Laura M. Piazza
Upper Arlington High School
1650 Ridgeview Road
Columbus, Ohio 43221
Workshop Location: March 17 ORCLISH
Title of Companion Pathfinder: The American
Presidency
Grade: 10 and 11
Class: American Studies
Specific Topic: How to choose materials to support research on the American Presidency
Content Pathfinder
The American Presidency
May,
2004
The President of the United States is now, some say, the most powerful person in the world. How has the American presidency evolved? What does the President do? What issues should be considered when choosing a president or reflecting on the work of those that have gone before? Which presidential decisions most affected the course of history of our country? Find the answers to these and other questions with the help of this pathfinder.
Print Resources: Reference (in dewey order)
The following resources are available from the Learning
Center and/or local public libraries:
R 320.973 Congress and the Nation: a Review of government
and politics. Washington: CQ
Publishing, 1965 -
R 324.560973 NAT National Party Conventions, 1831-2000. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, serial.
R 328.73 CON Congress and the Nation. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Service, serial.
R 328.73 KRA Congressional Quarterly’s American Congressional Dictionary.
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1993
R 352.230973 WOR The World Book of America’s Presidents. Chicago: World Book, 2001.
R 353.03 ENC Levy, Leonard W. and Louis Fisher. Encyclopedia of the American Presidency. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994
R 353.031 GUI Guide to the Presidency. 3rd Edition. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2002
R 923.1 DIL Diller, Daniel C. The presidents, first ladies, and vice presidents : White House biographies, 1789-2001. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001.
R 923.1 KAN Kane, Joseph N. Facts About the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information. New York: Wilson, 1993.
R 923.1 SCH Schneider, Dorothy. First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary. Checkmark Books, Facts on File, 2001.
R 923.1 UNI United States. National Park Service. The Presidents : from the inauguration of George Washington to the inauguration of Gerald R. Ford : historic places commemorating the Chief Executives of the United States. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1976.
R 923.2 BIO Sobel, Robert. Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774-1989. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
R 929.20973 AME Brogan, Hugh, and Charles Mosley. American Presidential Families. New York : Macmillan Pub. Co.
; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1993
R 973.099 AME American Heritage Illustrated History of the Presidents. New York: Crown Publishers, 2000.
R 973.099 COM Matuz, Roger and Lawrence W. Baker. Complete American Presidents Sourcebook. Detroit: UXL, 2001.
R 973.099 FAB Faber, Charles F. The American Presidents Ranked by Performance. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2000.
R 973.099 NEL Nelson, Lyle Emerson. American Presidents: Year by Year.
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004
R 973.099 PRE Graff, Henry F. The Presidents: A Reference History. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002.
R 973.099 PRE Israel, Fred. The Presidents. Danbury, CT: Charles E. Smith Books, 1997.
R 973.91 AME. American Decades Primary Sources. Detroit: Gale, 2004.
R 975.3 WHI Whitcomb, John. Real life at the White House : two hundred years of daily life at America's most famous residence. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Print Resources: Circulating (in dewey
order)
The following resources reflect works about the presidency
and not individual presidents. See
Biography section below for individual biographies. They are available from the
UAHS Learning Center and/or local public libraries:
071.3 WAL Walsh, Kenneth T. Feeding the Beast: the White House versus the Press. New York: Random House, 1996
320.473 JON Jones, Charles O. Separate but Equal Branches: Congress and the Presidency. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House Publishers, 1995.
323.4 SHU Shull, Steven A. The President and Civil Rights Policy: Lea dership and Change. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
352.230973 CRO Cronin, Thomas E. The Paradoxes of the American Presidency. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
352.230973016 MAR Martin, Fenton S. How to Research the Presidency. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1996.
352.3265 INN Innocent until Nominated: The Breakdown of the Presidential Appointments Process. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2001
353.0089 QUE Mann, Thomas E., ed. A Question of Balance: The President, the Congress and Foreign Policy. Brookings Institution Press, 1990.
353.03 HES Hess, Stephen. Presidents and the Presidency: Essays. Washington D.C: Brookings Institution, 1996.
353.031 ROB Robinson, Donald L. To the Best of my Ability: The presidency and the Constitution. New York: W.W. Norton, 1987.
353.031016 GOE Goehlert, Robert. The Presidency: A Research Guide. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Information Services, 1985.
353.0313 Bond, Jon R. The President in the Legislative Arena. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
353.032 NEU Neustadt, Richard E. Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan. New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan, 1990.
364.1524 SAI St. George, Judith. In the Line of Fire: Presidents Lives at Stake. New York: Holiday House, 1999.
917.3 CLO Clotworthy, William. Homes and Libraries of the Presidents: An Interpretive Guide. Blacksburg, VA: McDonald and Woodward Publisters, 2003.
923.1 BES Best, Nicholas. The Presidents of the United States of America. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996.
