Video Clips of Historic Presidential Debates at C-SPAN.ORG

Commission on Presidential Debates: Transcripts of Presidential Debates (1858-2000)

Ever found a book online that you wanted, but didn't feel like taking the time to look in the CAT to see if the Libraries already owns it?

Problem solved! Highlight the 'Auto CAT lookup' link below and drag it to your links toolbar on your web browser. Then, go to Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com (Amazon seems to work better) and go to the specific page for a book of interest to you. Once you are on that page, click on the 'Auto CAT lookup' link (now on your toolbar.) What *should* happen is that another window automatically opens with results from the CAT showing you Penn State's holdings for that book. If a window doesn't launch when you click on the link, Penn State doesn't own it (or the book's ISBN number is not listed in the Amazon(or Barnes & Noble) page URL.

Give it a try, and let me know if it doesn't work for you.

Auto CAT lookup

Another terrific page on election issues...
NPR: The Candidates on the Issues

Poynter Online - Republican & Democratic Convention History (1856-2004)

Presidential Rhetoric Sources

Major Network News ...

Online Elections/Political Resources

Search (and view full-text of) the speeches of John Kerry.
Project Vote Smart - Senator Kerry - Speeches and Public Statements

Search (and view the full-text of) the speeches of George W. Bush
Project Vote Smart - President Bush - Speeches and Public Statements

What follows below is a listing of web sites that I'm collecting for a page on researching 2004 election-related speech topics...

VOTING in Pennsylvania

Elections 2004

OnTheIssues.org - Candidates on the Issues

American Voice - Issues and Allegations Index

Almanac of Policy Issues

LexisNexis - Election 2004 Presidential Campaign Bush Kerry

Congress.org: Elections, Candidates, Issues

Issues-Main Page

Democracy in Action's P2004: The 2004 Presidential Campaign

Public Agenda: First Choice 2004

LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions

Campaign 2004

2004 White House Race Tip Sheet

LII Theme Collection: 2004 Presidential Election

Politics, Activism, Political Issues, Government, and Elections - SpeakOut.com

Politics Navigator

Public Agenda Issue Guides

Issues In Depth--Campaign 2004

Project Vote Smart - American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting

G O P.com :: Republican National Committee

Democratic National Committee

An amazing set of links to sites on the Electoral College, Electoral Systems, Campaign Finance, and materials from the 2002. 2002 and current Presidential Campaigns
Elections and Electoral Systems in the United States

Politics1 - 2004 U.S. Presidential Election (P2004)

The New York Times > Washington News > Campaign 2004 > Election News

The new address for the Program in Presidential Rhetoric:

SCOM @ TAMU | The Program in Presidential Rhetoric

A new (to me) source for online audio recordings of Presidential speeches:
Scripps Library - Digital Library - Presidential Speeches

Access Commencement speeches by Bono, Gloria Steinem, Margaret Atwood, and more...the art of the commencement speech, an archive

Another Presidential Speeches Archive...
TheAmericanPresidency.Net - Archive Of Presidential Speeches

One more way to access audio and video of all of the speeches at the Democratic National Convention...

Video: View All by Speaker - 2004 Democratic National Convention Official Site

Archive of John Kerry Campaign Speeches (goes back to March, 2004)

John Kerry for President - Speeches

Collected Speeches of Bill Gates (1996-2004)

via Microsoft:
Bill Gates' Web Site - Speeches: 2004

Audio & Video of all DNC Speeches:

The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Speeches to the Democratic National Convention

An Excellent Anticipatory Article About Kerry's DNC Acceptance Speech, Referencing Past Convention Acceptance Speeches...
The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Kerry Turns to J.F.K. Writers for Speech of His Life

A great quote about public speaking, courtesy of Jeff Knapp, Librarian Extraordinaire:

"As a medium, writing is a million times weaker than speech. It's a hieroglyph competing with a symphony."

Taken from: Menand, Louis. "Bad comma: Lynne Truss's strange grammar." The New Yorker. June 28, 2004: 104.

Speeches of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (1993 - 2000)

American Presidency.org

A multitude of Presidential audio/video files of Presidential speeches can be found here--in addition to a good collection of Public Papers, State of the Union addresses, inaugural addresses, and FDR's fireside chats.

Selected Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1942

via ibiblio.org

European Union Speeches

View the full-text of speeches made by European Union officials, 1996-Present.

Access EVERY State of the Union address & presidential address before joint sessions of Congress since 1945!
(Some even have video available)

Visit the State of the Union Archive at C-Span.org

CMMI--It's Here!

As of 02/04/04, all PSU users now have access to a new Communications database: Communication & Mass Media Index. To access this database, visit the Libraries' E-Resource list and select Communication & Mass Media Index (CMMI) from the list.

Some facts about the Communication & Mass Media Index:
It contains:
**all detailed bibliographic records and full-text content from CommSearch (this database replaces and effectively retires CommSearch)
**all detailed bibliographic records from Mass Media Articles Index
**indexing, abstracts and detailed bibliographic records for all major communication and/or mass media journals that were not previously covered by CommSearch or Mass Media Articles Index.

More than 285 core journals are indexed and abstracted cover-to-cover in CMMI. Approximately 100 additional journals will be indexed selectively for those articles which are relevant to the study of communications and mass media research. To see the list of core journals included in CMMI, click here, and scroll down the list until you reach CMMI.

New &/or Noteworthy Books by PSU CAS Faculty...

African American Pioneers in Communication Research
by Ronald Jackson II, Sonja M. Brown Givens
Sage Publications, 2003. 0761929924

Readings on the Rhetoric of Social Protest
by Charles E., III Morris (Editor), Stephen H. Browne (Editor)
Strata, 2001. 1891136062

Speeches and Highlights from the 2004 World Economic Forum

This site makes available webcasts of all panel discussions, speeches, remarks and addresses from the recent event, which was held January 21- 25 in Switzerland.

Selected Speeches of Penn State's President, Graham Spanier