In its Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, the Division makes available to readers numerous government and commercial CD-ROM publications. Generally these provide a broad range of statistical information, or are indexes, abstracts and indexes to newspaper and periodical literature, or provide full-text retrieval of newspapers or periodical literature. To enhance access to its collections and to provide research guidance the Division has made a number of its finding aids available to the public through the Internet on the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room Home Page. Online catalog records for Library of Congress serial holdings are also available on Internet. The Serial and Government Publications Division provides specialized reference and information services, orientation, and research guidance on newspapers, periodicals, and government publications.
Services are available to inquirers by telephone, telefacsimile, correspondence, and in person.
The Division develops and maintains appropriate catalogs, bibliographies, union lists, indexes, and other finding aids and publications for material in its area of responsibility.