Polls and Surveys

University and scholarly sources

• University of Delaware Library, Public Opinion: A Research Guide
• Research Data Management Services University of Delaware
• General Social Survey Public opinion over time
• American Government and Politics at Louisana State Links to survey research and data.
  • Also at this site: The 1997 British General Election Pointer to many, many resources dealing with British politics and elections.
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut
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• Pulbic Agenda
  • Here is a great site. Pulbic Agenda is listed under commercial sources, but it is really more of a not-for-profit organization. More important, this site houses a large number of studies of public opinion on a wide variety of public policy issues.
• Polling Report - Public Opinion on Line
• Gallup Poll
• Harris/Excite Poll
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• Pew Center: People and the Press
  • Lots of poll data with commentary
• Public broadcasters report polls data.
  • C-SPAN Networks
  • Public Broadcast System (PBS)
  • National Public Radio
• The Pulse: A Consumer's Guide to Public Opinion
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Data That Can Be Downloaded and Analyzed

• General Social Survey Public opinion over time
  • 15 March 1999 Release - Latest
• SDA: Survey Documentation and Analysis
  • A great place to find public opinion poll data that can be analyzed quite simply.
  • Example: cross-classify opinions by race or gender.
• Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
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• Political Science Internet Resources
• Source of general social science resources
• A subset devoted to political science
• Scout Report for the Social Sciences
• Social Sciences Virtual Library
• "Poly-Cy"
• Lycos: List of Internet Political Science Resources
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Style and Research Paper Guides

• Online! Citation Index
• Sarah Byrd Askew Library: Guide for Citing Electronic Information
• How to Search the Web by James D. Lester,
• Duke (ugh!!!) University Library: CITING SOURCES
• CITING LEXIS ONLINE DATABASE
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• Libraries also provide links to poll data.
• Library of Congress
• The University of Michigan's Documents Center
  • This is a GREAT SOURCE of current events information and documents.
• University of Delaware Library
  • Library Networked Databases
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Let me know if you need other suggestions.

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