Help Center

Welcome to the Help Center. Here you will find guides to help you use this Web site, become familiar with the online digital primary source collections at the Library of Congress, and learn more about copyright and fair use. Read descriptions of each guide below and choose a topic from the menu on the right—or download a printable PDF version of a complete guide.

Follow these instructions if you want to involve the whole class in an interactive and save the work for later. Teachers can only save work done on interactives from a student workspace.

  1. User’s Guide - Need a little help? Check out the user’s guide for step-by-step instructions for using this site.
  2. Library of Congress - Learn more about how to access and search the digital collections of the Library of Congress.
  3. User's guide - Copyright and Fair Use Copyright and Fair UseTeach your students about copyright and fair use when working with primary sources.