[3] From its creation until 1922, the Library was located in various rooms throughout the United States Capitol before it was moved to the newly built Cannon House Office Building in 1922.

[5] The Library opened a new reading room available to congressional Members and staff in 2013.

The House Library's collection contains legislative, legal, historical, news, and general reference materials.

The Library maintains a print collection of approximately 200,000 volumes dating from 1789 to the present.

In addition to its print collection, the Library subscribes to a number of databases to increase the speed with which users can access the information they need.