New names do not appear instantly in the online database; please allow the VHP staff time to properly preserve, house, and catalog collection materials (presently about 4 to 6 months from the time materials are received). Information contained in the database is based on participants' own reporting of their service history.

Yes! A searchable online database was launched over the 2004 Memorial Day weekend. You may conduct searches for by criteria including: name of veteran/civilian, name of interviewer/donor, war, branch of service, unit of service (such as battalion, regiment, ship, etc.), medals, and service locations. Links to selected digitized collections are included when applicable.

The information that will appear on the online Veterans History Project database are the name, date and place of birth, and service history information as it is given on the Biographical Data Form. Please review the database at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/html/search/search.html for examples. In addition, researchers who visit the Library and use a collection for research will have access to the collection materials only and not the forms.

You may conduct searches on the VHP online database using different criteria including: name of veteran/civilian, name of interviewer/donor, war, branch of service, unit of service (such as battalion, regiment, ship, etc.), medals, and service locations. Links to selected digitized collections are included when applicable. Only 5% of the collections in the Veterans History Project can be viewed in their entirety online.

The Veterans History Project (VHP) collects and preserves the remembrances of American war veterans and civilian workers who supported them. These collections of first-hand accounts are archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for use by researchers and to serve as an inspiration for generations to come.

The United States Congress created the Veterans History Project in 2000. The authorizing legislation (Public Law 106-380), sponsored by Representatives Ron Kind, Amo Houghton, and Steny Hoyer in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senators Max Cleland and Chuck Hagel in the U.S. Senate, received unanimous support and was signed into law by President William Jefferson Clinton on October 27, 2000.

The Project is focused on first-hand accounts of veterans who served in World War I (1914-1920), World War II (1939-1946), the Korean War (1950-1955), the Vietnam War (1961-1975), the Persian Gulf War (1990-1995), or the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present) and on US citizen civilians who were actively involved in supporting war efforts (such as war industry workers, USO workers, flight instructors, medical volunteers, etc.).

No. We collect personal narratives from wartime veterans and those who supported them. These stories may be recorded with a video camera or an audio tape recorder; however, they may also be typewritten (preferably a minimum of 20 pages). We also accept original collections of diaries, letters, maps, home movies, and photographs. Please see What We Accept for more information.

No. The Project collects first-hand accounts of US veterans who served in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War (1990-1995), or Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present). U.S. citizen civilians who actively supported war efforts (such as war industry workers, USO workers, flight instructors, medical volunteers, defense contractors, etc.) are also invited to share their valuable stories. Please see What We Collect for more information.

Partner Archives are official Veterans History Project partner organizations that also serve as repositories for the interviews and materials they collect under the aegis of the Project. They help accomplish the goal of providing open public access to collection materials at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and also around the country.

The Project staff is always glad to work with researchers and those interested in reviewing the collections, though we need a week’s notice to prepare collections for use before a researcher can review them. Please contact us at vohp@loc.gov or (202) 707-4916 before your visit so that we may explore your research topics and help you identify collections of interest.

In April 2007, the Library of Congress and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced a joint community engagement initiative designed to gather the first-hand recollections of the diverse men and women who served our nation during wartime. The public outreach campaign will be ongoing beyond the broadcast of Ken Burns’ new film, THE WAR, which is scheduled to air on PBS beginning on September 23, 2007.

We are simply using a picture of a gold record on all of our inventory. The records are usually black vinyl with a colored label. It just isn't practical to scan all one million records and place photos online.

The following is adapted from a posting of Horning to the larch-interest mailing list on June 19, 1995, which was itself condensed from the preface of [Guttag-Horning93].) This project has been a long time in the growing. The seed was planted by Steve Zilles on October 3, 1973.

We value our members' privacy and your contact information is only available to other bona fide members. Visitors to the site see your listing, but are unable to contact you directly, unless they take out a membership. Once a member, you may choose which of four contact details (address, phone, fax and email) you wish to have visible to other members. Almost all our members display their email address and some also display phone and fax numbers. Your contact confidentiality is assured.

Only loss history information is stored in the database. No other sources of data, credit reports, criminal records, civil lawsuits, legal judgments are incorporated into C.L.U.E. reports.

The Child Project™ system connects and transfers information via the Web. All that is needed to connect and share data is web connection -- either a dial up or other connection, such as a county local area network. The only difference will be the speed of the network.

It began in Corpus Christi, and has been in the Houston Texas area for approximately 5 years. Over this past year 140 babies have been saved. Texas has 56 signed parishes. The Gabriel Project is also in the Maryland and Washington area. Presentation B.V.M. (Cheltenham) and Visitation (Trooper) parishes are now signed in Penna.

online database is a database system that is accessible through a website. The obvious usefulness of online databases is that they can be accessed from anywhere using a web browser. Compare this to a local database which has to be backed up and transfered manually from one computer to another.

Click the SST Main Menu button (the small triangle) and go to Preferences. Choose the History tab. By default, SST optimizes the History Database every 20 days. To change the period of time that SST optimizes the History database, change the value displayed in the Days field. To optimize your History Database immediately, click Optimize Now.

After taking your exam, it can take up to four business days for your records to appear in the Sun Certification I7 database. In regards to the Sun Certified Developer for Java 2 Platform and Sun Certified Architect for J2EE Technology essay exams, it takes four to six weeks after submission for your score to appear in the database.

Yes. enterBooks.com is used by our customers for bibliographic research. Many records already display jacket images. We are always interested in loading more. Contact us for more information.