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Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their research project.

Political Corruption and Presidential Scandals in the U.S.A.

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop. Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already have a topic, you can find some lists of books on political corruption by typing in:

Scandals
Presidential Scandals
Political Corruption--United States--History
United States--Politics and Government

Some titles we have are:

172
POL		 Politicians & Ethics. Edited by Charles P. Cozic. San Diego, CA : 
Greenhaven Press, c1996.
320.973
MIL		 Miller, Nathan. Stealing from America : A History of Corruption from 
Jamestown to Reagan.  Paragon, c1992.
973
LAW		 Lawson, Don. Famous Presidential Scandals. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 
1990.
REF
973
GRO		 Grossman, Mark. Political Corruption in America : An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power, and Greed. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2003.
REF
973
KOH		 Kohn, George C. Encyclopedia of American Scandal.  New York : Facts on File, 1989.
REF
973.09
SCH		 Schultz, Jeffrey D. Presidential Scandals. Washington, D.C : CQ Press, c2000.


SELECTED WEB SITES

Presidential Scandals in US History
http://www.msnbc.com/onair/msnbc/TimeAndAgain/archive/scandal/default.asp
From MSNBC, a brief history of major presidential scandals from Thomas Jefferson and Sally 
Hemings to Bill Clinton.

Scandals in American History
http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/scandals1/
A listing of well known political scandals in American History each with a link to a longer 
article about the scandal. Some of the links have more links you can connect to.

History Channel
http://historychannel.com/
Search the History Channel's website for political corruption, or for a specific political scandal by name.

Destination: Scandal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/article.htm
This is a literally a walking tour of Washington scandal. The site gives brief descriptions of a 
wide range of present day and historical scandals involving Washington politics and links to the 
full Washington Post newspapers story on the scandal.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV transcripts.

Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current), Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

They are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from 
home by going to the Answers...To Go!  web page made available from the 
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.
 

CITING SOURCES

 Edited by Media Staff
11/17/08
Date last edited
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