Scripts are the printed versions of news events and interviews as read by announcers, with sound bites of the event, speech, or interview on audio tapes. They are arranged by the title of the radio program. Scripts are generally a more complete resource than sound recordings, which are usually scattered across time; scripts of early RFE programming are available on microfilm or paper even when no recordings may exist. Scripts are also available for many of the extant broadcast recordings and can serve as an index to their content. If an item of interest is found in a script, the date of that script can be used to search for a sound recording of the same date. This is the most convenient way to approach the recordings.