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Finding & Using Data

Political Public Opinion Polls

General Public Opinion Polls: US Focus

Searching the Web

1) Consider limiting to a .edu, .org, .gov.

Example: "great depression" tulare site:.edu in Google

Example: "athletic apparel" "labor issues" site:.org in Google

2) Consider searching for you topic with archive, collection, digital collection, library, special collection, transcript, oral history etc.

Example: "naval technology" library

Example: "great depression" california "digital collection"

3) Consider using Google Advanced Search

4) Topic internationally focused? Consider searching in another country's Google domain

Multistate and Regional Polls

Public Opinion Polls: International Focus