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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
• Search Marqcat
• 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.
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• 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 Opnion Research (via Lexis-Nexis): Covers politics,
government, public institutions, international relations, business, social affairs and consumer
behavior and preferences. Includes sources in opinion polling such as Gallup, Harris, Roper; ABC,
CBS, CNN and NBC; Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal.
• Public
Opnion holdings of the Archives and Special Collections at Raynor Memorial Libraries (3rd floor
Raynor)
• How to evaluate
information resources
• Citing
Sources (print & electronic)
• Citing
Electronic resources (MLA & APA formats)
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