President Kennedy's Assassination

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Books - Excellent Source of Information
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Be sure to check the books in the reference section
Kennedy and assassination
Kennedy and conspiracy
Call Numbers vary for this topic 973.922, 364.1   364.55

Databases - Excellent Source of Information

Find newspaper articles in Historical New York Times - read the events as they were reported
Find newspaper articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer  in NewsBank
Find biographies in Gale Group - Biography Resource Center
Find essays in Gale Group's History Resource Center-US  and Opposing Viewpoints and SIRS Decades
Find magazine articles in Ebsco's MasterFile Premier and SIRS Researcher and Government Reporter
Find articles in ABC-CLIO American History
Find videos and video clips in United Streaming
Find picture using Associated Press archives in AP Multimedia Archive

Internet
The Kennedy Assassination - 40 years later from PBS; this site contains excellent information including the Zapruder film; Historians discuss the public's perceptions of the many conspiracy theories still associated with the president's untimely death.
The Kennedy Assassination - this is an excellent site which presents factual information on the Kennedy assassination including Lee Harvey Oswald, The Single Bullet Theory, Dealey Plaza, Medical Evidence, and much, much more.  Be sure to review the articles at the bottom of the page
The President Kennedy Assassination - these are the official records from the National Archives
The Assassination Archives and Research Center - this organization makes a large number of files available online.  Includes more than 35,000 pages of reports, transcripts and other documents that relate to November 22
Museum at Dealey Plaza - this site examines the Kennedy - Castro connection; be sure to click on special exhibits
JFK Online - this History Channel site has online resources about the Kennedy assassination; be sure to look at The Jim Garrison Investigation
Assassination Records Review Board - testimony of witnesses
Warren Commission's Report - from the National Archives
The Trial of Clay L. Shaw - this site contains the testimony of witnesses during Clay Shaw's trial for conspiracy to assassinate JFK
Dealey Plaza Revisited - unbiased overview of the assassination
John F. Kennedy Collection - primary sources from the Dallas Police Department
 The Zapruder Film - argues that the Zapruder film is authentic
The Patsy Paschall Film - does not show the assassination, but does show the grassy knoll
History Matters - this is the site for all of you conspiracy buffs; it claims that it has the latest evidence on the JFK assassination  - you can only access this from home because of the district's filters
Kennedy Assassination - compilation of sites on the assassination
Article from CNN - refutes the conspiracy theory that President Johnson was involved in the assassination
McAdams on the Kennedy Assassination - evaluates the various conspiracy theories

Films of the JFK Assassination
CDs- JFK Assassination - ask for the CDs, which show the Zapruder film at the circulation desk.  Can be used on computers 127 and 128.
Frame by Frame - this shows all 486 frames of the Zapruder home movie - access from home
Patsy Paschall Film - available on YouTube - access from home
IMC Videos
VC 973.922 JFK - The Assassination of JFK
VC 973.922 Plot -  The Plot to Kill JFK


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