POLI 424 Media and Politics

• Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA)
  provides access to information about hundreds of Canadian public opinion surveys
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
  extensive archive of social science data, including social indicators, demographic data, political participation, and more
• Roper Center
  public opinion data
• Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)
  European social science data archives
• European Social Survey
  survey data related to attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns in Europe
• Pew Research Center

  Home page for public opinion data and analysis of issues, attitudes, and trends in America and internationally

  Publications on news media from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

• ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
  information on electoral systems and theory worldwide. Includes an Election Guide with electoral results, calendars, etc. for individual countries.

For more, visit the library's Electronic Data Resource Service

4. Library catalogue

Search the library catalogue to find academic books and book chapters related to your topic. Remember that you will often have to search for words that are broader than your question. For example:

• Books on "public opinion" AND media AND policy
• Books on "mass media" AND politic*
• Books on politics AND (journalism OR news)

5. Other guides

Library materials

• Newspapers available from the McGill Library
• Guide to resources for Political Science
• Guide to resources for Communication and media studies

Videos

• Video: Peer Review in 5 Minutes
• Common Craft video on web search strategies

Research tips

• Five Steps to a Better Paper
  Use this assignment calculator to plan your time wisely.
• Chicago Manual of Style quick guide
  For formatting citations and bibliographies