NATIONAL

• American Public Opinion Index. 1983-2000 HM261.A463 News/Micro

Subject index to hundreds of scientifically conducted opinion surveys in the US. Section I lists all the questions under broad, alphabetically arranged subject headings. Each entry identifies organization conducting poll, its date, type of responses solicited. Section II gives sources of polling results. Indexes the following well-known polls: Gallup, Harris, Roper, ABC, CBS, NBC, California/Field. Responses to questions in the Index can be found in the companion fiche set, American Public Opinion Data.

• For online version see Polling the Nations.

Compilation of questions and responses from more than 6500 national, state, local surveys in the U.S., and more than 60 countries.

• American Public Opinion Data. 1983-2000 Microfiche 8220 News/Micro

Includes the responses to most of the questions listed in APOI. Arranged by the organization conducting the poll, then by date of poll.

• Gallup Brain. Database of more than 70 years of public opinion.
• The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. 3 vols. HN90P8G35 Doe Reference
• The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1972-1977. 2 vols. HN90P8G35 Doe Reference
• The Gallup Poll Cumulative Index: Public Opinion, 1935-1997. HN90P8G29 1999 Doe Reference
• The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1978- Annual. HN90.P8G35 Doe Reference

Provides results of national opinion surveys covering such topics as the popularity of the US President, domestic and foreign crisis areas, elections, etc. Gives a breakdown by age, sex, race, education, income, religion and occupation. For recent polls, check Lexis/Nexis Academic under "Reference -- Polls & Surveys" and Gallup Brain.

• An American Profile--Opinions and Behavior, 1972-1989. HM261.A85 1990 Doe Reference

Opinion results on 300 high interest issues conducted by the National Opinion Research Center.

• American Social Attitudes Data Sourcebook, 1947-1978. HN65A6819 Main Stack
• Official guide to American attitudes: who thinks what about the issues that shape our lives. S. Mitchell. HN90.P8.M58 1996 Bus/Econ

Data drawn from General Social Survey (GSS) conducted by National Opinion Research Center (NORC). Most of data presented is from 1994 with a number of questions showing figures from 1974-1994. Covers a wide spectrum of attitude topics.

• Polling America: an encyclopedia of public opinion. 2 vols. HN90.P8.P645 2005

  This two-volume encyclopedia defines and discusses the history and development of public opinion as a concept in democracy, major public opinion controversies in American politics, and the science and methods of opinion polling. Over 170 signed entries explain the major concepts, people, historical events, organizations, practice and theory, and measurement methods of public opinion and political opinion polling in the United States. Entries include short bibliographies for further reading. Also includes a subject index.

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STATE

• California Opinion Index. Field Institute. Irregular. 1979- IGS Library

Summaries of polls on particular topics, usually with time series data.

• The Field Poll. Field Institute. Irregular. 1958- IGS Library

The news releases of this leading California poll are individually catalogued and appear in MELVYL.

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INTERNATIONAL

• Public opinion and polling around the world: a historical encyclopedia. 2 vols. HM1236.P833 2004 Doe Reference
• Index to International Public Opinion. 1978/79-1998-99 HM261.I523 Main; latest 5 vols in Doe Reference.

Includes data from 200 countries (including US).Topics covered include social, economic and political issues of historical and contemporary interest. Many tables include analysis by age, sex, economic level, education, religion, etc. Indexes by topic, country/region conducting survey, and country/area covered in survey.

• World Opinion Update: a monthly summary of opinion on issues of international importance. 1979-1991. HM261.W6 Main Stack

Europe:

• Eurobarometer: Public Opinion in the European Union. Semiannual. 1980- HM261.C651 Main Stack (unbound issues in GREF)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/public?opinion/
Presents results of public opinion surveys on social, political, and economic attitudes and issues in EU countries. Includes opinion on Western European relations and value of EU and other topics. Most data are shown by EU country.

• Gallup International Public Opinion Polls: Great Britain, 1937- 1975. 2 vols. HN400.P8G34 1976 Main Stack
• Gallup International Public Opinion Polls: France, 1939, 1944- 1975. 2 vols. HN400.P8.G35 Main Stack

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PERIODICAL SOURCES

• American Enterprise. American Enterprise Institute. Monthly. D839.A383 Bus/Econ, IGS

Features articles on politics, congressional elections, economics, and social questions. Includes "Opinion Pulse" (latest survey data).

