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DEPOSIT YOUR DATA FIND DATA LEARN ABOUT US

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE

1 of 10: We provide continuous access to the UK’s largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences

2 of 10: We hold thousands of data collections for social science research and teaching, quantitative and qualitative

3 of 10: Each of our data collections has a unique persistent identifier (DOI) that makes it easier to find and cite

4 of 10: We hold the only copy of many of the UK's large national surveys charting social research back decades

5 of 10: We are an established national archive at the forefront of managing, preserving, sharing and delivering data

6 of 10: We are certified to ISO 27001, the information security standard, and helped develop the Data Seal of Approval

7 of 10: We are a collaborative organisation supporting emerging and existing creators and users of data

8 of 10: We provide best practice guidance and training in managing and sharing research data

9 of 10: You won’t be able to find your family records on our site. You should visit a genealogical site instead

10 of 10: We don’t provide ready-made statistics, but using Nesstar you can view frequencies from popular surveys

OUR SERVICES

RELU-DSS
supporting rural research data management

UK Data Service
data promoting evidence-based research

UK Data Archive

The UK's largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences and humanities

NEWS & EVENTS

NEWS ARCHIVE

September 2009

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE

OUR SERVICES