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

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PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS

We work closely and in partnership with a number of key organisations

British Library logoBritish Library
EIDC logoEnvironmental Information Data Centre at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
CAQDAS logoComputer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Networking Project
CESSDA logoCouncil of European Social Science Data Archives
DCC logoDigital Curation Centre
DPC logoDigital Preservation Coalition
IASSIST logoInternational Association for Social Science Information Services &Technology
ICPSR logoInter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Intute logoIntute: Social Sciences
MRC logoMedical Research Council Data Support Service
MeRC logoManchester eResearch Centre
NCRM logoNational Centre for Research Methods
NatCen logoNational Centre for Social Research
NORC logoNational Opinion Research Center
ONS logoOffice for National Statistics
TNA logoThe National Archives
Ensemble project, University of Liverpool
RIN logoResearch Information Network
Mimas logoMimas
EDINA logoEDINA

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A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE  

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1 of 8: We provide continuous access to the UK’s largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences
2 of 8: We hold thousands of data collections for social science research and teaching, quantitative and qualitative
3 of 8: We hold the only copy of many of the UK's large national surveys charting social research back decades
4 of 8: We are an established national archive at the forefront of managing, preserving, sharing and delivering data
5 of 8: We are a collaborative organisation supporting emerging and existing creators and users of data
6 of 8: We provide best practice guidance and training in managing and sharing research data
7 of 8: You won’t be able to find your family records on our site. You should visit a genealogical site instead
8 of 8: We don’t provide ready-made statistics, but using Nesstar you can view frequencies from popular surveys

OUR SERVICES  

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ESDS 
providing access to key economic and social data
RELU-DSS 
supporting rural research data management
Census.ac.uk 
providing a gateway to 1971- 2001 UK censuses
HDS 
enabling access to a range of historical resources
SDS 
enabling safe and secure remote access to data
SQB 
providing access to key survey questionnaires
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