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Public Opinion Polls

Encyclopedias

Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion. 2 vols.
MSEL GEN REF HN90 .P6 P645 2005

Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia.
MSEL GEN REF HM1236 .P83 2004

Databases

Includes Poll Track, a brief overview of key polling on political campaigns and issues, 1997 - present.

Selected Web Sites

The Pew Global Attitudes Project
A series of worldwide public opinion surveys sponsored by the Pew Research Center.

PIPA. Program on International Policy Attitudes.
Studies public opinion on international issues. PIPA is a joint program of the Center on Policy Attitudes and the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland.

PollingReport.com
Overview of recent poll trends. Some content restricted to subscribers.

Public Opinion Matters. The Roper Center.
A sampling of information on a variety of issues stored in the Center archives, in its online databases, and published in Public Perspective magazine.