• International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Quarterly. HM261.I68 Main (unbound issues in CPER)

Devoted to the study of public opinion theory and methodology. Includes results of public opinion surveys on political and current issues, particularly in an international comparison.

• National Journal Group's Policy Central. Government Research Corp. Weekly. JK1.N28 Main (latest 5 years in GREF), IGS

Provides comprehensive review of current events with in-depth news reports. Focuses on American politics at the federal level. "Opinion Outlook" section gives results of opinion polls on questions of current interest.

• Polling Report. Bimonthly. 1986- IGS

"Independent survey of trends affecting elections, government, and business." Newsletter reports excerpts from recently conducted polls.

• Public Opinion Quarterly. Amer. Assoc. for Public Opinion Research. Monthly. HM261.P8 Main (unbound issues in CPER), IGS; Electronic: v.1(1937)-v.64(2000) on JSTOR

Scholarly articles covering all aspects of public opinion theory and practice. Includes a polls section that analyzes results of several polls in each issue.

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INDEXES/DATABASES

Periodicals

• Expanded Academic ASAP. 1980-

Indexes news magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers covering all disciplines. Many with full text and images.

• PAIS International. Archive 1915-

Indexes economic, political, and social policy literature.

• Sociological Abstracts. 1952-

Indexes sociological literature.

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. 1975-

Provides indexing and abstracts of international serials. Literature in political science and related fields.

Newspapers

• Lexis Nexis Academic.

Full text database providing access to thousands of newspapers, wire services and broadcast transcripts, as well as business, medical and legal sources. Under "Reference", click on "Polls and Surveys". Poll data from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research can be searched by keyword, population, and date.

• Access World News.

News articles covering social, economic, environmental, government, people, health and science issues, and events from more than 600 U.S. regional and national newspapers and 700 international sources.

• World News Connection. 1996-

Web version of Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) providing translations of foreign radio/TV broadcasts, newspaper articles, periodicals, and books.

Statistical

• Lexis/Nexis Statistical. 1973-

Indexes international, federal, state, and commercial statistical sources. Search by keywords. Publications available on fiche with selected titles also in paper and online. Ask for assistance at Doe Reference Desk.

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INTERNET SOURCES

• ICPSR Direct (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research is an organization of 325 member institutions working together to acquire and preserve social science data and to provide open and equitable access to the data. A data archive is maintained at U of Michigan that receives, processes, and distributes data on social phenomena occurring in 130 countries. Included are surveys of mass and elite attitudes, census records, election returns, international interactions, and legislative records.

• Public Opinion Poll Question Database. IRSS Data Archives (http://www.irss.unc.edu/data_archive/pollsearch.html)

The Institute for Research in Social Sciences at the University of North Carolina is one of the largest and oldest data archives in the US. It is the repository for all Louis Harris public opinion data and Roper Center nonproprietary poll data, and the headquarters for the National Network of State Polls. IRSS maintains a computerized catalog of more than 2800 studies and series in its data holdings arranged by title, principal investigator, and subject.

• Gallup Poll (http://www.gallup.com)

The world's premier source for public opinion data since 1935. This site provides the most recent Gallup polls, special reports and news releases as well as information about the Gallup organization.

• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Center.

The Roper Center was founded in 1946 and its collection of domestic and international collections of survey data is the most complete in existence. The Center's Public Opinion Location Library (iPOLL) gives online access to a database including poll questions asked in US from 1936 to present. It is available by subscription from the Center and through LEXIS/NEXIS and DIALOG.

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RELATED REFERENCES

• The dictionary of polling: the language of contemporary opinion research. M. Young. HM261.Y684 1992 Doe Reference
• Journalist's guide to public opinion polls. S. Gawiser. HM2361.H358 1994 Main
  
• Public opinion polls and survey research: a selective annotated bibliography of US guides and studies from the 1980s. HM261.A12.W34 1990 Doe Reference
• The superpollsters: how they measure and manipulate public opinion in America. 2nd ed. D. Moore. HN90.P8.M66 1995 Main, Moff
• The voter's guide to election polls. M. Traugott. HN90.P8.T73 1996 Moff
For additional works, check Pathfinder or MELVYL under "public opinion," "public opinion polls," "social surveys" or as a subheading under a topic. Ex. "abortion--public opinion."

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