Public Opinion Polls

20 Questions a Journalist Should Ask about Poll Questions http://www.ncpp.org/qajsa.htm#top
Contains questions that everyone should ask about polls and their results.

Gallup Organization (http://www.gallup.com/) Home of the Gallup Poll. Click on “Gallup Poll News Service” to view polls.

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
http://people-press.org/
“The Center is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.”

PollingReport.com (http://www.pollingreport.com/) Includes data from polls on politics, business and aspects of American lifestyles.

Social Issues

Michigan Electronic Library: Social Issues & Social Services Index (http://mel.lib.mi.us/social/SOC-index.html) A good directory of websites about social issues, chosen and evaluated by a social sciences librarian.

Argus Clearinghouse: Social Issues (http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Social_Sciences___Social_Issues/social_issues?kywd) Directory of scholarly research sites for topics about social issues.

Internet Public Library: Social Issues and Social Welfare (http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/soc80.00.00/ )

SocioWeb (http://www.socioweb.com/ ) Directory of sociological resources on the web by topic.

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Speeches

American Radio Works – Say It Plain (http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/)
Includes great African-American speeches of the past century.

American Rhetoric (http://www.americanrhetoric.com/)
This is a site devoted to public speaking and oratory in the U.S.

The History Place Great Speeches Collection (http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm ) This site includes links to transcripts of speeches from national and international historic political figures.

PBS Great American Speeches (http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/ ) Arranged by era, the site includes transcripts, audio and video of speeches delivered by American historical figures.

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