While President Reagan and Secretary of State Shultz shared the same policy goals, content analysis shows substantial differences with regard to arms control and the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), not only between Reagan and Shultz, but also among Reagan's roles as a political leader, as chief executive, and as statesman to the world community. Political images are intimately linked to the definition of the issue and may have profound long-term impact. The use of content analysis in research on political imagery is useful as a supplement to conventional research methods focusing on policy arguments. Washington PressText is a computer readable database which provides the full text of White House and United States Department of State news releases, policy statements, background information, and comprehensive coverage of all major domestic and international news. This paper details how PressText may be accessed through DIALOG, and how the information captured may then be analyzed by a content analysis system for microcomputers (e.g., the software package WordCruncher). (AEM)