COMM 487 - Propaganda: Polling, Legal & Statistical Resources

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Statistical Sources

Proquest Statistical Abstract of the United States
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Maintains the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

National Center for Education Statistics
From the U.S. Department of Education.
National Center for Health Statistics
From the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Annual publication of the U.S. government.
UN Data
Central clearinghouse for different data collected by the United Nations.
Statistics & Data Sets Resources
Other available statistical sources.

Census Bureau
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Offers population, housing, economic, trends, and geographic data.
Data.gov
Data.gov provides access to federal open government data as well as data from state, local, and tribal governments.

Congressional Quarterly Resources

CQ Researcher
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Offers reports on key issues in the U.S.Congress from 1923 to the present. Includes a searchable archive by keyword, date, or subject.
CQ Library
Contains full text of CQ Researcher reports, CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly, featuring bills and legislative actions) as well as reference works on politics, commerce, and the U.S. Congress.
CQ Press Political Reference Suite
Contains full text encyclopedias, directories, handbooks, and guides in political science.

Pro/Con Resources

American Policy Directory
Analysis and advocacy on a wide range of topics derived from think-tanks and advocacy organization across the United States.
Congressional Digest
A pro/con monthly publication.
The Debatabase Book
Pro/Con arguments on different topics.
Oregon Policy Directory
"Find analysis and advocacy from all perspectives on Oregon public policy."
Supreme Court Debates
Each issue features a different case; includes background information plus pro and con arguments.

Poll and Public Opinion Resources

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Maintains abstracts and datasets for public opinion survey results from U.S. academic, commercial, and media opinion surveys. Download of datasets from Roper require that users create an account using a PSU email address.

Pew Research Center
"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research."
Gallup
Provides overviews and reports summarizing the results of selected polls.
Louis Harris Data Center Dataverse
"The national depository for publicly available survey data collected by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc. More than 1,000 Harris polls from as early as 1958 are archived at the Center and contain over 160,000 questions asked of more than 1,200,000 respondents."
Pew Global Indicators Database
Focused internationally, the Global Indicators Database contains data from over 600,000 interviews in 64 countries.
WorldPublicOpinion.org
"WorldPublicOpinion.org is an international collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues."

Congressional Research Service Reports

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) produces analytical reports on topics of interest to Congress, but does not maintain a public website with these reports. Below are some free web sites that collect CRS reports:

Archive-It Congressional Research Service Reports - This site searches across many of the sites that provide free access to CRS reports but there is often a lag in current updates.

University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library CRS Reports - A searchable colllection with a delay in posting the most current reports.

Open CRS - A good searchable collection but often a significant delay in posting new reports.

Full Text Reports (CRS Archive) - Collection of reports from many sources including the CRS.

(Based on the Dudley Knox Library of the Naval Postgraduate School's guide on Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports)

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