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• Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion
    Raynor Reference HN90 .P8 P645 2005, 2 volumes.
• Dictionary of Polling: The Language of Contemporary Opinion Research
    Raynor Reference HM261 .Y684 1991
• Public Opinion & Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia
    Raynor Reference HM1236 .P835 2004 2 volumes
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• Public Opinion books, periodicals, and electronic resources in Marqcat
• Fact Search: provides facts and statistics on current social, economic, political, environmental, and health issues. 1984-
• ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research.  Statistical studies covering a variety of topics.
• LexisNexis Statistical: contains a wide variety of statistical information from the U.S. government, state governments, and private sources.
• Polling the Nations: online database of public opinion polls.  Full text of 400,000 questions, 14,000 surveys, and 700 polling organizations from the U.S. and 80 other countries. 1986-.

      Scholarly Journals:

• JSTOR: archive of scholarly journal articles
• PAIS International: index to articles, government publications
• Social Sciences in ProQuest: scholarly journals and popular magazines; some full text articles
• Academic Search Elite: coverage of 1,230+ journals across multiple disciplines
     Popular magazines and newspapers:
• ProQuest Research Library: for coverage of politics and government in general interest magazines and selected scholarly journals; some full text articles
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: full text of newspapers, magazines, wire services, business publications, legal resources
• Newspapers in ProQuest: coverage of 300+ national and international news sources.1986-
• Wisconsin Newspapers: 15 Wisconsin newspapers full-text.

• The Badger Poll: The Badger Poll is a statewide telephone survey of approximately 500 Wisconsin adults.  Topics covered include politics, the economy, and community issues.  Polls from 2002-present are available.  The poll results are in PDF format.
• Gallup Polling: A searchable, “free” collection of polls by the Gallup Organization.  Requires either paid registration or the viewing of a pass-through advertisement to obtain access.  (Raynor Memorial Libraries also subscribes to the print version of the Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing, also known as Gallup Poll Briefing, which has similar content.  It can be found in Raynor Memorial Periodicals, HM261 .A1 G34.)
• Harris Interactive Online and telephone surveys on a national scale by a well-respected organization.  2004-present.
• Pew Research Center: The Pew Research Center refers to itself as a “nonpartisan ‘fact-tank’ that provides information on the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping America and the world.”
• PollingReport.com: An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
• PublicAgenda.org: A nonpartisan opinion research and civic engagement organization.  See especially the section entitled “about polling” for excellent information about evaluating polls.
• Polls from Major U.S. Media Resources:
•  ABC News Polling (2005-present)
•  Associated Press/IPSOS Poll (2003-present)
•  CBS News Polls current year)
•  Fox News Polls (2005-present)
•  The L.A. Times Polls (1996-present)
•  The New York Times Polls (2002-present)
•  The NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Polls (1999-present)
•  Time Magazine/SRBI Polls (2004-present)
•  The Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll (subscription required)
•  The Washington Post Polls (1997-present)
•  Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (much of this content requires a subscription/membership.)
• Public Opinion holdings of the Archives and Special Collections at Raynor Memorial Libraries (3rd floor Raynor)
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• Citing Sources (print & electronic)
• Citing Electronic resources (MLA & APA formats)

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