Splaine, John and Kevin O'Reilly, Critical Viewing: Stimulant to Critical Thinking, Updated and Revised, Pacific Grove, California: Critical Thinking Press & Software (1996).
Splaine, John, The Road to the White House Since Television, Washington, DC.: C-SPAN Publications (1995).
Splaine, John and Michael Britt, The House Divided: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, San Mateo, California: Grafica Multimedia, Inc. (1995) (In CD ROM, 630 megabytes format).
Splaine, John, A Companion to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Washington, DC.: C-SPAN (1994).
Splaine, John and Pam Splaine, Educating the Consumer of Television: An Interactive Approach, Pacific Grove, CA: Critical Thinking Press and Software (formerly Midwest Publications) (1992).
Splaine, et. al., Politica: Como comunicar un mensaje . Colonia del Valle, Mexico: Publigrafics, 1992. (Original edition published in English in 1986)
Splaine, John and KevinO'Reilly, Critical Viewing: Stimulant to Critical Thinking, (A High School Textbook) Pacific Grove, California: Midwest Publications, 1987. Updated and Revised Edition published by Critical Thinking Press and Software, 1996.
Splaine, John, An Educator's Handbook. South Hamilton, Masschusetts: Critical Thinking Press, 1986.
Splaine, John and Richard Aieta, Issues in New Hampshire Government (an inquiry text for grades 7-12). Keene, New Hampshire: Impact Publications, 1971.
Splaine, John, ed., et. al., Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites. Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press (2000) Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press for C-SPAN. {The paperback edition was published in 2003 by Public Affairs Books}
Splaine, John, ed., et. al., Traveling Tocqueville's America, Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press (1998) {Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press for C-SPAN}.
Splaine, John, et. al., Tocqueville in the Classroom: An Educators Resource, Washington, D.C.: C-SPAN in the Classroom (1998).
Splaine, John, "Mass Media as an Influence on Social Studies," Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning. New York: Macmillan & Co. (1991): 300-309.
Splaine, John, "Critical Viewing: An Essential Literacy," Jennings Scholar Lectures, 1988-89, Cleveland, Ohio: Martha Holden Jennings Foundation (1998): 153-177.
Splaine, John, "Critical Viewing: An Essential Literacy." In Jennings Scholar Lectures, 1987-88. Cleveland, Ohio: Martha Holden Jennings Foundation (1988): 43-64.
Splaine, John, "Some Observations on the Available Research for the Media Manager," The 1981 proceedings of Selected Research Paper Presentations of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University (1981): 611-623.
Splaine, John , "Is a Televised-Democracy an Oxymoron," Reporter, Vol. XVI, No. 1, Spring 2004, 1, 14.
Splaine, John, "Tocqueville's Journey on C-SPAN," PS: Political Sciences and Politics, Vol.XXXII, No. 2(June 1999): 197-202.
Splaine, John, "Elections in the TV Age," Better Viewing, Vol. 2, No. 2 (March/April 1996): 6-7, 12.
Splaine, John, "Media, Politics, and Citizenship," National Social Studies Supervisors Association Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 1(Spring 1992): 4.