Radio and Television Broadcast Transcripts
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The library has several sources for broadcast transcripts from U.S. radio and television. No one database will have every show from a particular network, so for example, you may have to search a couple of databases that contain CBS transcripts before you find the one that has the program Face the Nation.
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Library Databases
Lexis Nexis Academic
ABC, Al-Jazeera, CBS, CNN, CNBC, NBC, Fox, MSNBC, NewsHour and more. For a complete list, go to the Lexis Nexis home page (Easy Search) and click the "i" next to TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts. All of the sources may be searched at once.
To search transcripts for just one or a few sources, click the Sources tab. Search for a source and select it. Repeat if additional sources are desired. Click OK to go the Power Search page where keywords may be entered.
Factiva
CBS, BBC, CNN, ABC, CNBC, FOX, NPR and more. To search for transcripts:
- Enter search keywords into the large search box at the top of the database home page
- Click the box next to Sources, then choose Transcripts under Publication Type
- Click the Search button
Newspaper Source
CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, Fox (no ABC, NBC) To search for transcripts: Click the Publications button toward the top of the database home page. Then in the box next to Browse Publications, enter the call letters of a news or radio network (NPR, CBS, etc.) and select the radio button that says "By Subject and Description." The search results will include any program from that network contained in the database (60 Minutes, The Early Show, etc.)
Television News Archive from Vanderbilt University
Index to summaries of news stories from major U.S. networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS, CSPAN, MSNBC, CNBC and Fox) dating back to 1968. Recent CNN nightly news broadcasts may be viewed online within 72 hours of original broadcast (requires RealOne media player which can be downloaded for free at RealNetworks) Tapes of news programs may be ordered for a fee.
- Faculty and graduate students may order videotape duplications of entire broadcasts, or compilation tapes of individual news stories specified by the borrower. Contact your department's Library Bibliographer. Do not order directly through the TV News Archive website! For a fee, the Television News Archive will make a LENDING COPY that must be returned by Alden Library to Vanderbilt University at a specified date. Please allow at least 2 weeks for the tape(s) to arrive. Loan period is usually 30 days but requests to keep tapes longer are usually honored by the Archive by request.
Internet Sources
Metro Monitor
Video clips, transcripts and news tracking service. There is a fee.
Videorecordings
The library may have videorecordings of individual programs in its collections. Search the ALICE catalog by Title of the specific program name such as 60 Minutes or 20/20.
Specific Programs
Try searching the program or network's website to see if there is a program archive. Some programs with known archives are listed here.
Online NewsHour Video Search
Search online transcripts from the PBS program NewsHour with Jim Lehrer or view segments of the program via streaming video.
NOW with David Brancaccio
(NOW with Bill Moyers until 2005) Search by keyword or browse the Archives from 2002-2007. Read transcripts or watch segments with RealPlayer.
