Sociology

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Reading Lists

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Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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Research Methods

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Finding Articles

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Newspapers and Magazines

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Statistics and Public Opinion

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Reliable sources of statistics and public opinion

• Statistics

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• Public Opinion

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• 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.

• YouGov 

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

 

Films, TV, Radio and Training Videos 

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Other Recommended Sources

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Referencing

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