UK Data Archive

Page last modified on 03 March 2021, at 05:55 PM (initially posted on 11 August 2008)

The UK Data Archive (UKDA) is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the United Kingdom.

With several thousand datasets relating to society, both historical and contemporary, our Archive is a vital resource for researchers, teachers and learners. Since 2005 the UKDA has been designated a Place of Deposit by the National Archives allowing it to curate public records.

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Identity providers are required to assert User Accountability and individual users must register online for access.

This service is available for subscription to UK HE, FE & research councils through JISC Collections.