Speech & Public Statement Sources
When looking for transcriptions of speeches, you can check the following websites as well as YouTube. Both YouTube and CSPAN allow you to easily export a full transcription for every video.
- The American Presidency ProjectThis archive from UCSB contains public papers of the presidents dating back to 1789.
- voxgov This link opens in a new window
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A repository of US government information gleaned from official websites, legislation, congressional and regulatory documents, social media, press releases, and more.
- C-SPAN Video LibraryCongressional proceedings, public affairs programming, and coverage of political events, from 1987 to the present. You can create and share clips, and all videos are fully transcribed.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Access to the full text of newspapers (foreign and domestic), as well as business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
- Public Statements -- Project Vote SmartPublic statements (including tweets) form national and state level political figures.
- Federal News Service & CQ Transcriptions - NexisUniFNS contains White House briefings & statements by the President, Congressional hearings, National Press Club speeches (when discussing major topics or remarks by key U.S. or foreign figures), special briefings whether on record or not for attribution in addition to remarks of top ranking officials, 1988+. CQ contains transcripts of 4 to 5 complete congressional hearings per day as well as press briefings from the State, Justice, and Defense departments, presidential news conferences and press briefings, and speeches and press conferences by national newsmakers, 1995+. If searching for speeches, try something like: (HEADLINE(mccain w/8 (remarks OR speech))).
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Access to the full text of major business publications as well as other newspapers and magazines. The following guide shows how to narrow your search to transcriptions only: https://libguides.bc.edu/c.php?g=44291&p=3251366
