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The UK's largest digital collection of social sciences and population research data
The UK Data Archive has decades of experience in all aspects of data curation, digital preservation, data access, user support and capacity building.
As strong advocates of using data for research, we have always published our policies and procedures. This section shares our best practice to help you manage research data more effectively.
