Public Opinion

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CONTENTS

• Web Resources
• Articles
• Journals

Web Resources

• Gallup Polls
  Via the Gallup Organization
  Note: searchable; summary results of the selected Gallup polls for the past year

• ABC News Polling Unit (2005-present).

• The Associated Press/IPSOS Poll (2003-present).

• CBS News Polls (Current year). 

• Fox News Polls (2005-present).

• The L.A. Times Polls (1996-present).

• The New York Times Polls (2002-present).

• The NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Polls (1999-present).

• Time Magazine/SRBI Polls (2004-present).

• The Washington Post Polls (1997-present).

• Public Opinion Poll Question Database
  Via Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Note: searchable; covers the Harris Polls, Carolina Polls, Southern Polls, and State Polls from the 1960's-present
  
  
• The Polling Report
  An independent, nonpartisan resource on American public opinion
  Note: searchable; covers current issues on politics & policy, business & economy, American scene, & more
  
  
• The Public Agenda
  A nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization
  Note: searchable; covers issues like abortion, crime, gambling, illegal drugs, right to die, and more from the 1970's-present
  
  
• Pew Research Center's Surveys
  Text and statistics of U.S. public opinion polls on politics, public policy, and the press
  Note: not searchable; covers 1995-present

• The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
  An archive of over 15,000 studies, preserving the data from polls conducted by many leading survey research organizations for the use of researchers, students, and journalists.
  Note: searchable; covers 1936 to present.

Articles  

Note: For best results, combine terms with "public opinion" AND "gun control", or "abortion", etc.

• Academic Search Premier
  Provides citations to and some full text articles covering social sciences, humanities, education, arts and literature, and ethnic studies.
  
  
• Social Science Abstracts
  Citations to articles in periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. The electronic version covers 1983-present. The library also has the index from 1974-1995. REF AI 3 .S61.
  
  
• Sociological Abstracts
  Citations to articles in journals in sociology, social work, & other social sciences. (1963-present)
  
  
• Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
  Citations to articles in general and popular magazines (no scholarly journals). The electronic version covers 1985-present. The library also has the index from 1905-present. REF AI 3 .R48.
  
  
• New York Times -- REF AI21 .N44
  
  

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 Journals

• The Gallup Political Index -- HM261.A1 G34 1966
  
  
• The Gallup Opinion Index -- HM261.A1 G34 (1967-1981)
  
  
• The Gallup Report -- HM261.A1 G34 (1981-1989)
  
  
• The Gallup Poll Monthly -- HM261.A1 G34 (1990-present)
  
  
• The Gallup Poll -- REF HN90.P8 G35 (1935-1986)
  
  
• Public Opinion Quarterly -- HM261.A1 P8 (1937-present)
  
  
• The Public Perspective -- HM261 .P84 (1998-present)
  
  

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