Resource Appendix Ia

A Handy Guide to the Library of Congress Image Collections

The Library of Congress has a deep, rich site for kit building. Unfortunately, there is too much to find easily. This sheet will give you some hints as to how to use the links. This sheet offers suggestion for the Image Libraries in Resource Appendix I)

1. First, go to the collection by clicking on the link. It will take you not to the collection itself but to the search engine (e.g., the P&P ONLINE CATALOG - CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS, #15 on the online list) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/cwpquery.html

P&P ONLINE CATALOG - CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS

At the top of the web page you will see this box below.

P&P ONLINE CATALOG - Searching CIVIL WAR PHOTOS
Searching all text in the catalog records (not number or date fields):
A Search tip is available in "About this Collection."

2. Scroll down to the section below: “Other ways to search” These links will take to previews and lists of the collections. Click on them to get where you want to go. (Subject Fields are useful. So are the Browse and Preview functions.) Note: each catalog page is a little different.

A sample Preview:


[Broadway Landing, Va. Federal ordnance at the depot] /
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View from cemetery /
[Farmville, Va., vicinity. High bridge of the South Side Railr... /
Bull Run, Virginia (vicinity). Sudley church through the trees

3.  Click on the image and you will be taken directly to it. Click again to see if there is a higher resolution image available. (It varies). If this is an image for your kit, you are ready to download it.

4.  To download the image to a Mac, hold down the control button and click (or right-click on a PC or Mac). and download the image (it may say download link). Remember, that the image may not have an obvious name. For example, the image below of Lincoln’s first draft of the Gettysburg Address (in his own handwriting) is frstdrt.1. If you have a chance to rename it, this is a good time. You have downloaded the image—but you are not done!

5.  For your kit, you must also document the images you use. To do this, copy the image (again, control-click or right-click). Paste the image into a Word document. Return to the web site, copy the URL (web page address), and paste it under the image.

If you are adding sound or video resource, copy the name of the resource and paste the URL.

6.  Continue on your search for resources! When you are finished, you will have a kit and the documentation. Store the Word document in the More Resources folder.

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