Politics & International Relations

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New in Feb 2024!  Think Tank reports on the invasion of Ukraine

Reading Lists

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Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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Finding Articles

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News Sources

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Statistics and Public Opinion

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Reliable national and international statistics, plus sources for public opinion

• Statistics

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• Public Opinion

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fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Access public opinion surveys of EU citizens on a wide variety of topics from 1974 onwards.

• Gallup 

Surveys of American public opinion. There is also a section which covers countries across the world.

• Ipsos MORI 

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Go to the Political Monitor and Political Polling sections for UK public opinion data relevant to Politics courses.

Results of Latin American public opinion surveys from 1995 onwards. Available in English and Spanish. Go to Online Data Analysis for summary reports by country. 

A respected, non-partisan organisation based in the USA which carries out opinion polls, demographic research and other data-driven social science research. Look here for trusted reports and statistics about U.S. politics and policy; religion and public life; Hispanic trends; global attitudes and trends; and U.S. social and demographic trends; journalism and media; internet, science and technology.

• YouGov 

Public opinion from over 350,000 volunteers from across the UK.

 

Films, TV, Radio and Training Videos

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Other Key Sources - UK and Worldwide

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Referencing

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Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

phone (023) 9284 3243

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk

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