Public Opinions ...

  Info about public opinion polls

• A Media Guide to Survey Research (World Association for Public Opinion Research)
• Fundamentals of Polling, Polling 101 (Roper Center for Public Opinion Research)

  Find editorials and opinions printed in newspapers

• Editorials on File
  Full text editorials about major national, international, and social issues

• Editorials and letters to the editor published in newspapers
  Search newspaper databases such as LexisNexis Academic, ProQuest Newspapers ...
  Try searches such as:
  • "letters to the editor" and immigration
  • (editorial* or commentary or opinion) and stem cell*

  Find public opinions

• iPoll Databank - iPoll Databank @ The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 1935 to current
  Includes data from academic, commercial, and media survey organizations such as Gallup, Harris Interactive, Pew Research, and more.

• LexisNexis Academic
  Includes Gallup Management Journal, Gallup Poll News Service, and Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing, as well as news stories that report on public opinion polls.

  To search within the Gallup publications, select the Sources tab. Select Find Sources located in the red bar. Search by Keyword for gallup. Mark the check boxes next to the titles of the sources and select the Ok - Continue button. Now enter the terms that best describe the opinion data that you need. Select the Search button.

  To find news stories reporting public opinions, select the General tab. Select the Power Search tab. Enter your search terms. Click the Add keywords (Index Terms) to your search... link and Find Terms containing polls and surveys. Click the check box and select Ok - add to search. See this search screen example.

• Polling the Nations
  Full text public opinion polls conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and 100 other countries around the world.

  Read the All about polling section that includes a brief history of polling, the mechanics of polling, technology challenges, questions a journalist should ask about polling results, polling associations, and more.

• The Gallup Poll Briefing (1996-present)
  Formerly Gallup political index, Gallup opinion index, Gallup report, Gallup poll monthly, Gallup poll tuesday briefing, and Gallup poll briefing.
  Library has June 1965 to present

• FiveThirtyEight
  Electoral projections, today's polls, electoral history, and more.

• More sources of public opinions in the United States and around the world ...

  Polling Associations

• American Association for Public Opinion Research
• Council of American Survey Research Organizations
• National Council on Public Polls
• National Network of State Polls (NNSP)
• Research Industry Coalition, Inc.
• European Society for Opinion and Market Research
• World Association for Public Opinion Research

  Other lists of public opinion resources

• CISER Data Archive - Public Opinion Surveys (Cornell University)
• Public Opinion Polls - Research Guide (University of Pennsylvania Library)
• Yale University Library Public Opinion Subject Guide