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A Few “New” Acquisitions from 1661, 1792, 1725

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

The collections of the Library of Congress are always growing. Besides what we receive through Copyright and other means, we reference specialists  also recommend material to add to the permanent collection—often rare, older items we don’t own, but would like to have, and additional databases for on-site researchers to use. This past year there were …

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Five Questions: Kelsey Diemand, Librarian in Residence, Business Reference Services

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

What is your background? I hail from New England where I was born and raised in Connecticut. I attended the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and studied History, with minors in American Studies and Classics. During my time at UNH, I accepted a semester-long internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives here in Washington, DC, and …

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Five Questions: Nathan “Nate” Smith, Librarian

Posted by: Angel Vu

What is your background? I was born and raised in the Virginia Beach area.  I was accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University (Go Rams Go!) as pre-physical therapy and spent my first year heavily immersed in physical science courses.  However, there was a general requirement history class that fascinated me and completely changed the course of …

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New Orleans getting into the (baseball) game

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

With the Library’s Baseball Americana exhibit taking the field, I wanted Inside Adams to get in the game, so to speak, even if it is with a post that is not business or science themed.  When it comes to sports in New Orleans people usually think of the Saints and the Pelicans. But baseball does …

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New Guides in Business Reference Services

Posted by: Angel Vu

Our goal as librarians at the Library of Congress is to help you find information quickly. We understand that library research—especially at the Library of Congress, which has one of the most extensive collections in the world—can be overwhelming. According to the 2007 North American Title Count, there were over 1.1 million titles classified under …