Imagine you wanted to find books or journal articles on a particular subject. Or find manuscripts by a particular author. Or locate serials, music or maps. You would use a library catalog that ...

For many years, the Library of Congress categorized many of its books under a controversial subject heading: “Illegal aliens.” But then, on March 22, 2016, the library made a momentous decision, ...

OXFORD, England — On November 12, 2021, the Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress announced that the subject headings “aliens” and “illegal aliens” would be replaced with the new ...

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