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Film, Video Welcome to the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • Welcome to the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room

Summary

  • The Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room is located in the James Madison building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The reading room serves as the gateway to the newspaper, comic book, current periodical, and government document collections held by the Serial & Government Publications Division.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-02-22.

Notes

  • -  Megan Metcalf, Elving Felix, Joanna Colclough, Fernando Hurdle.
  • -  Recorded on 2023-02-22.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2025661135

Online Format

  • video
  • online text
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division. Welcome to the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-22, 2023. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2025661135/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division, S. B. (2023) Welcome to the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-22. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2025661135/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division. Welcome to the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-22, 2023. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2025661135/>.