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Subject Guide for Journalism and Mass Communication

Finding Public Opinion Information

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Data Sets and Archives

• ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)

Databases

• CU Polling the Nations
• CU LexisNexis Academic (Information from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research)
  • From the News menu, select "Reference" from the menu on the left, then "Polls and Surveys"
• CU PAIS International
  • search for articles: "public opinion" and [your topic here]

Print Indexes

• American Public Opinion Index [Norlin Reference, HM261 .A463, 1981 - 2000]
• The Gallup Poll [Norlin Reference, HN90.P8 G3, 1935 - present]
• The Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing [Norlin Reference, HM261 .G34, Oct 2003 - present]
• Index to International Public Opinion [Norlin Reference, HM261 .I552, 1979 - 1997]

Reference Works

• Voter's Guide to Election Polls [Norlin Stacks, HN90.P8 T73 2000]
• Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know [Norlin Stacks, HM261 .A74 1998]
• Dictionary of Polling [Norlin Stacks, HM261 .Y684 1992]
• National Council on Public Polls

Periodicals

• World Opinion Update
  • Print: Norlin Periodical Room, AP2 .W6, 1977 - present
• National Journal
  • Print: Norlin Periodical Room, JK1 .N28, 1970 - present
  • Online: Academic Search Premier [2000 - 14 days ago], Expanded Academic ASAP [1998 - 2001]
• Public perspective: a Roper Center review of public opinion and polling
  • Print: Norlin Periodical Room, HM261 .P84, 1989 - 2003
  • Online: LexisNexis Academic [Nov 1989 - June 2003]
• Public Opinion Quarterly
  • Print: Norlin Periodical Room, HM261.A1 P8, 1990 - 2004
  • Online: JSTOR [1937 - 1999], Oxford [2004 - present]

Internet Resources (Domestic)

• Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
• Public Agenda
• PollingReport.com
• Program on International Policy Attitudes
• American National Election Studies
• The Odum Institute Data Archive
• Harris Poll
• Zogby International

Internet Resources (International)

• Europa Public Opinion Analysis
• Pew Global Attitudes Project