Watergate Affair Research Paper

BACKGROUND

Beginning with the breakin of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel on June 17, 1972, by employees of the Committee to Reelect the President (Nixon), the Watergate affair took on a life of its own. Before it was finally over, when President Richard Nixon was forced to resign on August 9, 1974, many careers were ruined.

BROWSE FOR BOOKS ON THE SHELF USING THESE CALL NUMBERS

364.132

973.924

324.27

342.73

345.73

Biography section under Nixon, Richard M. (and under any other key personalities in the affair)

LOOK UNDER THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS IN THE CATALOG (CARD OR COMPUTER)

Watergate affair, 1972–

Watergate affair, 1972–1974

Watergate trial, Washington, D.C., 1973

Other headings beginning with Watergate affair

United States—Politics and government—1969–1974

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913–1994

REFERENCE MATERIALS THAT MAY HELP (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Commager, Henry Steele, et al. The American Destiny, 1976.

Congressional Quarterly. Watergate: Chronology of a Crisis, 1973.

Dictionary of American History, Scribner’s, 1976.

Foner, Eric, and John A. Garraty, eds. The Reader’s Companion to American History, 1991.

Smith, Myron J. Watergate: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in English, 1972–1982, 1983.

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities.

Hearings: Watergate and Related Activities, 1973.

PERIODICAL INDEXES TO SEARCH (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries

InfoTrac
NewsBank and other newspaper indexes

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

SIRS (Social Issues Resources Series)

WILSONDISC

ONLINE DATABASES TO SEARCH

Dialog

Internet

KEY WORDS AND DESCRIPTORS FOR PERIODICAL INDEX AND ONLINE SEARCHES

Watergate

Watergate affair

Watergate trial

Nixon, Richard

Use any of the key personalities in the affair; e.g., Charles Colson, John Dean, Sam Ervin.

VIDEOTAPES ON THIS TOPIC

All the President’s Men. Festival Films, 1976.

Watergate Affair, 1972–1974, Films for the Humanities, 1995.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NARROWING THIS TOPIC

Assess the importance of the Washington Post in the outcome of the Watergate affair.

Discuss the significance of “deep throat,” secret tape recordings, dirty tricks.

Investigate the possible involvement of the CIA.

Report on a significant personality involved in the affair; e.g., John Ehrlich-man, Bob Haldeman, Richard Nixon, Leon Jaworski.

SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED TOPICS

Impeachment

Pentagon Papers

Political corruption

Vietnam War

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