA World Fact Book is arranged by country providing information on the following: geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

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WorldCat Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The OCLC Online Union Catalog contains the collective records of books, periodicals, maps, scores, films, recordings, websites, and other materials cataloged by over 41,000 OCLC member libraries.

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Worldwide NGO Directory
Search for NGOs (institutions focusing on international development that are entirely or primarily independent of government) by region, then by country.

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Your Dictionary.com™
Enter a term in the dictionary/thesaurus look-up box for English or use the word translator and type in a word and select from one of these languages to translate from or to: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

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