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Library of Congress Writeup

a.) I went to the website

b.) I think that the content is well organized. It is organized in a fashion that is displays.

c.) **What fonts are used on the pages for the main text?**

The two most common fonts used on the homepage are Georgia and Verdana. These fonts are not necessarily used consistently throughout the other pages of the web site. Arial is a common font within other pages.\

d.) **Are there any ordered or unordered lists on the Web site? If so, how are they used?**

Unordered lists are used for navigation purposes. List of other pages are provided on the side of a page and are hyperlinked to the other pages. I was also able to find bulleted lists that were used to display points/facts about a specific topic (benefits for working at the Library of Congress). The FAQ is provided in the form of an numbered list. Besides these instances I was not able to find any other lists of note.

e.) **View the source to see if CSS styles are used on the pages in the Web site.**

It appears as if CSS styles are being used with respect to navigation.

f.) The website that I used to compare the LOC with was the [|Canadian Library of Parliament]

The key difference between these two web sites is that the Library of Congress is able to convey a degree of excitement through their text formatting and other design elements. The Library of Parliament appears to be relatively bland by comparison. I think the reason for this is that the text formatting makes a lot of the writing seem to blur together. There are many ordered lists on the Library of Parliament website but the length of the text for each bullet is rather extensive and reduced the effect of this text formatting element. In conclusion, I feel that the Library of Congress Web site was able to create a better effect through text formatting.