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Public Policy: Public Opinion Sources
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
This is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. Look under the heading “Survey Reports” to find information on trends in values and political and social attitudes.
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Public Agenda
Public Agenda is a nonpartisan research organization. Look under the heading “Issue Guides” to find facts and figures on specific issues, and analysis of public attitudes from surveys conducted by Public Agenda and by other respected polling and news organizations.
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Public Opinion Poll Question Database
Odum Institute
This database allows researchers to search for specific poll questions among the more than 230,000 questions in the Institute's archive by key words, date, study number, study title, or state. The system displays the full question text, study information, and frequency distributions. This database is useful both to users interested in looking up previous question wordings to develop questions for their own studies and to users interested in frequencies or in locating particular variables for statistical analysis.
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Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR) is an independent, non-profit international affairs organization. The Council publishes public opinion studies that cover a wide range of foreign policy issues.
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 American Attitudes: Who Thinks What about the Issues that Shape Our Lives
A very user friendly publication which tracks changes in public opinion and breaks-down responses by race, age and education level. The data in this publication are from the 1998 General Social Survey of the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center. Data are organized by subject area.
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 Call Number:
Ref HN90 .P8 M58 2000
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 An American Profile: Opinions and Behavior, 1972-1989
Annual opinion results on 300 high-interest issues for the years 1972-1989, derived from the General Social Survey of the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center.
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Call Number:
Ref HN90 .P8 W7 1990
Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
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 Gallup Poll News Service
(via LexisNexis Academic)
Gallup.com
The Gallup Organization has been conducting public opinion polls across the country since 1935. The library has multiple means of accessing Gallup Poll data:
Much of Gallup's recent polling data and reports is available for free on their website.
The Gallup Poll News Service (see link above) provides news centered on public opinion from 2003-present. Articles from the Gallup Poll News Service analyze findings and trends in politics, business, social issues, and Americans' lifestyles. Two weeks lag-time.
A CD of survey questions and results covering the period from 1935-1997 is available at the Gleeson Circ. Desk: HN90.P8 G295 2000.
A cumulative index to the Gallup Poll for the years 1935-1997 is shelved at Reference HN90.P8 G29 1999. |
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World Public Opinion.org
The WorldPublicOpinion.org website provides information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues from around the world.
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 Index to International Public Opinion 1978-1999
Contains questions and results from surveys conducted around the world during 1978-1999.
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Call Number:
HM261 .I552
Location:
1989-1999 Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
1978-1989 Gleeson Stacks, 2nd Floor
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 American Public Opinion Index
Compiles survey questions and responses asked by national, state and local survey organizations in the U.S during 1985-2000. For the companion microfiche which contain the survey responses for the years 1984-1996, please ask at the Reference Desk (the fiche are in the storage closet).
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Call Number:
HM261 .A463
Location:
1990-2000 Index: Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor
1985-1989 Index: Gleeson Stacks, 2nd Floor
1984-1996 Data: Gleeson Reference Desk, 1st Floor (Microfiche in storage closet)
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