Sometimes, the online questions we get through “Ask A Librarian” are harder to answer than others, as my previous posts can attest. A couple of weeks ago, someone* inquired about a reference notation in the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, Public Law 76-1, 53 Stat. 1. At the end of Section 22 on page 9, …
After entering our Reading Room, you will see our exhibit of legal treasures from Mexico’s past. A selection of the items on display are also incorporated on a poster. The poster was done in part to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which coincided this year with the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Independence of …
Although I’m from New Zealand, my mother is American and my family gets together with other American Kiwis to celebrate Thanksgiving each year. However, as there is no public holiday for this day, we tend to need to improvise with dates, with Thanksgiving dinner generally occurring on a weekend some time between October and January. …
The following is a guest post by Matt Braun, Legal Reference Librarian in our Public Services Directorate. Over the last five years, legal blogs (or “blawgs” = law + blogs) have increasingly become vehicles for legal scholars, practitioners, and observers from across the globe to share information on developments in various areas of law, as …
This week’s interview is with Pamela Barnes Craig, Senior Legal Reference Librarian in our Public Services Division. Describe your background. I was born in Chicago, IL, and lived there the first nine years of my life. My stepfather was in the U.S. Army, so I’ve lived in different countries and cultures. I lived in Okinawa, …
The following is a guest post by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist in the European Division. A few weeks ago, I asked if anyone knew who the distinguished man of mystery was on the left side of the photo. Thanks to Law Library’s Dr. Janice Hyde, we now know he’s Senator Felix Grundy, also instrumental in …
You’ve seen the entrance to our Reading Room in a previous Pic of the Week. This week features some of the cabinets in the Microform Reading Room, which is right off the main Reading Room. Because of the volume of materials in the Law Library, many items are in microfilm or microfiche format. The microfilm …
My 11th grade English teacher* sent me a Facebook message a couple of weeks ago asking for assistance in locating the records and briefs from Brown v. Board of Education. I replied with a list of resources, including exhibits at the Library of Congress and the National Archives. In answering his question, I realized that …
I have decided to take advantage of the blog to draw a little attention to some of the legal research aids for my primary jurisdiction, the United Kingdom, that we have available online through the Law Library of Congress website. There are a mixture of resources available from this site on the U.K., from research guides …