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Data for Exploration Learn How To Find or Use Our Data

Learn How To Find or Use Our Data

Explore the many ways the Library of Congress provides machine-readable access to its digital collections.

Library data guides and learning resources

  • Data Exploration Jupyter Notebooks The data-exploration repository includes Jupyter notebooks and example scripts using openly available Library of Congress Digital Collections or records.

  • Digital Scholarship at the Library of Congress: A Research Guide This research guide provides information about ways to access digital materials at the Library of Congress. The instructions in this guide can be used to access digital materials for purposes including, but not limited to, scholarly research, classroom instruction, creative practice, family history, civic engagement, connection to community, exploration of hobbies or passions, and more.

  • Datasets at the Library of Congress: A Research Guide This guide provides information about the collection of datasets at the Library of Congress, suggests tools for researchers, considers how datasets can be used for research, and provides guidance for locating datasets that may be sources for data science and machine learning projects.

  • Selected Datasets collection Datasets are increasingly a key digital resource used in a wide range of fields. The Library of Congress selects, preserves, and provides enduring access to datasets with the goal of cultivating a broad collection that encompasses all the areas covered by Library of Congress Collection Policy Statements.

  • The Signal Blog Initially created in 2011 to share about digital preservation efforts, the Signal blog has traced the evolution of digital practices at the Library over the course of a decade.

  • Story Maps at the Library of Congress Story Maps and web maps produced at the Library of Congress utilize geospatial technology to create curated entry points into our digital collections. We invite you to explore the incredible stories of the Library's collections through immersive narratives, multimedia, and interactive maps. Maps often include data downloads of the underlying data sets of the data maps.

Data across the Library

In addition to data packages there are many datasets that you can explore across the Library. Many of these are part of the Library’s Selected Datasets collection .

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