Navigating the Library of Congress Site

Navigating your way around the comprehensive Library of Congress site can be daunting since one photograph  may lead to a document which may lead to another photograph and suddenly you are lost and using the back arrow just won't help. In order to assist visitors to the site and keep track of all of your treasures the directors created a folder system that is extremely user-friendly and fun.  Every article and picture has a "share/save" button at the top right corner and here you can send your favorite items to friends on facebook, twitter, google or bookmark it in delicious or diigo, and most importantly you can sign up for your own "My LOC" which will maintain your favorite objects in folders organized by you! Read below to hear what they have to say about his new feature.  It's like having your own personal file drawer at the Library of Congress!

"The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. Since the earliest days of the Internet, the Library's primary Web site at http://www.loc.gov/ has led the way in making these rich resources and treasures available to the American people.
The Library's new, personalized site, myLOC.gov, presents many of these items in compelling online exhibitions that reveal our nation's history, knowledge and creativity through primary sources, engaging activities and materials for teachers and students.

• Plan your visit. Use this site to get familiar with the Library. Plan a visit to the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. If you’ve already been here, you can revisit the exhibits and build your personal collection of Library objects.
• Touch history. MyLOC.gov is also an online museum with exhibitions and interactive features that bring rare historical books and objects to life. See the edits on the Declaration of Independence. Read the hieroglyphics on a Mayan vase. Turn the pages of The Builder’s Dictionary, once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
• Get lesson plans. MyLOC.gov has dozens of lesson plans, all created and organized around the books and items on display that will help teachers use primary sources to bring history to life.
• Plus, there are cool activities for students. Zoom into maps. Do a word search related to the founding documents of the United States. Try your hand at re-writing the Declaration of Independence" http://www.loc.gov/