The resources at the Library relating to women's history are so vast that a guide has been published to guide researchers. That guide is now online. Unlike most American Memory online presentations, American Women is not a collection of digital items. It is a gateway -- a first stop for Library of Congress researchers working in the field of American women's history, both in person and online. |
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The site contains a slightly expanded and fully searchable version of the print publication "American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States" (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2001). The guide has been redesigned for online use, with added illustrations and links to existing digitized material located throughout the Library of Congress Web site. These materials are supplemented by a small number of newly digitized items that provide a sample of the many relevant types of materials available in the Library's holdings. The guide also provides practical search tips, detailed collection summaries of the Library's voluminous multiformat holdings and links to fuller catalog record descriptions and digitized material. In addition to the Research Guide, the gateway home page also provides information on preparing to do on-site research at the Library of Congress; tips on searching for women's history resources in the Library's catalogs; guidance on finding materials relating to women within the Library's American Memory collections; and helpful orientations to women's history sources in the Library's online exhibitions and audiovisual Web broadcasts of lectures, readings and symposia. |
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