923.1 COU Couch, Ernie. Presidential Trivia. Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1996.
923.1 DEG DeGregorio, William A. The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents. New York: Grammercy Books, 2001.
923.1 SID Sidey, Hugh.. Hugh Sidey’s Profiles of the Presidents: From FDR to Clinton with TIME Magazine’s Veteran White House Correspondent Boston: Little, Brown, 2000.
923.1 STE Steinberg, Alfred. The First Ten: The Founding Presidents and their Administrations. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
973.099 AME Beschloss, Michael R. AmericanHeritage, The Presidents. New York, N.Y. : ibooks : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, 2003.
973.099 ESK Eskin, Blake. The Book of Political Lists. New York: Villard, 1998.
973.099 PRE Nelson, Michael The Presidency A to Z. Washington D.C.: Congressional
Quarterly, 1998.
975.3 WHI Freidel, Frank and William Pencak. The White House: The First 200 Years.
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1994.
977.1 COX Cox, Rachel, and Martha L. Cox. The Ohio Dynasty: The Lives of the United States Presidents from Ohio. Kettering, Ohio: Schuerholz Graphics, 1996.
B P621 Pierpoint, Robert. At the White House: Assignment to Six Presidents. New York: Putnam, 1981
A Word About Subject
Headings…
To find more information on the subject of American presidents, try the following subject headings in your library’s online catalog, the internet, or subscription databases:
Executive power
Presidents—Dwellings—United States
Presidents—Election
Presidents—Encyclopedias
Presidents—Family
Presidents—History
Presidents—Inauguration
Presidents—Messages—Collected orks—United States
Presidents—Powers and duties—United States
Presidents’ spouses—United States
Presidents—United States—Biography
Presidents—United States—Correspondence
United States—Politics and government
White House—Washington, D.C.
Websites (in alphabetical
order)
Abraham Lincoln online
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html
Information on the 16th president, including a section entitled “Today in Lincoln’s Life.”
American Memory Historical Collections for the National
Digital Library
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html
The American Memory collection of the Library of Congress offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collection.
The American Presidency
This site uses materials from five Grolier encyclopedias to look at the presidents and their presidential election.
The American Presidency: A Glorious
Burden
http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html
A project of the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. This site offers background information on the presidency, the campaigns, and biographical sketches. Includes teacher resources.
American Presidents Life Portraits
http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Companion website to the Peabody Award-winning television series. Includes many links to presidential information.
Election 2004
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/election2004/
Information on presidential elections. Includes such topics as the steps for running for president, selection of the vice president, the primary system, debates, caucuses, political parties, and conventions.
George Washington Papers: 1741-1799
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/
Part of the American Memory collection of the Library of Congress, this website contains the largest collection of papers relating to the life and administration of George Washington in the world.
“I Do Solemnly Swear….” Presidential
Inaugurations
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html
“Approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files from each of the 54 inaugurations from George Washington’s in 1787 to George W. Bush’s inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letter of presidents and of those who witnessed inauguration, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets, and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.” Part of the Library of Congress American Memory Collection.
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United
States
Inaugural addresses from Washington to George W. Bush.
Monticello: The home of Thomas
Jefferson
Created and maintained by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Students are invited to write to “Mr. Jefferson” and an educational staff person will reply.
National Archives and Records
Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration is an independent Federal Agency that preserves our nation’s history and defines us as a people by overseeing the management of all Federal Records. This website contains thousands of documents representing the record of our government.
New Deal Network
Notable events and social history of the Roosevelt Administration.
An Outline of American History
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/history/toc.htm
A comprehensive overview of American history, including the presidents and their times.
POTUS: Presidents of the United States
The most comprehensive site about the American presidents, including background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events of each president. Includes links to other presidential websites.
President: The Presidential Libraries
Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/
Links to all available presidential libraries.
Presidential News and Speeches
This site tracks and records all the news and speeches of the current president.
The Presidents of the United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Part of the White House website, this includes information on First Ladies.
Step-by-Step on the Campaign Trail – How the President
Gets Elected
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0878225.html
A guide to the
seven steps of the presidential election.
U.S.
Department of State – Foreign Relations
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/
This website has the official documentary historical record of the major U.S. foreign policy decisions made by our presidents.
The White House
Everything you need to know about this uniquely American house and what goes on there every day. Includes links to Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Cheney.
White House Briefing
http://lii.org/search?goto=020694
In addition to a daily
update, this site offers background information of white house staff and
correspondents and links to related sites.
Biographies
The following resources are available from the Learning
Center and/or local public libraries:
B CAR Carter, Jimmy. Christmas in Plains: Memories. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001
B CLI Hamilton, Nigel. Bill Clinton: An American Journey. New York: Random House, 2003
B COO Sobel, Robert. Coolidge: An American Enigma. Washington, D.C: Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : Distributed by National Book Network, c1998
B GAR Garfield, James A. The Diary of James A. Garfield. Michigan State University, 1967
B GRA Smith, Jean Edward. Grant. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
B HOO Smith, Richard Norton. An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
B JAC Meltzer, Milton. Andrew Jackson: and his America. New York: F. Watts, 1993.
