Television Broadcasts & Transcripts
Broadcast: provides a visual image or audio of the program, often streaming video or maybe purchase video/dvd
Transcript: contains a text of the program; does not include visual images or audio
Databases
Transcript: contains a text of the program; does not include visual images or audio
- Television News Archive (Vanderbilt University)
- 1968 - to date
- CNN streaming video (evening news only) 1995 to present
- Fox broadcasts, 2004 to present
- Major networks provide a summary of broadcast and length of segment.
- Advertisements - search advertisements for products or brands (e.g., Campbell's soup)
- Speeches - Nixon gave a foreign policy speech January 25, 1972
- Special Programming - political conventions, State of the Union addresses, Press conferences, events (e.g., Columbine), Nightline (some news programs)
- Access World News (NewsBank)

- News programming from The Associated Press, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, local affiliates of ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, as well as coverage from Canadian Broadcasting, Agence France-Presse and more
- LexisNexis Academic: News Transcripts

- 1980 - to date
- Many transcript sources, including local television news, radio, news programs (e.g., Nightline, Howard Stern)
- Many radio news programs (e.g., All Things Considered)
CBS News (available in the News & Microforms Library) (microfiche)
- Universe (1980-1982)
- Going Places (1980)
- Face the Nation (1954-1980, not microfiche) (1980-1988)
- The Mike Wallace Profiles (1981)
- Up to the Minute (1981-1982)
- The American Parade (1984)
- Crossroads (1984)
- 48 Hours (1988)
- CBS News : Daily News Broadcasts (1980-1988)
- CBS News Special Report (1980, 1983, 1986, 1988)
- CBS Reports (1980-1988)
- 60 Minutes (1980-1988)
- Our Times with Bill Moyers (1983)
- 30 Minutes (1980-1982)
- Magazine (1980-1981)
- West 57th (1985-1988)
- CBS News Special (1981, 1984, 1986)
- MBC Archives (Museum of Broadcast Communications)
- Access to over 7,000 digitizes TV and radio programs from the MBC archives
- Registration (free) is required
- Television transcripts database
- Hundreds of scripts from tv, movies and pictures
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Contact
W- 21 Pattee Library
University Park, PA 16802
Reference Desk:
814-863-0377
Cheryl McCallips,
Acting Head, News and Microforms Library
814-863-1365
Intranet (Staff Only)
