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- Marcia Meister
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- This guide includes suggested resources for public opinion and political polling data.
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Subject Specific Databases
- Harris Poll Interactive (http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris%5Fpoll/index.asp)
- Findings of Harris Poll surveys from 1998 onward with analysis and commentary. Also offers the opportunity to participate in online polling, as well as links to Harris Interactive corporate information.
- Coverage: 1998-present
- Related:
- Print edition of Harris Poll is located in Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference HN90.P8 H31 (1990-present)
- Print edition of Harris Poll is located in Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference HN90.P8 H31 (1990-present)
- Polling Report.com (http://www.pollingreport.com/)
- Provides access to polls and surveys from various sources. An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion. Much of the content is freely available, and subscribers have additional access. (UCD does not subscribe).
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/) VPN
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion.
Producer: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Access: Search Roper's Remote iPoll Databank, Search Roper's Remote Online Catalog of Studies
The data collections provided by the IGA Library & Data Archive are licensed for campus access. In some cases, access is restricted to UC Davis faculty, staff, and students with valid university computing accounts (UC Davis user id / Kerberos password). In other cases, access is restricted to the campus network. Data are made available with the understanding that they are to be used for not-for-profit academic research only and are not to be copied or otherwise made available to any third party. All data used for research should be given an appropriate citation in any resulting published work.
- LexisNexis Academic (http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic) VPN
- LexisNexis Academic is a comprehensive source for news resources of all kinds - newspapers, wire services, television and radio transcripts. Many of the resources do polling. Poll data from Gallup is also included. To get to the Gallup polls, from the front page > Search the News > then select "Source Title" and type in "gallup". Enter the keywords or terms to search in the "search for" box.
- LA Times Poll (http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/timespoll/)
- Los Angeles Times Polls.
- Pew Research Center for People and the Press (http://people-press.org/)
- The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press is an independent, non-partisan public opinion research organization that studies attitudes toward politics, the press and public policy issues. In this role it serves as a valuable information resource for political leaders, journalists, scholars and citizens.
- Field Poll (California) (http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/) VPN
- Author: The Field Institute, San Francisco, CA
- The Field Poll was established in 1947 as The California Poll by Mervin Field and has operated continuously as an independent, non-partisan, media-sponsored public opinion news service. Each year the poll covers a wide range of political and social topics examining California public opinion. Institute for Governmental Studies Library has data sets available for download.
- Location: http://169.237.158.143/dvn/dv/IGALDA/faces/StudyListingPage.xhtml?mode=1&collectionId=4
- Related:
- Field Poll
Shields Library JK8701 C35
Latest in Current Periodicals - IGA Library Datasets - Field Poll (http://169.237.158.143/dvn/dv/IGALDA/faces/StudyListingPage.xhtml?mode=1&collectionId=4)
- Field Poll
- Washington Post Polls (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/polls.htm)
- Washington Post On-Politics Polls.
- ICPSR Social Science Data Holdings (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/index.jsp) VPN
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. ICPSR acquires, preserves, and distributes original research data. This site links to training and curricular material, and a database which provides access to publications based on ICPSR data holdings (see More Info.)
- Related:
- Database of publications based on ICPSR data holdings. (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/citations/index.jsp)
- Social Science Data Service (http://www.ssds.ucdavis.edu/)
More information on ICPSR and other social science data are available from the SSDS. - The Minority Data Resource Center (MDRC) (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/MDRC/)
provides data resources that can be used in the analysis of issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States.
- Database of publications based on ICPSR data holdings. (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/citations/index.jsp)
- Gallup.com (http://www.gallup.com/)
- Gallup web site has current public opinion news. Some free info on the site.
- Related:
- Gallup Poll
Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference HN90 P8 G3
Annual print compilation of Gallup Polls going back to 1935.
- Gallup Poll
- Public Policy Institute of California (http://www.ppic.org/main/survAdvancedSearch.asp)
- Surveys and publications from the PPIC.
Electronic Journals
- Gallup Poll Briefing (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&jid=25SG&loginpage=Login.asp&site=ehost-live) VPN
- Coverage: via EBSCO Business Source Premier
- International Journal of Public Opinion Research (http://ijpor.oxfordjournals.org/) VPN
- Coverage: Vol. 1, 1989-
- Public Opinion Quarterly (http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/) VPN
- Coverage: Vol. 1, 1937-
International Resources
- Eurobarometer (http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm)
- the website for the Public Opinion Analysis sector of the European Commission. The European Commission has been monitoring the evolution of public opinion in the Member States, thus helping the preparation of texts, decision-making and the evaluation of its work.
- Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) (http://www.lapopsurveys.org/)
- The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), hosted at Vanderbilt University, links to over 60 academic studies based on survey research conducted mainly in Latin America. The LAPOP surveys analyze citizen views on topics that range from system support and political tolerance, to citizen participation, local government, corruption, and views on authoritarianism. To date surveys have been conducted and are now being archived for: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela as well as for Madagascar, Israel and Albania.
- World Public Opinion (http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/)
- WorldPublicOpinion.org is an international collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues. WorldPublicOpinion.org was initiated by and is managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. The website draws together data from a wide variety of sources from around the world.