B JOH Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R. Andrew Johnson: A Biographical Companion. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
B KEN Hersch, Seymour M. The Dark Side of Camelot. Boston: Little Brown, 1997
B LIN Keneally, Thomas. Abraham Lincoln. New York, N.Y.: Lipper/Viking, 2003
B NIX Nixon, Richard M. RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
B REA Reagan, Ronald. An American Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
B REA Sullivan, Robert. Ronald Reagan: a Life in Pictures. New York, NY: Life Books, 2000
B ROO Davis, Kenneth Sidney. FDR, into the storm 1937-1940. New York: Random House, 1993
B ROO Grant, George. Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Theodore Roosevelt. Nashville, Tenn : Cumberland House Pub.; Kansas City, Mo: Distributed by Andrews and McMeel, 1996.
B TRU Truman, Harry S. The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman. Boulder, CO: Colorado Associated University Press, 1980.
B WAS Ferling, John E. The First of Men: the Life of George Washington. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1988.
B WIL Levin, Phyllis Lee. Edith and Woodrow : the Wilson White House. New York: Scribner, 2001.
327.73 COO Cook, Blanche Wiesen. The Declassified Eisenhower: A Divided Legacy.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
929.2 AME Brookhiser, Richard. America's first dynasty : the Adamses, 1735-1918.Waterville, Me: Thorndike Press, 2002
929.2 BUS Schweizer, Peter. The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty. New York, Doubleday, 2004
973.7 HOL Holzer, Harold. Abraham Lincoln, the writer: a Treasury of his Greatest Speeches and Letters. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2000.
973.921 WIC Wicker, Tom. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, 2003.
Additional Resources
The following resources are recommended for additional support. Some are community resources serving the Central Ohio area.
Subscription Databases
(avalable to the Upper Arlington High School community)
BigChalk Library
This online database includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books on a variety of topics and is updated regularly. Funds for this database are provided through Upper Arlington City Schools. Username and password required for home access. See the UAHS school library media specialists.
Student Resource Center – Silver
A fully integrated database containing thousands of
curriculum-related primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background
information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 450 magazines,
newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of
audio and video clips. Funds for this database are provided through Upper
Arlington City Schools. Username
and password required for home access.
See the UAHS school library media specialists.
INFOhio Resources
(available to all K-12 schools in Ohio)
Mission statement: “INFOhio, a statewide cooperative school library and information network, uses technology to ensure curriculum and instruction of information literacy by providing greater access for Ohio’s learniners and educator’s. INFOhio’s components include electronic resources for schools, instructional development for educators, library automation, media booking, and a statewide union catalog.”
InFOhio’s state
funded-resources are free to all Ohio’s K-12 students and teachers. Username and password required for home
access. See your school library
media specialist. The following electronic resources would be useful for
gathering information on the subject of the American
Presidency:
- American National
Biography
This database includes biographies of
almost 18.000 Americans no longer living. Also provides links to related web
resources.
-Annals of American
History
This is a collection of more than 2,000
primary source documents.
-
Ebscohost
Articles from more than 6,000 magazines
and newspapers are indexed, most in full text, from children's magazines to
professional research from 24 searchable databases. Choose the following for
information related to learning about childrens’
literature:
-Academic Search Premier
-MasterFILE Premiere
-MAS Ultra – School Edition
-TOPICsearch
-Newspaper Source
-Communication & Mass Media Complete
-Encyclopedia
Britannica
This is a general encyclopedia. In
addition to information on presidents and the presidency, it also provides links
to pre-selected related websites.
-NewsBank Newspapers
A collection of full-text newspapers
available online. More than 15 titles are Ohio publications.
-Oxford Reference
Online
This is a collection of more than 100
complete reference titles.
Community Resources
Columbus Metropolitan Library
96 S. Grant Ave.
Columbus, Ohio
43215
614-645-2275
With a collection of over 3 million items, this is one of the
most-used library systems in the
country. CML includes the Main Library, Outreach
Services Division, and 20 branches throughout Franklin County. The website offers on-site and remote
access to the print and electronic collections for research, reserves, and
information for cardholders.
Professionally staffed departments provide excellent
service.
Upper Arlington Public Library
2800 Tremont Road
Columbus, Ohio 43221
614-486-9621
UAPL includes the Main Library and two branches on Lane Road and Miller Road. The website provides access to the print and electronic collections for research, reserves, and information for cardholders. Professionally staffed departments provide excellent service.
State Library of Ohio
274 East First Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201
614-644-7061
Since 1895 the State Library of Ohio has provided public access to its specialized collections of research books, periodicals, and journals. It also provides community services, including links to resources on politics and government.