Citation
(2002), "UK Data Archive available from NESSTAR", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 36 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/prog.2002.28036aab.009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
UK Data Archive available from NESSTAR
UK Data Archive available from NESSTAR
The UK Data Archive (UKDA) has announced the release of a number of major datasets available for browsing, exploring and downloading via NESSTAR. Anyone can search for and view the full metadata (catalogue record and codebook), and non-commercial users registered with UK Data Archive can also explore/analyse and download the data.
Survey data include selected years from the major data series:
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General Household Survey (GHS).
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Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS).
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Health Survey for England (HSE).
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British Election Surveys (BES) (also available to unregistered users).
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British Social Attitudes Surveys (BSAS).
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Together with some other individual popular datasets such as the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey.
This online service will be extended to other data collections within the UKDA on a continuous basis, with more datasets being mounted on the system in the future.
Networked Social Tools and Resources (NESSTAR) is a set of Internet-based tools to provide an enhanced online service for data providers and data users that gives easier and quicker access to data and information about those data. It is available within a Web browser (NESSTAR Light) or as a freely downloadable application (NESSTAR Explorer). Users can:
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Search for and list datasets.
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Browse dataset documentation.
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Browse and analyse data.
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Visualise data.
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Bookmark searches and analyses.
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Download data (including subsets) in a number of formats.
For further information please contact: Louise Corti, Director, User Services, Data Archive and Deputy Director, Qualidata, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1206 872145; E-mail: cortl@essex.co.uk; URL: www.data-archive.ac.uk/