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.
- ICPSR: .
- UK Data Service: .
- . Guidance for visual arts.
Metadata
- 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.
Data repositories
- (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.
- . Guide detailing a variety of data sources including  primary governmental data websites and ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº'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.
Ethics
- . Includes extensive information on legal issues, consent for data sharing, anonymisation, access control and further resources.