1. John Southall, Data Librarian, Subject Consultant for Economics, Sociology and Social Policy & Intervention February 2015 Social Science Data Archives and Statistical Databases

2. Overview Varieties of Sources Qualitative Sources Finding specialist sources for business or Socio-economic data Informing research design Qualitative and Quantitative Sources Bodleian Data Library and ORA-data Registration and microdata

3. Google Scholar Preferences

4. Libguides http://ox.libguides.com/

5. http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Log in for remote access and to save searches and settings

6. Social science data services John Southall (Social Sciences Data Librarian) – john.southall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

7. Statistical data portals UNdata: http://data.un.org/ World Bank data: http://data.worldbank.org/ WHO: http://www.who.int/research/en/ UK National Statistics: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ U.S. Census: http://www.census.gov/

8. OECD iLibrary http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/

9. UK Data Service International macro data from Eurostat, OECD, UN, World Bank, IMF, IEA. Survey and UK data and advice on creating data on the UK Data Archive site. Register and use via Single Sign On.

10. ICPSR Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 1962 - to present Largest social science data archive US research data National and international survey data Download data directly after simple registration process Related literature

11. Non-Western resources Nexis UK, Factiva,World News Connection All Africa BBC Worldwide Monitoring Foreign Broadcast Information Service EMIS (Emerging Markets Information Service) Balkan Insight India: Times of India archive Russia: Pravda archive, Eastview Russian Central Newspapers Japan: Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun China: China Core Newspapers Database (CNKI) China Core Newspapers Database People's Daily 1946-present 人民日报 People's Daily 1946-present PLA Daily 解放军报 PLA Daily WiseSearch (Wisers 慧科 ) WiseSearch

12. SOCIAL SCIENCES: Advice on Accessing Data for Research Purposes I wish to source some data so where do I go for advice on access and usage? ACCESSING DATA VIA REGISTRATION Restricted data are stored but an access or registration procedure is in place. An institutional signature may be requested. The licence grants individual researchers a one-time use of the data for a specific project. Data is discoverable via; OXLIP+. It will be accessible if; available via subscription managed by the Bodleian Data Library, held by the Oxford Research Archive (ORA or ORA-Data) held by an external repository ACCESSING DATA AVAILABLE VIA SUBSCRIPTION The University has entered into a licence agreement with the provider. Data can be accessed on- line by researchers, often by using their Single-Sign On. ACCESSING DATA AVAILABLE ON-LINE This may be from an open data portal or from a third party. The data is made available without restrictions on usage. ACCESSING OTHER RESTRICTED DATA Sensitive Data from a third party that is not publically available with no established access procedure. Access is by special arrangement. An institutional signature is often requested. ADVICE There should be no need to seek further advice from the University. USING AND SHARING THE DATA The data can be used and shared with third parties without restriction. The source should be acknowledged in accordance with usual academic practice. ADVICE Contact your subject library or the Data Librarian – email: john.southall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk john.southall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk USING AND SHARING THE DATA The data can be used without restriction, but CANNOT be shared with third parties. Data users should acknowledge the source of the data in accordance with usual academic practice. USING AND SHARING THE DATA The researchers rights / obligations regarding using, publishing, and sharing the data will be stipulated in the contract with the data provider and is generally audited. ADVICE Procedures vary depending on the resource and supplier. Contact the Data Librarian – email: john.southall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk USING AND SHARING THE DATA The researchers rights / obligations regarding using, publishing, and sharing the data will be stipulated in the contract with the data provider ADVICE Obtain an agreement in principle from data provider. Contact Research Services for a contract to be prepared. Humanities & Social Sciences Team Eve.Henshaw@admin.ox.ac.uk