Presidential Impeachment:
Articles, Documents, and News Coverage
Articles
- Databases
through Marshall University
Search EbscoHost Academic Search Premier or Lexis Nexis Academic (broad subject coverage, lots of full text), ABC-CLIO: American History & Life (professional historical journals), JSTOR (full text of major history and political science journals), Project Muse (full text of selected scholarly journals), WestLaw Campus (law journals, legal cases), and Congressional Lexis Nexis (full text of congressional documents and reports). Note: Use is restricted to MU students/faculty/staff. A password is required for off campus access. - New
York Times
Special section, "The President under Fire", from the leading serious national newspaper [you will need to register, at no charge, the first time you accessing this site] (http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/clintonlewinsky-index.html) -
Washington Post
Special report, "Clinton Accused", from the leading national political newspaper (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/clinton.htm) - National Public
Radio Special Coverage: Impeaching the President
News coverage by NPR, regional coverage of Congressional action, related documents, and a chance to give NPR your opinions [you will need RealPlayer to listen to the audio portions of this site] (http://www.npr.org/news/national/impeach/) - Public
Broadcasting System Online News Hour: The Impeachment Hearings
Transcripts of television news coverage by PBS; you can also search the site for other programs on impeachment (such as Nixon's) (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/impeachment/) - CNN.com
Searchable index of television coverage by CNN (Cable News Network) (http://cnn.com/SEARCH/) - Congressional
Record
The full text of each day's proceedings in the Senate and House (http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r106query.html) - Impeachment
Resources
Bibliography of articles and books found in the Law Library of Congress Reading Room (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/llrrim.html)
News Coverage
- NPR News
Coverage
National Public Radio section on the Senate trial (text and audio) (http://www.npr.org/news/national/impeach/senate/) - PBS News
Coverage
Public Broadcasting System coverage of the Senate trial (text , audio, and video) (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/impeachment/) - Congressional
Record
The full text of each day's proceedings in the Senate (http://thomas.loc.gov/r106/r106.html)
prepared by Timothy A. Balch MSLS, MA
Marshall University, John Deaver Drinko Library
Revised November 7, 2003
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