Resources for Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Historical Sciences, Laws & IOE disciplines

A selection of suggested data resources for Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Historical Sciences, Laws & IOE disciplines.

Data management guidelines

: Open Access Post-Graduate Teaching Materials in Managing Research Data in Archaeology.
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UK Data Service: .
. Guidance for visual arts.

Archaeology Data Service / Digital Antiquity:
. An international standard for describing statistical and social science data. It is freely available and describes data that result from observational methods in the social, behavioural, economic, and health sciences.
. A data management program that can be used for the preparation of data and metadata.
QuDEx - . A standard created by the UK Data Archive for describing qualitative data collections.
. With information on the UK Data Services' catalogue records and an example extract.

(Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives). Brings together social science data archives from across Europe.
. A single point of access to a growing range of data from the institutions and other bodies of the European Union.
. A multi-lingual repository of visual, audio, video and written sources from across Europe.
. QDR archives and provides access to digital data used in qualitative and multi-method social inquiry.
. The UK Data Service is a comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social, historical and economic data.
.聽Guide detailing a variety of data sources聽including聽聽primary governmental data websites and UCL's subscriptions to financial & business sources and data archives. Includes tips on using social science data, citation and contacts for further assistance.
. Library guide to a selection of regional-specific economics and business data, containing mainly datasets from the websites of governments and international organisations, such as the OECD, World Bank and IMF.

.聽Includes extensive information on legal issues, consent for data sharing, anonymisation, access control and further resources.