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    Polls Guide     

    Text in BROWN indicates that the item is located in Hoover Library.
    Dewey call numbers for books on Public Opinion: 303.381

    • Academic Universe (LexisNexis)
      • U.S. opinion polls from the Roper Center covering politics and government, public institutions, international relations, business, social affairs and consumer behavior and preferences.
    • European Public Opinion (Europa)
    • Gallup Poll
      • Public opinion polls on politics, social issues, business and the economy. Poll releases from 1997 to present, plus some earlier polls. Searchable.
      The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion (1935 to 1998)
      • (Call number: R 303.38 G175)
      • The Gallup Poll Monthly (12/1989; no. 291 to 11/1998; no. 398)
      • (a periodical; 2nd Floor of Hoover Library)
    • General Social Survey: Data and Information Retrieval System (ICPSR)
      • An annual or biennial personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted since 1972 designed to monitor social trends. The questionnaires are little changed from year to year and are conducted by the National Opinion Research Center.
      • General Social Survey, 1972-1998: Cumulative codebook. (1999)
      • (Call number: R 300.72 0262)
    • Recent Findings from the Higher Education Research Institute (UCLA)
      • Results of The American Freshmen and other surveys dealings with U.S. higher education.
    • JSTOR
      • Full text of 254 journals in 19 academic disciplines.
      • Consists of first issue of journal up to the most current 2 to 5 years, i.e. 1995 to 1999.
    • Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
      • The largest library of public opinion data in the world. This site provides mainly titles and abstracts of studies rather than the data itself.  A lot of the data is available from Lexis-Nexis above.

    Methodology

    • Dictionary of Polling: The Language of Contemporary Opinion Research. Michael L. Young. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
      • (Call number: R303.3803 Y74)