The U.S. Congress established its Law Library in 1832, recognizing a need for ready access to reliable legal materials. The Law Library has grown over the years to become the world’s largest law library, with a collection of over 2.65 million volumes spanning the ages and covering virtually every jurisdiction in the world.
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Did you know the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world? One way to search the Library’s publicly available digital collections (whether digitized or born digital) is to use the Browse by Topic pages. Topics you can explore include American history, arts and culture, government, sports and much more.
President Obama just outlined his priorities for the coming year in his first address to a joint session of Congress. If you’d like to see what he said, you can read his remarks as prepared for delivery on the White House website.
Do you want to learn more about President Obama’s stimulus package? The White House has created a new website to explain the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that was signed into law on 17 February.
